In this magical debut, a couple's lives are changed forever by the arrival of a little girl, wild and secretive, on their snowy doorstep. Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart -- he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone -- but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees. This little girl, who calls herself Faina, seems to be a child of the woods. She hunts with a red fox at her side, skims lightly across the snow, and somehow survives alone in the Alaskan wilderness. As Jack and Mabel struggle to understand this child who could have stepped from the pages of a fairy tale, they come to love her as their own daughter. But in this beautiful, violent place things are rarely as they appear, and what they eventually learn about Faina will transform all of them.

A Social history of the Ukrainians in Manitoba.

Curious Creatures of Russian Folklore is the follow up book to Vasilisa's Russian Fairytales by artist Faina Lorah. Now you can join millions around the world who are rediscovering the art of coloring while reading through this compendium of mythological creatures that have delighted generations for centuries. You can discover more about Baba Yaga the witch, color in the entrancing beauty of the Alkonost, and learn about intriguing creatures like the rusalka and vodyanoy - all while adding your own color to these works of art!All illustrations were hand drawn by Faina Lorah.