Rising to a challenge from the monarch of Russia, a goofy country bumpkin and his strange superhuman `moujik' companions invent a flying ship and show up to claim the Czar's daughter.
With the help of some extraordinary comrades that he meets on the way, a Simpleton fulfills the King's outlandish requests and wins the hand of the Princess
A familiar Russian fairy tale finds a simple youth who, with an unlikely crew of helpers, sets sail through the skies aboard a wonderful flying ship to win the hand of a beautiful faraway princess.
School & Library Binding
(Turtleback Books, May 1, 1987)
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.