Casey, Dawn
Summary: "With beautiful illustrations evoking folk art traditions and sensitive storytelling, Babushka tenderly reminds us that nothing is more important during the holiday season than taking the time to show love for one another. This timeless Russian tale will warm your heart and fill you up with the joyful, generous spirit of Christmas"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CASMayhew, James
Summary: Four Russian folktales--"The Snow Maiden, "Sadko the Merchant," "The Firebird," and "Baba-Yoga and Fair Vassilisa"--are set in the framework of a fifth tale, "The Tale of Tsar Saltan," as told by a wise old cat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher Books 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MAYBernhard, Emery.
Summary: A young girl uses her skills as a hunter to avenge her father's death and to escape her evil stepmother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE 398.21 BERGinsburg, Mirra.
Summary: Wanting a son, an old man and woman make a clay boy who comes to life and begins eating everything in sight until he meets a clever goat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GINMcCaughrean, Geraldine.
Summary: In this variation of the traditional Baba Yaga story, a young girl must rely on the advice of her dead mother and her special doll when her wicked stepmother sends her to get a needle from Grandma Chickenlegs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 MCCPeck, Jan.
Summary: In a retelling of a Russian folktale set in the American South, little Buddy Earl keeps his family from being the laughingstock of the county Peach Pickin' Festival. Includes a recipe for peach cobbler.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pelican Pub. Co. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 PECPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: In this variation on the story of "The Fisherman and His Wife," a young Ukrainian girl must repeatedly return to the wren she has rescued to relay her parents' increasingly greedy demands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1999
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 POLPolenova, Elena Dmitrievna
Summary: Presents eight Russian folktales, including "Ivan the Fool and the Firebird," "How the Cat Outwitted the Fox," and "The Nanny Goat and her Family" as retold and illustrated with watercolors by a late nineteenth-century artist and designer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fontanka with the Vassily Polenov Association 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 POLNethercott, GennaRose
Summary: "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 a mysterious inheritance, the siblings are reunited--only to discover that their bequest isn't land or money, but something far stranger: a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NETHort, Lenny.
Summary: A retelling of the traditional Russian tale in which a lazy fool catches an enchanted fish which promises him that every wish he ever makes will come true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 1990
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.21 HORRansome, Arthur
Summary: When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1968
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.21 RANAyres, Becky Hickox.
Summary: Kata's little wooden doll saves her life when she is captured by Baba Yaga.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Book for Young Readers 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 AYRLewis, J. Patrick.
Summary: Forced to marry an ugly frog, the youngest son of the Tsar is astounded to learn that the frog is really the beautiful princess Vasilisa the Wise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fairy LewisOram, Hiawyn.
Summary: A little girl with the advice of her wise doll, escape a terrifying witch and her toads.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 ORAParkinson, Kathy.
Summary: One of Grandfather's turnips grows to such an enormous size that the whole family including the dog, cat, and mouse try in vain to pull it up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. Whitman 1986
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PARRobbins, Ruth.
Summary: 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Parnassus Press 1960
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Summary: When Prince Ivan sets out to find the Firebird for his father the tsar, he must complete a series of tasks before obtaining the Firebird and winning the hand of a beautiful princess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 398.2454 SPINagishkin, Dmitriĭ.
Summary: A collection of 31 traditional tales from that far eastern part of Russia that lies along the banks of the Amur River.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 1980
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 398.21 NAGRansome, Arthur
Summary: When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1987
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Summary: Includes twenty traditional tales told by Old Peter to his two gradchildren.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Cape 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 RANStJohn, Amanda
Summary: In Siberia, Fedya the frog convinces a flock of Squawk ducks to give her a ride when they fly south, but her determination to let people know the flight was her idea nearly costs Fedya her life. Includes notes about folk tales and about Russia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's World 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 STJYolen, Jane.
Summary: A retelling of the Russian folktale in which Prince Ivan encounters the magical Firebird who helps him defeat the evil Kostchei. Includes vignettes of the ballet at the bottom of each page, and an author's note with information about the folktale and the George Balanchine ballet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2002
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Summary: With the aid of his magical horse, Ptitsa, a young archer fulfills the increasingly difficult requests of Tsar Ivan and wins the hand of Princess Vassilissa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holt 1994