Books for children

“When I was six years old, I did not know that the Earth is spherical. But Styopka, the owner’s son, with whose parents we lived at the dacha, explained to m...

“The older sister taught the younger sister to read. Olenka has learned all the letters, but she can’t read, it’s impossible. The letters just don’t fit toge...

“Once I saw a very little girl teaching a piglet to speak. She found the piglet to be very smart and obedient, but for some reason he never wanted to speak l...

“I have changed a lot in my life. I was a shepherd and a shoemaker, a porter and a cook. I made flowers out of tissue paper, wrote signs, sold newspapers... ...

“I have never been a pioneer, although due to my age it was quite possible for me to wear a red tie for more than one year, or even several years. And not on...

“Those who despise a quiet life, who strive for difficulties and dangers, have nowhere to put their ebullient energy. And I realized then that there was noth...

“He came to Shkid when all four classes were sitting in the large school canteen having morning tea. As soon as he, accompanied by Vikniksor, entered the din...

“I was born and spent my first childhood in the village of Yasnaya Polyana. I don’t remember my mother at all. I was one and a half years old when she died. ...

“I had a little face. Her name was Bulka. She was all black, only the tips of her front paws were white...”