Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
by Aleksandr Afanasev
from Pantheon
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."
Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave
by Marianna Mayer
from HarperCollins
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 little chance of returning alive. "An engaging text and accomplished paintings set this version apart....A stylized and classy offering."--School Library Journal.
Babushka Baba Yaga
by Patricia Polacco
from Putnam Juvenile
The Dream Stealer
by Gregory Maguire
from Clarion Books
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.
Baba Yaga (A Russian Folktale)
by Margaret Yatsevitch Phinney
from Mondo Publishing
Baba Yaga and the Stolen Baby
by Alison Lurie
from Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Bony-Legs
by Joanna Cole
from Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Baba Yaga: The Flying Witch: Level Four (Usborne First Reading)
by Susanna (RTL) Davidson
from Usborne Books
Baba Yaga and the Wise Doll
by Anonymous
from Dutton Juvenile
A memorable Russian fairy tale to entrance and enchant Ruth Brown's stunning illustrations accompany an extraordinary fairy tale about a little girl who, with the advice of her wise doll, escapes a truly terrifying witch and her slimy, child-gobbling toads. When Too Nice's evil sisters, Horrid and Very Horrid, force her to kidnap the witch Baba Yaga's jeweled toad, Baba Yaga devises a series of impossible tests for the little girl. If Too Nice passes them, she gets the toad, but if she doesn't--the toad gets her! Too Nice's only companion through the ordeal is the wise doll in her pocket, a gift from her mother, whose help leads to the miraculous completion of the tasks. And as gifts beget gifts, Too Nice gets the toad and the two evil sisters get theirs!
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