Baba Yaga’s Assistant: A Graphic Novel

Baba Yaga’s Assistant: A Graphic Novel (2015) Marika McCoola and Emily Carroll

Everyone knows about Baba Yaga.

She flies with a mortal and pestle.

She eats misbehaving children.

She has the best house.

After Masha’s mother died, he grandmother baked cookies and loved her.

And told her stories about Baba Yaga.

But then her grandmother died, and Masha felt alone.

And when her father decided to remarry, Masha decide she’d apply for the job of Baba Yaga’s Assistant (as advertised in the newspaper).

The story is of Masha’s trials in her quest to become Baba Yaga’s assistant, calling on the memories of the stories her grandmother told her of the Russian witch.

It’s lovely.

Characters: Masha Martin, Baba Yaga, Irina Otelsberg, Danielle Morgan

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Rating: 8.5/10

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