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A young huntsman is helped by a golden mare when he tries to perform the seemingly impossible feats commanded by the Tsar.

In this variation on the story of The fisherman and his wife, a young Ukranian girl must repeatedly return to the wren she has rescued to relay her parents' increasingly greedy demands.

The king, who loves adventures, is imprisoned during one of his long journeys. When the queen sets out to find her husband, she must travel in disguise. This is a tale of love, devotion, and ingenuity from the days of medieval Russia. Includes special educational sections: Words to know, What do you think?, and about Russia.

With the aid of his magical Horse of Power, a young archer fulfills the increasingly difficult requests of Tsar Ivan and wins the hand of Princess Vasilissa.

The Fairy Books, or "Coloured" Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Collected together by Andrew Land they are sourced from a number of different countries and were translated by Lang's wife and other translators who also retold many of the tales. The collection has been incalculably important and, although he did not source the stories himself direct from the oral tradition

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Ilya is the youngest son of a Russian prince. His only friends in his father's household are a priest, a magician, and an old woman who works in the kitchen, but from them he learns faith, a bit of magic, and the power of love. His brothers delight in tormenting him, and his father looks away. When the orchard is visited by the firebird, Ilya's father and brothers in turn fail to catch the magical creature. Ilya is forbidden to try but disobeys his...

A collection of children's fairy tales.