The Peasant's Pea Patch: A Russian Folktale

by Guy Daniels (Translator), Robert M. Quackenbush (Illustrator)

When his pea patch is invaded by a flock of hungry cranes, a peasant lets them peck away. He even gives them vodka and honey for dessert. Oh, how sleepy that makes them, allowing the peasant to tie them together and drag them home. But the cranes awake and take the peasant for a wild ride through the sky. And that is only the beginning of his adventures! In this uproarious and antic rendering of a Russian merry tale, things get worse and worse for the poor peasant until, at last, with the help of a friendly bee-keeper, he makes it back home.

40 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1971