Stories from Russia
By: as told in 'Jackanory' by John Stride; illustrated by Giulietta Stomann.
Contributors: Stride, John.; Stomann, Giulietta.
Series: Jackanory (stories)
Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation
Published: 1970
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: Children's stories.
Description: In this book there are five stories from Russia. They are of magic enchantment from a land of forests, mountains, rivers and wide plains. One story is about an island where there is a singing tree, another about a young musician who saves the girl he loves from dancing herself to death. A frog, a water-rat and a beetle are the heroes of the 'Princess who could not smile'. Larissa's magic doll saves saves her from the dreadful Baba Yaga; and in the story 'Ivan's War-Horse', Polnoch shows his master the way to Samarkand and helps him win his bride. Giulietta Stomann has drawn the pictures for this publication, and John Stride told the story in Jackanory.
Table of contents: class: section