Russian Folk Tales (Oxford Myths & Legends) Hardcover – December 21, 2000

As a native russian who spent her childhood reading a lot of folk tales I can tell that this book is very good translation of some of the tales. Author gives some information about background of Russian folk mythology and culture which is very helpfull for non-russian reader to understand the tales and russian culture in general. Love the poety of translation and beautiful ilustrations! My american husband enjoyed it very much! Would reccomend for kids to read.

I ready this through and then gave it to a friend of mine who is Ukranian. I think she was going to go home and read it to her mother, translating into Ukranian.

Wanted to give this to my young grandson for Christmas. The first tale was so horrifying I was shocked. Someone should warn that the stories are not for young children.