Auntie Katushka in her bright shawl, Andrewshek and Erminka, not to speak of poppy seed cakes, goat, goose, swan, chickens, dog, cat, red-topped boots and the rest bring the right combination for nursery tales—little children and nursery adventures, presented with imagination and novelty.

The Petershams have used gay color and humor to bring out the amusing situations in the stories. An ideal nursery book.

From the dust jacket