Russian Folk Tales (Oxford Myths & Legends)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (969 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0192745360 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Lovely to look at and Lovely stories. I ready this through and then gave it to a friend of mine who is Ukranian. I think she was going to go home and read it to her mother, translating into Ukranian.. BOUGHT THIS FOR A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR MY GRANDSON Donna J. Walsh Wanted to give this to my young grandson for Christmas. The first tale was so horrifying I was shocked. Someone should warn that the stories are not for young children.
Written by award-winning children's author James Riordan, this book is a beguiling collection of stories set among the wide rivers and snow-covered forests and steppes of Russia--a land still shrouded in mystery in the eyes of the Western reader. Ships fly through the air, princesses turn into frogs, a snowmaiden longs for a human heart, the mighty Firebird steals the golden apples. Folk tales, heroic sagas, legends and myths from villages and towns all across Russia--they are all here in this fascinating anthology. Meet boyars and cossacks, kings and queens, merchants and minstrels, robbers and angels, w
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. Lush full-bleed watercolors and vignettes capture the magic of the forest and a full range of characters and expressions. Riordan adopts a storyteller's bravado ("Now here's a fine to-do, thought the cat, his face long as a fiddle," says Catofay Ivanovich when his master dumps him in the forest, deeming him past his prime). From Publishers Weekly Three compendiums cover folktales, sense and nonsense. by Andrew Breakspeare, both well known ("Vasilissa"; "The Firebird") and lesser known ("The Animals' Revenge"), sometimes adding twists to Western tradition (the Frog Prince becomes a Princess here). James Riordan collects and translates Russian Folk Tales, illus