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Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
Authors: Aleksandr Afanasev. Paperback, 672 pagesPublisher: Pantheon Publication Date: 1976-09-12 Reviews :
Nearly 200 characteristic and colorful traditional folk and fairy tales are brought together in the only comprehensive edition available in English. Of the original 1945 edition, Eudora Welty wrote, "These Russian tales are rambunctious, full-blooded and temperamental. They are tense with action, magical and human, and move in a kind of cyclone of speed....These tales are gorgeous."...
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The Dream Stealer
Authors: Gregory Maguire. Hardcover, 144 pagesPublisher: Clarion Books Publication Date: 2002-10-21 Reviews :
Once every generation or so, a great wolf called the Blood Prince, who not only devours bodies but also steals souls, stalks the northern forests of Russia. Rumor has it that he has set his sights on the forgettable little village of Miersk. The wolf"s evil runs so deep that past survivors refuse to believe in him, and so it is up to the newest generation, two children named Pasha and Lisette, to save the village. But how can a young boy and girl stop such a beast? This mesmerizing tale draws on Russian folk stories about Vasilissa the Beautiful, Baba Yaga, and the Firebird and is filled with quirky details and memorable characters that could spring only from the imagination of Gregory Maguire. This new edition includes a prologue and is illustrated with striking cut-paper silhouettes....
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Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave
Authors: Marianna Mayer. Hardcover, 40 pagesPublisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: 1994-05-19 Reviews :
Sweet, lovely Vasilisa lives with her jealous stepmother and stepsisters on the edge of a dark forest inhabited by the evil witch Baba Yaga. One night the stepmother sends Vasilisa to visit Baba Yaga, an errand from which the gentle girl has littlechance of returning alive. "An engaging text and accomplished paintings set this version apart....A stylized and classy offering."--School Library Journal....
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Babushka Baba Yaga
Authors: Patricia Polacco. Paperback, 32 pagesPublisher: Putnam Juvenile Publication Date: 1999-01-25 Reviews :
Baba Yaga is a witch famous throughout Russia for eating children, but this Babushka Baba Yaga is a lonely old woman who just wants a grandchild--to love. "A warm, lively tale, neatly mixing new and old and illustrated with Polacco's usual energetic action, bright fold patterns and affectionate characterizations".--"Kirkus Reviews". Full color....
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Baba Yaga (A Russian Folktale)
Authors: Margaret Yatsevitch Phinney. Hardcover, 40 pagesPublisher: Mondo Publishing Publication Date: 1995-04 Reviews :
This poetic retelling of young Katrina's journey, capture, and escape from the evil Baba Yaga--a traditional character in Russian folklore--draws from the author's father's version of the story to thrill all readers with a tale of triumph over evil. Full color....
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Tashi and the Baba Yaga (Tashi series)
Authors: Anna Fienberg. Barbara Fienberg. Paperback, 64 pagesPublisher: Allen & Unwin Publication Date: 2007-04-01 Reviews :
The fifth book in the series finds Tashi sharing a wild tale about Baba Yaga, a witch whose house stands on chicken legs and who likes eating children baked in pies. The excitement continues as this little adventurer recounts his daring escape from the wicked Baron, who traps him as a prisoner for the fearsome River Pirate. When Tashi foils the Baron’s evil plan, Jack’s dad is mesmerized by his bravery.
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Baba Yaga
Authors: Katya Arnold. Hardcover, 32 pagesPublisher: North-South Publication Date: 1993-09-01 Reviews :
The witch Baba Yaga uses a trick to capture a young man, but he cleverly avoids being eaten....
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Marushka's Egg
Authors: Elsa Okon Rael. School & Library Binding, pagesPublisher: Simon & Schuster (Juv) Publication Date: 1993-04 Edition: Library Binding Reviews :
After buying a glowing egg from an old woman at the market, Marushka finds herself whisked inside the egg's haunted world, where she comes face to face with an evil witch....
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Bony-Legs
Authors: Joanna Cole. Hardcover, 48 pagesPublisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Publication Date: 1984-10-01 Reviews :
When a terrible witch vows to eat her for supper, a little girl escapes with the help of a mirror and comb given to her by the witch's cat and dog....
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Baba Yaga
Authors: Ernest Small.
Hardcover, pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: 1966
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