The Tsar and the Amazing Cow Author:J. Patrick Lewis, Friso Henstra (Illustrator) (Dial Books for Young Readers) — One night Stefan, an old and unlucky peasant, hears his cow Buryonka advise him to "Drink the milk, Master. It is more than milk now. It is magic." He's so surprised he falls off his milking stool. Drinking the milk makes him and his wife Maria suddenly young and so famous that the frightful tsar dem... more »ands they bring Buryonka to the palace. In the end of this jaunty tale, the tsar is punished for his greed; there's also a subplot concerning the peasants' three lost daughters, who are returned to life. Henstra's drawings fill the wide pages with picturesque farm buildings and curious observers. Ages 4-8.« less