The famous cycle of stories by Sholom-Aleichem (1859-1916) “In the small world of small people” and the story “Summer novels” have not been reprinted in Russia for a long time. Some stories have been translated for the first time for this collection. On the pages of this book you will meet with the inhabitants of a fictional village, which is not on any geographical map. But it was here that many of Sholem Aleichem's favorite heroes lived; from here the famous boy Motl . left for America. Friendly, full of optimism and inexhaustible humor, these stories are still read with no less interest than a hundred years ago.