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The fool of the world and the flying ship : a Russian tale / retold by Arthur Ransome. Pictures by Uri Shulevitz.
Van Pelt Library PR6035.A63 F66 1968
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--Russia.
- Folklore.
- Russia.
- Physical Description:
- 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1968]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "An Ariel book."
- "Originally published in 1916 as part of [the author's] Old Peter's Russian tales."
- Caldecott Medal, 1969.
- OCLC:
- 305915
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