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product_id: 17148639
title: "Baba Yaga's Assistant"
brand: "candlewick"
price: "$122"
currency: NZD
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 13
category: "Book"
url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/17148639-baba-yagas-assistant
store_origin: NZ
region: New Zealand
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# Baba Yaga's Assistant

**Brand:** candlewick
**Price:** $122
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Baba Yaga's Assistant by candlewick
- **How much does it cost?** $122 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Customer Reviews

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    Toothless
  

*by M***T on Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2017*

Given the intended elementary school-age audience, it’s understandable that this graphic novel turns the fearsome and fickle witch, Baba Yaga, into a prank-playing, misunderstood crone with a heart of gold. Author Marika McCoola makes it clear in the opening pages that her retelling of the Slavic folklore will be unconventional.The defanging of the Baba Yaga character didn’t bother me so much as the demonizing of the stepmother one, a long tradition in ancient and popular culture, which sets this so-called unconventional tale in motion. The main character, Masha, runs away to become Baba Yaga’s assistant because she’s unhappy with her father’s intended new wife (weirdly, a woman she’s never met before).The confusing and complicated plotlines pile up from there. Is this a stepmother/daughter conflict? Coming of age story? Fairy tale? Family drama? Magical realism? Fantasy? Adventure story? Heroic tale?McCoola touches on all these themes in this 127-page book. After a Hansel and Gretel-type interlude, Masha leaves behind her normal-looking but uncaring family, to live with the evil-looking but lovable Baba Yaga. On top of the dead mother, a recently-dead grandmother graces the pages in flashback form, who, it turns out was Baba Yaga’s assistant, too. So, add spiritual inheritance and destiny to the list of covered subjects.Emily Carroll saves the book with her richly depicted and colored illustrations that slow down the pell-mell pace of the story. Without her, this book would be a two-star work.  A beautiful but confusing book for any age.

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    A fun romp.  Nothing too deep or intellectal, but a fun story for adults or younger adults.
  

*by T***R on Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2015*

This is a really fun book that has an ever-so-slight identity crisis. The story reads as if it were a children's book, and they the content is a little too adult in my opinion to be a children's book.  Young children will still be a little scared of the concept of a witch that eats little children, and yet the main characters are all very light-hearted, wink in your eye.  I wanted to assume that this was one of those things in life that is written on two level (like early simpsons episodes), but I don't think it is that deep. It's merely a pleasant tale of a young girl and here interactions with the witch Baba Yaga. I don't think you'll get a lot out of this book, but it's a very pleasant read and you'll smile throughout.  A disposable, yet enjoyable tale.Re-readability = 5

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    It's an ok chapter book/ not accurate about her legend
  

*by C***E on Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2020*

This is a chapter book for young readers that has a kindly view of Baba Yaga. It doesn't portray her as her legend is known but at least it's an introduction for young minds who might look into her legend when they get older.

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*Store origin: NZ*
*Last updated: 2026-03-08*