About the book: 2022 / The Russian folk tale about Baba Yaga, known to everyone since childhood, will appear before readers in a slightly different light. Sending the unfortunate stepdaughter to the evil witch to certain death, the insidious stepmother never expected that everything would go differently. At first, Baba Yaga will want, according to established tradition, to wash the captive in a bathhouse and then throw her into a boiling cauldron. However, later, the sentimentality of the witch will allow the girl to act out the famous fairy tale in a new way. It turns out that Baba Yaga is not alien to a sense of humor and a penchant for folk art. Readers will find out what scenario the old woman came up with and how the girl will skillfully use it after reading the proposed interpretation of her favorite fairy tale..