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Yolen, Jane.
THE FLYING WITCH
New York : HarperCollins, 2003.
IL K-3, RL 4.3
ISBN 0060285362
Baba Yaga is a very well known witch in Russia.  She flies around the forest looking for children to eat.  Most children stay away from the forest because they don't want to get eaten.  When a young girl falls off her father's truck on the way to market, she is picked up by Baba Yaga.  The girl must rely on her brains to get away.  Will she succeed?
SUBJECTS:     Baba Yaga (Legendary character) -- Legends.
                        Fairy tales.
                        Folklore -- Russia.

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