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Early Years (ages 2-6)

The Firebird

A retelling of the Russian folktale in which Prince Ivan encounters the magical Firebird who helps him defeat the evil Kostchei.

Published: 2002, HarperCollins
Tags: Evil, Magic, Wizard
Categories: Early Years (ages 2-6)Early Years (ages 2-6), Folklore and Fairy TalesEarly Years (ages 2-6), Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture BookEarly Years (ages 2-6), Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture Book, Russia

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Stone Men

Grandma tells Arnie how a poor peddler saved a village from being destroyed by soldiers with the help of the stone men he always made on his journeys.

Published: 1993, Greenwillow
Tags: Danger, Jews, Rescues
Categories: Early Years (ages 2-6)Early Years (ages 2-6), EuropeEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, FantasyEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Picture BookEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Picture Book, Russia

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The Impudent Rooster

Using his amazing swallowing ability, a rooster foils the evil plans of a greedy nobleman and brings back riches to his poor master.

Published: 2004, Dutton Juvenile
Tags: Evil, Friend, justice, Magic, Poverty, Rooster, Wisdom
Categories: Early Years (ages 2-6)Early Years (ages 2-6), Folklore and Fairy TalesEarly Years (ages 2-6), Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture BookEarly Years (ages 2-6), Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture Book, Romania

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The Tzar’s Bird

A tzar’s fear of going to the edge of the world grows when Baba Yaga threatens him, but in time he learns that fear of the unknown is a senseless fear.

Published: 1990, Atheneum
Tags: Baba Yaga, fairytale, Fear, Witches
Categories: Early Years (ages 2-6)Early Years (ages 2-6), Folklore and Fairy TalesEarly Years (ages 2-6), Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture BookEarly Years (ages 2-6), Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture Book, Russia

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Who Is My Neighbor?

A young boy discovers that his upstairs neighbor has some very special talents.

Published: 1994,
Tags: Magicians, Neighbors
Categories: Early Years (ages 2-6)Early Years (ages 2-6), EuropeEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, FantasyEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Picture BookEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Picture Book, Poland

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#1 (One)

When Six, a pink armadillo with nine green siblings, brags that he is “#1” in everything, his family expresses a different opinion.

Published: 2003, Viking Juvenile
Tags: Animals, pride
Categories: Early Years (ages 2-6)Early Years (ages 2-6), EuropeEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, FantasyEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Picture BookEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Picture Book, Russia

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The Elephant’s Pillow

Sing Lo, a wealthy boy living in Peking, goes to visit the late emperor’s Imperial Elephant and tries to cheer him up.

Published: 2003, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Tags: caring, elephant, Emperor
Categories: ChinaChina, Early Years (ages 2-6)China, Early Years (ages 2-6), FictionChina, Early Years (ages 2-6), Fiction, Picture Book

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Russian Girl: Life in an Old Russian Town

Text and photographs describe the life of a nine-year-old girl and her family in the small Russian city of Suzdal.

Published: 1994, Scholastic Trade
Tags: Culture, daily life, Family, Religion, School
Categories: Early Years (ages 2-6)Early Years (ages 2-6), NonfictionEarly Years (ages 2-6), Nonfiction, Russia

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Babushka Baba Yaga

The villagers are afraid of her, so the legendary Baba Yaga disguises herself as an old woman in order to know the joys of being a grandmother.

Published: 1993, Philomel
Tags: Fear, Grandmother
Categories: Early Years (ages 2-6)Early Years (ages 2-6), Folklore and Fairy TalesEarly Years (ages 2-6), Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture BookEarly Years (ages 2-6), Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture Book, Russia

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Olivia Goes to Venice

On a family vacation in Venice, Olivia indulges in gelato, rides in a gondola, and finds the perfect souvenir.

Published: 2010, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Tags: Travel, Vacation
Categories: Early Years (ages 2-6)Early Years (ages 2-6), EuropeEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, FantasyEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, ItalyEarly Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Italy, Picture Book

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