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.
Stone Men
Russia
Materials from Russia
#1 (One)
When Six, a pink armadillo with nine green siblings, brags that he is “#1” in everything, his family expresses a different opinion.
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.
The Language of Birds
A retelling of the Russian tale about a wealthy merchant’s younger son who proves his worth in an unusual way.
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.
Rechenka’s Eggs
An injured goose rescued by Babushka, having broken the painted eggs intended for the Easter Festival in Moscva, lays thirteen marvelously colored eggs to replace them, then leaves behind one final miracle in egg form before returning to her own kind.
A Perfect Pork Stew
When Ivan the Fool meets Baba Yaga, the witch of Russian folklore fame, on a day that has begun badly for her, he outwits her by making dirt soup, getting a fine, fat pig in the bargain.
The Giant Wheel
One day a ferris wheel appears next door to the zoo, and the animals can’t wait to try it out. At night, they slip out of their cages and one by one, they climb into the gondolas to enjoy the view–but never did they dream they would see so far.
Baba Yaga: A Russian Folktale
When she is sent by her father’s cruel housemaid to the fearsome Baba Yaga, a clever young girl uses kindness to make her escape.
Bearhead: A Russian Folktale
Bearhead succeeds in outwitting the witch Madame Hexaba and a frog-headed goblin. Half-bear and half-man, he outwits an evil witch by being totally honest.