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Grandma Chickenlegs [Hardcover]

Geraldine McCaughrean (Author), Moira Kemp (Illustrator)

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Geraldin e McCaughrean's Grandma Chickenlegs is one of the most appealing fairy stories you are likely to read. In a delightfully poetic retelling of the Baba Yaga story, the horror and fear of Grandma Chickenlegs is brought to life in sharp, lyrical prose:
Around the garden, on four scratching, paltry poultry legs ran the bleak shack. Its fence was made from whitening bones, the gateposts topped with skulls. The front door swung on its hinges squealing like a thing in pain. Its keyhole gnashed tiny, tinny teeth.
As Tatia is cast out by her wicked stepmother and sent to Grandma Chickenlegs, all hope seems to be lost. Grandma Chickenlegs promises Tatia a silver needle in return for a night's weaving, only to secretly instruct her cat and dog to prepare Tatia for dinner. But the unassuming Tatia shows the animals, and the enchanted elm tree, such kindness that they refuse to keep Tatia prisoner and instead help her make her escape.

Vibrant pictures fulfil all the promise of the colourful cover and bring to life the scared little Tatia and frightening Grandma Chickenlegs. But, as with all the best fairy tales, there is a happy ending … for Tatia, her dad, the cat and the dog, at least.

A wonderful re-write of a classic formula, Grandma Chickenlegs will inspire and delight even the most jaded young imaginations. (Ages 5-8.) --Lucie Naylor

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'A good story can never be retold often enough, particularly when the author is Geraldine McCaughrean...drawings full of gruesome detail will make this a firm favourite with four-to eight-year-olds' Sunday Telegraph 'For those that like their fairy tales dark and exciting, Grandma Chickenlegs...is the answer. A beautifully illustrated retelling of the classic Baba Yaga story' London Parents' Guide 'The poetry of the test is perfectly in tune with colourful pictures' Guardian --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Grandma Chickenlegs 8 April 2010
By B. Thompson - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Baba Yaga has never seemed so scary and so funny at the same time. The illustrations are charming, from the green-faced grandma to the chicken-legged house and the story with the perfect resolution is one that children will ask to hear again and again.
Lots of Excitement and Color 20 Oct 2000
By Leila Gorbman - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
We borrowed Grandma Chickenlegs from the library, and it's the first book in a very long time that my 6 year-old has asked to buy. The writing is more interesting than any of the other versions of Baba Yaga that we've read, and the illustrations are wonderful.
A Lot to Learn From Grandma Chickenlegs 19 May 2000
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Format:Hardcover
After reading Grandma Chickenlegs, my two year old daughter could not stop talking about her. Grandma Chickenlegs is a bit frightening, but the polite, friendly girl prevails in the end. I've decided to purchase the hardcover book to give to my daughter when she's a bit older....as a reminder of a book that had a bit of an impact in many ways!

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