By the Pike's Command: Folk Russian Tales

Folk Russian tales - wise and instructive, funny and sad, naive and cunning, but always enchanting, drawing you into their magical world, where a fox can be a confessor, and a frog can be a princess, where live the Tiny Khavroshka, Vasilisa the Beautiful, and Koschei the Deathless, where the gusli plays the self-playing songs, and the golden fish grants any cherished wishes. This collection of tales, compiled by the folklorist, literary scholar, and historian Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev, will make a wonderful gift for adults and children for any holiday, especially for the New Year.