A Little Story about a Big Turnip

Folklore Retold Authors breathe new life into classic myths and folklore, for everyone from picture book fans on up to teenage readers. A classic Russian tale is retold faithfully in A Little Story About a Big Turnip by Tatiana Zunshine, illus. by Evgeny Antonenkov: ""One day Grandie decided to pull the turnip out. He pulled, and pulled, and pulled... but the turnip wouldn't come out."" Antonenkov uses bright watercolors over kinetic black pencil lines that emphasize the movements of the lanky, bumbling characters as they try to uproot the root. (Mar.)