Presents retellings of nine Russian folktales featuring such characters as the dulcimer-playing boy Sadko, the witch Baba Yaga, the "little daughter of the snow," and the firebird.
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.
A retelling of Arthur Ransome's classic story, in which a childless old Russian couple makes a little girl out of snow and learns an important lesson about love when she comes to life.
