The Dream Stealer

gregory maguire diana bryan

Out of Russia's northern forests, once every generation or so, an evil wolf named Blood Prince walks, causing two young children to seek the witch Baba Yaga and ask her help in saving their village. Reissue.

Genres fantasyfictionfairy taleschildrensmiddle graderussiafolkloreretellingsyoung adultmythology

132 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1983

Places

russian federation,

This edition

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover
Published: October 21, 2002 by Clarion Books
ISBN: 9780618181889
ASIN: 0618181881
Language: English

About the author

gregory maguire

Gregory Maguire is an American author, whose novels are revisionist retellings of children's stories (such as L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into Wicked). He received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University, and his B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany. He was a professor and co-director at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature from 1979-1985. In 1987 he co-founded Children's Literature New England (a non-profit educational charity).

Maguire has served as artist-in-residence at the Blue Mountain Center, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Hambidge Center. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts.