Petrushka
By: retold by Margaret Greaves ; illustrated by Francesca Crespi.
Contributors: Crespi, Francesca, ill.; Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: A Little box of ballet stories
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: Miniature books -- Specimens.; Puppets -- Fiction.; Folklore -- Russia.; Ballets -- Stories, plots, etc.; Miniature books.
Description: A puppet is scorned by the vain ballerina he adores and cruelly treated by her lover and the puppet master; but his spirit escapes to find peace and freedom.
Notes: Originally a Russian folktale, Petrushka was translated into a ballet by Igor Stravinsky.