From the Soviet artist of Fairy Tales comes this new collection, similar in format to Gennady Spirin's The Enchanter's Spell , which also was an international collection of tales. A story each from Germany, Italy, France, the U.S.S.R., Finland and Sweden make up the collection, just as lavishly illustrated as Ustinov's previous work. Four of the tales The Rain Maiden , The Wildman of the Forest , Princess Roseblossom and The Frog Princess will be less familiar to readers, and are beautifully executed here.

Germany: The Rain Maiden
Italy: The Wild Man of the Forest
France: Princess Roseblossom
Russia: The Frog Princess
Finland: Anton Treetop
Sweden: The Castle East of the Sun and West of the Moon