The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring
by Ruth Sanderson | 
Rechenka's Eggs
by Patricia Polacco | 
The Firebird
by Jane Yolen | 
Baboushka and the Three Kings
by Ruth Robbins | 
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
by Arthur Ransome | 
The Tale of the Firebird
by Gennady Spirin | 
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
by Alexander Pushkin | 
Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave
by Marianna Mayer |
The Frog Princess
by J. Patrick Lewis | 
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle | 
Where Is Baby's Belly Button?
by Karen Katz | 
Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle |
How to Babysit a Grandma
by Jean Reagan |
Peek-A Who?
by Nina Laden | 
Guess How Much I Love You
by Sam McBratney | 
Blueberries for Sal
by Robert McCloskey | 
Flotsam
by David Wiesner | 
On the Night You Were Born
by Nancy Tillman | 
WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? for Kids
by Spencer Johnson | 
Thank You, Mr. Falker
by Patricia Polacco |
Sadko the musician loved his city of Novgorod, the richest and most free in all Russia. With its great feasts, its white stone churches, its merchant visitors from many lands, Sadko felt there was no better place to be. Yet he was lonely too, for the rich young ladies who danced to his music would never favor anyone so poor. One night he takes his twelve-string gusli and goes alone to play by the River Volkhov. Suddenly from the water rises the Sea King, who invites the astonished musician to play at his underwater palace. But how will Sadko get there? And how will he get back? And will he want to return at all, when he meets the Sea King's lovely daughter? One of the most popular legends of Russia, Sadko's story is found in medieval epic ballads, as well as in a popular opera by Rimsky-Korsakov. It is retold here in elegant prose, complemented by the entrancing illustrations of a modern Russian master.