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3) Baba Yaga
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c1966
Language
English
Description
A little girl and a hedgehog match wits with Baba Yaga, the Russian witch. Grades 1-3.
6) Thistlefoot
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Yaga siblings - Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist - have been estranged since childhood, separated both by resentment and by wide miles of American highway. But when they learn that they are to receive an inheritance, the siblings agree to meet - only to discover that their bequest isn't land or money, but something far stranger: a sentient house on chicken legs. Thistlefoot, as the house is...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A young huntsman is helped by a golden mare when he tries to perform the seemingly impossible feats commanded by the Tsar. Brave deeds and wondrous magic come together in a lush retelling of a classic Russian folktale. A young huntsman named Alexi finds a Golden Mare, who pledges eternal loyalty in exchange for sparing her life. With the mare's help, Alexi becomes the Tsar's best huntsman, and she helps him with several impossible tasks. But when...
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this traditional Russian tale, a farmer grows a turnip so big that it takes the combined efforts of him, his wife, six canaries, five geese, four hens, three cats, two pigs, one cow, and, finally, one mouse to pull it from the ground.
Author
Series
These feathered flames volume 2
Language
English
Description
Awakening to find herself trapped in a strange tower, Izaveta knows she must find her way back to the Tóurensi palace and claim the throne. But even with an unexpected ally's help, she worries she might not be able to get news of her survival to her sister and escape this frozen land. Back at home, Asya enlists Nikov's help to prove Izaveta is still alive, even as she finds herself forced to navigate the political world she always sought to avoid...
12) The flying ship
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the help of some extraordinary comrades that he meets on the way, a Simpleton fulfills the King's outlandish requests and wins the hand of the Princess.
Author
Series
Animal stories (Lari Don) volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Held captive in the woods by a bear, a young Russian girl cleverly finds a way to return safely home to her family.
16) The snow child
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
An elderly couple who long for a child build a snow child which comes to life and makes them very happy--until the coming of spring when the days become too warm for her to stay.
17) The frog bride
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Language
English
Author
Series
Caldecott medal book volume 1961
Publisher
Parnassus Press
Pub. Date
[1960]
Language
English
Description
An old woman who was too busy to travel with the Wise Men to find the Child now searches endlessly for Him each Christmas season.
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