The Moscow Circus notwithstanding, five-year-old Annie feels alone and homesick in a strange land until she meets Anya, who teaches Annie her first Russian words and introduces her to the warmth and generosity of the Russian people.
Russia
Materials from Russia
Four Steps to Death
A million people were killed in the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942, one of the worst battles in history, and the intertwined stories of three people, each told in third person, offer a human-scale account of the cataclysm.
Marushka’s Egg
Nine-year-old Marushka is sucked into a magic egg, where she is forced to be housekeeper to the witch Baba Yaga.
The Story of A Boy Named Will, Who Went Sledding Down the Hill
As he sleds swiftly down the hill, a boy runs into a hunter, a dog, a fox, a hare, and a bear.