Product Description

The black geese have been seen flying over the village, stealing children for the witch Baba Yaga, so Elena should be looking after her baby brother. But instead she runs off to play with her friends, leaving the baby alone on the grass… Jessica Souhami's colourful collage gives a contemporary flavour to this lively Russian Baba Yaga folk tale, retold by distinguished author Alison Lurie.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37596 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

Review
A really good variation tale by Alison Lurie characteristically illustrated with intriguing bright shapes by Jessica Souhami. (School Librarian )

About the Author
Alison Lurie is the author of many highly praised novels for adults and children. She currently divides her time between Ithaca, New York, Key West and London. Previous titles include The Truth About Lorin Jones (Prix Femina Étranger, 1989), and Foreign Affairs (1985 Pulitzer Prize for fiction).

Jessica Souhami studied at the Central School of Art and Design. In 1980 she formed Mme Souhami and Co, a travelling puppet company using colourful shadow puppets with a musical accompaniment and a storyteller. Her illustrations, like her puppets, use brilliant colour and bold shapes and her characters leap and swoop across the spreads. Her books for Frances Lincoln are Sausages!, In the Dark, Dark Wood, Baba Yaga and the Stolen Baby, Leopard's Drum, No Dinner!, Rama and the Demon King, The Famous Adventures of a Bird Brained Hen, The Little, Little House, Mrs McCool and the Giant Cuchulainn and King Pom and the Fox.

Customer Reviews

My children love its simple story-telling
I really don't understand why - if not for the basic psychological elements contained in this traditional Slavic fairytale, to which children are natural responsive (grow up, act responsibly, care for the weaker creatures/brothers, believe in yourself and you'll outwit the witch...) - but my kids love this simple book.
Very essential illustrations, very essential story... guess what, that might be the reason. Straight to the heart.
Good for sleepy time rituals too.