A delightful children’s tale of loyalty and friendship! This book’s beautiful watercolor illustrations were painted by Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanov (the youngest sister of Tsar Nicholas II) for her own small sons, Tihon and Gury. The grand duchess never wrote the story down, but simply told it by heart as she showed her children the paintings. It was her Romanov daughter-in-law who, in 2007, asked our St. Nicholas Press editor, Mother Nectaria McLees, to author the story in English, just as she had heard it in Russian from her husband Tihon. For children of any age, culture, and background!

Ages 3-10, 32 pages, large format softcover, high quality art paper, full-color illustrations.
ISBN: 978-097163521