# A Perfect Pork Stew

**Author:** Paul Brett Johnson
**Grade range:** Grades K–3
**Age range:** 5–8
**First published:** 1998
**Genre:** Fairy Tale/Folklore
**ISBN-13:** `9780531330708`
**ISBN-10:** `0531330702`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-perfect-pork-stew
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

When Ivan the Fool meets Baba Yaga, the witch of Russian folklore fame, on a day that has begun badly for her, he outwits her by making dirt soup, getting a fine, fat pig in the bargain.

## Themes

- witches
- baba yaga (legendary character)
- pigs, fiction

## Where this book is assigned

### Kentucky Bluegrass Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · Kentucky — [source: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1999 winner (K-3)](https://www.kasl.us/kba/kba-winners-circle)
- **recommended** · 1st grade · Kentucky — [source: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1999 winner (K-3)](https://www.kasl.us/kba/kba-winners-circle)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade · Kentucky — [source: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1999 winner (K-3)](https://www.kasl.us/kba/kba-winners-circle)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Kentucky — [source: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1999 winner (K-3)](https://www.kasl.us/kba/kba-winners-circle)

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