The fool of the world and the flying ship : a Russian tale / retold by Arthur Ransome ;pictures by Uri Shulevitz.
1968
CMC PZ8.R174 Fo (Mapit)
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Title
The fool of the world and the flying ship : a Russian tale / retold by Arthur Ransome ;pictures by Uri Shulevitz.
Author
Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967.
ISBN
0374324425
Publication Details
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c1968.
Language
English
Description
[48] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 27 cm.
Call Number
CMC PZ8.R174 Fo
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.
Note
"An Ariel book."
"Originally published in 1916 as part of [the author's] Old Peter's Russian tales."
"Originally published in 1916 as part of [the author's] Old Peter's Russian tales."
Awards
Caldecott Medal, 1969.
Added Author
Shulevitz, Uri, 1935- illus.
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