Sashas Matrioshka Dolls

In old Moscow lived a little girl named Sasha & her grandfather, a boxmaker. One day her beloved rag doll falls prey to mice. What can Grandfather do? ¿Wait!¿ he says. ¿I¿ll carve you a doll from a scrap of wood. Sasha paints the doll to look like a Matrioshka, ¿a little mother,¿ & loves this doll, too. Pleased, Grandfather carves another doll of the same shape in which to store the first. Unfortunately, 2 matrioshkas are not enough, for a mouse can easily steal 2 tiny dolls in one, & a rat can abscond with 3. A cat can knock over 4, & what are 5 to the Tsar¿s cavalry! How many matrioshkas will Sasha need to know that her doll is secure? Grandfather is willing to carve on & on, until Sasha has just the right number of dolls in this heartwarming intergenerational story.Dillon, Jana is the author of 'Sashas Matrioshka Dolls', published 2002 under ISBN 9781422366844 and ISBN 1422366847.