Russian Fairy Tales (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Ivan Bilibin (Author)

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Illustrated by Ivan Bilibin

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Everyman's Library (November 21, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679436413
• ISBN-13: 978-0679436416
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #114,138 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Luxorious! Excellent selection of tales!, September 21, 1999

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The selection of tales in this book is excellent, the cover and the illustrations are luxorious, and more than worth what you pay. I was very pleasantly surprised when I opened the package and saw this book, because I needed it for a friend, and it is, indeed, a wonderful present.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely Worth the Price, October 8, 2004

By	Bill Allcorn - See all my reviews

Yes, the illustrations are reduced to a smaller size than one might like and, yes, the colors are flatter than they presumably are in the originals. But for about $10 you get a very attractive, 180+ page, hard cover book with a sample of more than 50 of Ivan's Bilibin's gorgeous fairy tale illustrations, all but one or two in color and many full, or even double page.

For the price, I don't think you can go wrong if you're at all interested in Russian fairy tale stories and illustrations. By way of comparison. I recently ran across some Russian editions of illustrated Russian fairy tale books, including at least one illustrated by Biliban, at a Russian gift Shop in Oakland, CA. They were larger format and the reproduction of the illustrations was somewhat better, but the were paperback, only about 32 pages, and cost $29.95 each if I remember correctly.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Lovely Book, February 28, 2004

By	F. J. Powell (Chester, SC United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Very nice gift book,I ordered this book after coming back from Russia as a present for my nieces and nephews to give them a taste of the wonder of this wild country...and thoroughly enjoyed it myelf. I disagree with a previous reviewer over the illustrations: the pictures by Bilibin are great.. they're not dingy: just turn of the century Russian in a beautiful style-moderne style that was all the rage in St Petersburg.
Russian Folktales typically have charming rhymed couplets sprinkled throughout the stories and unfortunately, in this translation, these have been flattened to strict prose, but the stories are still well told.