Books with title Baba Yaga

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

From the beloved New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Thank You, Mr. Falker and Pink and Say.Baba Yaga is a witch famous throughout Russia for eating children, but this Babushka Baba Yaga is a lonely old woman who just wants a grandchild--to love."Kids will respond to the joyful story of the outsider who gets to join in, and Polacco's richly patterned paintings of Russian peasant life on the edge of the woods are full of light and color." -- Booklist"A warm, lively tale, neatly mixing new and old and illustrated with Polacco's usual energetic action, bright folk patterns, and affectionate characterizations." --Kirkus Reviews

Baba Yaga has fascinated me ever since I read her stories as a child – the images created of this unique witch were fantastic. Who wouldn’t want to live in a house on chicken legs, that can turn or walk from place to place whenever you wanted it to? And flying around in a mortar that moves when pounded with the pestle? Simply wonderful. I also found it interesting that Baba Yaga – unlike the witches in other fairy tales – is not necessarily evil, but actually helps out the characters in some stories, under the right conditions. When I began telling stories professionally, Baba Yaga quickly took her place in my repertoire.As with all fairy tales, several varieties of Baba Yaga exist. Many stories include her only as a minor character. Each story in this collection has distinct elements of the Baba Yaga legend, and each has been retold in modern English. I hope you find them as fascinating as I do!

Finding Baba Yaga is a mythic yet timely novel-in-verse by the beloved and prolific New York Times bestselling author and poet Jane Yolen, “the Hans Christian Andersen of America” (Newsweek).A young woman discovers the power to speak up and take control of her fate―a theme that has never been more timely than it is now…You think you know this story.You do not.A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: A house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice, her power, herself...."Jane Yolen is a phenomenon: a poet and a mythmaker, who understands how old stories can tell us new things. We are lucky to have her."―Neil Gaiman