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Title:

Baba Yaga / An Leysen.

Author:

Leysen, An, 1972- author, illustrator.

ISBN:

9781605372907

Personal Author:

Leysen, An, 1972- author, illustrator.

Uniform Title:

Baba Jaga. English

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Content Type:

text

Media Type (RDA):

unmediated

Carrier Type:

volume

General Note:

"First published in Belgium and Holland by Clavis Uitgeverij, Hasselt-Amsterdam, 2015."

Abstract:

"Baba Yaga, the witch from Slavic mythology, comes to life in this fairy tale. An Leysen draws you into an imaginative story about a wicked witch and a sweet, brave little girl"--Back cover.

Baba Yaga is fond of children ... for dinner! When Olga's cruel stepmother sends her to visit Baba Yaga, Olga must use her wits and her doll to outwit the witch.

Subject Term:

Baba Yaga (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction.

Witches -- Juvenile fiction.

Good and evil -- Juvenile fiction.

Fairy tales -- Czech Republic.

Fairy tales -- Slovakia.

Picture books.

Baba Yaga (Legendary character) -- Fiction.

Witches -- Fiction.

Good and evil -- Fiction.

Genre:

Picture books for children.

Format:

Books

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Baba Yaga, the witch from Slavonic mythology is coming alive in this fairy tale. An Leysen draws you into an imaginative story about a wicked witch and a sweet and brave little girl. For children ages 5 and up.

Once upon a time, in a land far away from here, lived a girl named Olga. Olga lived with her father in a beautiful house, and they were very happy together. Until Olga's father, one day fell in love again ... His new wife was cruel and mean. And her sister Baba Yaga, who lived in a dark forest, was even meaner. Baba Yaga was a witch! It was said that she was fond of children ... for dinner! One day Olga's stepmother sent her to Baba Yaga. What was she supposed to do now?

"The illustrations are absolutely fabulous and the book is worth reading just for those alone." - Yellowstone Library

Author Notes

An Leysen works as an art teacher in Turnhout, Belgium, where she teaches design and fashion. She is married to the visual artist Jef Faes and they have a daughter, Louise, who has art running through her veins too. In her spare time An likes to - what else? - read and draw.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Leyson, whose previous retellings include The Nutcracker and Pinocchio's Dream, recounts the legend of the witch Baba Yaga through dramatic text and richly textured mixed-media illustrations. Olga, a doe-eyed, strawberry-blonde child, lives happily with her widowed father until he marries a cruel woman. Olga's stepmother sends her into the woods to her sister, Baba Yaga, who lives in a house balanced atop chicken legs and who zips through the air in her cauldron. Listening to the advice of her matryoshka doll, Olga uses her kindness and quick wits to escape being cooked and eaten by the witch. Varying type sizes, emphatic narration ("She was so ugly! And so old! Surely more than a hundred years old"), and the larger-than-life artwork should make for shivery read-alouds on the way to the story's happy ending. Ages 5-up. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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