The fool of the world and the flying ship; a Russian tale
(1968, original release: 1916)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
E/FOLKTALES/EUROPE/RAN
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c[1968]
DESCRIPTION
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0374324425
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Originally published in 1916 as part of [the author's] Old Peter's Russian tales."
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
Winner of the 1969 Caldecott Medal
810
360L
Decoding demand: 44 (medium) Semantic demand: 45 (medium) Syntactic demand: 37 (low) Structure demand: 75 (high)