Amanda Zieba Learning with the Word Nerd | Finding Baba Yaga First Chapter Friday @AmandaZiebatheWordNerd | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 minutes ago.
Friday, October 27, 2023 - Do you love fairy tale retellings with a modern twist? How about novels in verse? What about teens on the hunt to find themselves in a chaotic world? Witches? Love stories? This book has all that and more. I absolutely fell in love with this short novel in verse by Jane Yolen, Finding Baba Yaga. Listen in while I tell you way and then read you chapter 1. Be sure to watch for the mystery quote sprinkled into the story... one... word... at... a... time.
Love Novels in Verse? Check out the rest of my novel in verse playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVe6VlpCwJYz6T7HqBMbDYyVahvxl3yl
Book Blurb: A young woman discovers the power to speak up and take control of her fate―a theme that has never been more timely than it is now… You think you know this story. You do not. A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: A house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice, her power, herself....
Finding Baba Yaga is a mythic yet timely novel-in-verse by the beloved and prolific New York Times bestselling author and poet Jane Yolen, “the Hans Christian Andersen of America” (Newsweek).
Want to increase student engagement? Try these First Chapter Friday worksheets, with both generic response and novel specific sheets for each video in this playlist! Grab them here → teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Read-Aloud-Novel-Study-Graphic-Organizer-Reading-Response-Journal-2022-7587992
Get your copy of Finding Baba Yaga at your school library, local indie bookstore or here → amzn.to/3HcZees
Take a look at all of the other First Chapter Friday videos in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVe6VlpCwJZCLWm7CR4yX93l3xN2conB and more Novels in verse right here: → youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVe6VlpCwJYz6T7HqBMbDYyVahvxl3yl
Wanna say thanks and fuel future creations? Buy me a virtual cup of coffee for making this (and many other!) amazing free video resources for your classroom. Click here → ko-fi.com/amandazieba_thewordnerd
Scoop up a FREE First Chapter Friday start up kit, including a google doc of 140+ FCF book titles, video links, reading levels, companion materials, and more - amandazieba.com/teachersignup.
And finally, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE this channel for more great videos from the Word Nerd! Just click here: bit.ly/wordnerdonyoutube
** The videos in this First Chapter Friday Playlist were created in the spirit of: helping teachers and students find high quality and engaging books to read, promoting amazing authors and great books, and celebrating stories
Each video in this playlist features a book chosen by Amanda Zieba based on its literary merit, thematic/curriculum connection, or simply because she loves it and thinks you will too. All commentary and facts shared about the book and author were also researched/gathered by Amanda. Books were purchased by Amanda from Birdy’s Bookstore, Barnes and Noble or Amazon, unless otherwise stated. These videos are recorded and edited from Amanda’s home office in Wisconsin, USA. **
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Friday, October 27, 2023 - Do you love fairy tale retellings with a modern twist? How about novels in verse? What about teens on the hunt to find themselves in a chaotic world? Witches? Love stories? This book has all that and more. I absolutely fell in love with this short novel in verse by Jane Yolen, Finding Baba Yaga. Listen in while I tell you way and then read you chapter 1. Be sure to watch for the mystery quote sprinkled into the story... one... word... at... a... time.
Love Novels in Verse? Check out the rest of my novel in verse playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVe6VlpCwJYz6T7HqBMbDYyVahvxl3yl
Book Blurb: A young woman discovers the power to speak up and take control of her fate―a theme that has never been more timely than it is now… You think you know this story. You do not. A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: A house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice, her power, herself....
Finding Baba Yaga is a mythic yet timely novel-in-verse by the beloved and prolific New York Times bestselling author and poet Jane Yolen, “the Hans Christian Andersen of America” (Newsweek).
Want to increase student engagement? Try these First Chapter Friday worksheets, with both generic response and novel specific sheets for each video in this playlist! Grab them here → teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Read-Aloud-Novel-Study-Graphic-Organizer-Reading-Response-Journal-2022-7587992
Get your copy of Finding Baba Yaga at your school library, local indie bookstore or here → amzn.to/3HcZees
Take a look at all of the other First Chapter Friday videos in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVe6VlpCwJZCLWm7CR4yX93l3xN2conB and more Novels in verse right here: → youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVe6VlpCwJYz6T7HqBMbDYyVahvxl3yl
Wanna say thanks and fuel future creations? Buy me a virtual cup of coffee for making this (and many other!) amazing free video resources for your classroom. Click here → ko-fi.com/amandazieba_thewordnerd
Scoop up a FREE First Chapter Friday start up kit, including a google doc of 140+ FCF book titles, video links, reading levels, companion materials, and more - amandazieba.com/teachersignup.
And finally, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE this channel for more great videos from the Word Nerd! Just click here: bit.ly/wordnerdonyoutube
** The videos in this First Chapter Friday Playlist were created in the spirit of: helping teachers and students find high quality and engaging books to read, promoting amazing authors and great books, and celebrating stories
Each video in this playlist features a book chosen by Amanda Zieba based on its literary merit, thematic/curriculum connection, or simply because she loves it and thinks you will too. All commentary and facts shared about the book and author were also researched/gathered by Amanda. Books were purchased by Amanda from Birdy’s Bookstore, Barnes and Noble or Amazon, unless otherwise stated. These videos are recorded and edited from Amanda’s home office in Wisconsin, USA. **
#wordnerd #mglit #readingrecommendations #amandazieba #firstchapterfriday #babayaga #russianfolktale #fairytaleretelling #modernfairytale #novelinverse #selfdiscovery #middlegradebooks #readaloud #comingofage #novelsinverse #booksofpoems #poems #janeyolen
