Tatia knows she should follow her late mother's advice and stay away from Grandma Chickenlegs - a fearsome old Baba Yaga. But when her stepmother orders her to visit the old witch, how can Tatia refuse? She sets out, armed only with a clean handkerchief, a sweet nature and her dear doll Drooga... and proves that if friends stick together they can win through!

 

This book was recognised in the Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud category by the Blue Peter Book Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2001 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Moira Kemp is an established author/illustrator known for her picture books and covers. She is published by Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins, Transworld, as well as creating some very successful covers for Hodder's Dark at the Foot of the Stairs and A Perfect Fright. Geraldine McCaughrean is the author of The Odyssey and other titles in the acclaimed Oxford Illustrated Classics series.