How the Tsar Drinks Tea

This is a charming picture book about a peasant who finds an old brass samover when digging up roots in his field. His boasting that he can now drink tea like the tsar leads him before the ruler to prove it. The tsar's servants perform a lavish and beautifully described ceremony centered around his gold, jewel-encrusted samover. At the end is one cup of tea for the tsar. He sips it while the court waits for his judgement. "Ah, good" says the tsar and the peasant tells him; I drink tea like the tsar because we both say "Ah, good". It's a nice little lesson about being human no matter what your station, it's educational about Russian culture in the past, and the pictures always make me want tea! This book should be reprinted for a new generation to enjoy.