Baba Yaga's Assistant Marika McCoola illustrated by Emily Carroll CANDLEWICK PRESS
Once upon a time in a place much like this people told stories of Baba Yaga She flies around at night in her mortar and pestle stealing chickens from yards and bicycles from porches She takes cats and dogs without a sound and eats them for Sunday brunch SQUAWK
She's a mean old crone who steals children But why Mama What does she do with them If they're naughty she turns them into goldfish and watches them flop around for fun One look at her can give children stomachaches The next second they're dead
