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Baba Yaga
Author
Publication Date
September 13, 2016
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction / 2nd − 3rd
Language
English
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Description
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
Publication date
September 13, 2016
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781605372907
Lexile Measure
710
Publisher
Clavis
BISAC categories
JUV007000 - Juvenile Fiction | Classics
JUV012040 - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | Adaptations
JUV012040 - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | Adaptations
Library of Congress categories
Fiction
Fairy tales
Czech Republic
Witches
Juvenile works
Good and evil
Baba Yaga (Legendary character)
Slovakia
Fairy tales
Czech Republic
Witches
Juvenile works
Good and evil
Baba Yaga (Legendary character)
Slovakia
Publishers Weekly
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 2016 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission. An Leysen
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.
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