Teaching Discernment in a World Full of Whispers
(A Baba Yaga's Wisdom Tale)
What do you get when you mix one ancient witch, a bold young girl, a bubbling cauldron of hair dye... and a very dramatic hunter?
A rumor, of course.
In this delightfully wise and hilarious forest fable, Baba Yaga tries to help her apprentice Vasilisa dye her hair a brilliant red-but when a passing hunter misinterprets the scene, the tale takes a wild and terrible turn. Suddenly, the whole village believes Baba Yaga is boiling children's heads (She's not, by the way. Just beetroot. Maybe a little madder root. Possibly elder.)
Through rhyme, humor, and gently spooky imagery, The Hair Dye Debacle teaches children one of life's most important lessons: