New Releases by Krystyna Turska

Turska''s illustrations have won many awards. She won the Kate Greenaway medal in 1972 with The woodcutter''s duck. This is the story of the famous ballet by Leo Delibes_

A dollmaker cleverly schemes to pass his most beautiful doll off as a real girl, but he is outwitted by the townspeople he tries to deceive.

With the help of the Firebird Prince Ivan destroys Kastchei the Deathless and releases Vasilissa from the spell of the evil enchanter.

Grand-père est fatigué de l''oeuf brun, menu frugal du dîner quotidien. Sa poule tachetée, pour lui faire plaisir, pond un oeuf d''or. Dès ce jour, le malheur envahit la paisible maison. Grand-père regrette son mécontentement et tout rentre dans l''ordre. Un conte d''origine polonaise dont les nombreuses illustrations évoquent les traditions. Mise en pages originale et animée.

Bewerking van een Stiermarkse legende uit Oostenrijk.

A magician who wants to go to the moon sells his soul to the devil to accomplish his objective.

Verzameling verhalen en legenden over zeemeerminnen, zeemonsters, bijgeloof etc., uit vele landen en tijdperken.

Kindness to a frog brings a Polish woodcutter an unusual power and a change of fortune.

Through courage and perseverance a peasant girl frees her husband, an enchanted prince, from the spell of the evil sea witch.