Mirra Ginsburg

How can an ant, butterfly, mouse, sparrow, and rabbit all take shelter from the rain under the same mushroom? Vividly colored humorous pen-and-ink illustrations greatly enhance the simple tale of an ant who takes shelter under a small mushroom during a downpour.

When he tries to imitate a rooster, a newly-hatched chick falls in a puddle.

A poor and foolish king marries off his three daughters to the Sun, the Moon, and the Raven and then tries to copy their special talents.

Hatched at the same time, the chick is successful at imitating the duck until the latter goes for a swim.

Mikhail Bulgakov's devastating satire of Soviet life was written during the darkest period of Stalin's regime. Combining two distinct yet interwoven parts-one set in ancient Jerusalem, one in contemporary Moscow-the novel veers from moods of wild theatricality with violent storms, vampire attacks, and a Satanic ball; to such somber scenes as the meeting of Pilate and Yeshua, and the murder of Judas in the moonlit garden of Gethsemane; to the substanceless,...

Because he wants to keep the pot of gold he found, Ivan must outwit the lord of the manor who wants the gold for himself.

A clever fox teaches two bears a lesson about greed.

The sun, the breeze, the leaves, the bird, the squirrel, and the child all grow tired after a long day and go to sleep.

Hatched at the same time, the chick does fine imitating the duckling until the latter goes for a swim.