‘The Black Hen, or the Underground Inhabitants’ is an extraordinary, enchanting story that Antony Pogorelsky wrote for his beloved nephew Alyosha, the future famous writer Alexei Tolstoy. This is the first work in the history of Russian literature written specifically for children.

Three wonderful fairy tales ‘The Disheveled Sparrow’, ‘The Steel Ring’ and ‘Warm Bread’ are not like fairy tales. These are stories about ordinary children who believe in miracles, and therefore miracles happen to them.

Who are friends? Classmates, neighbors at the dacha, boys and girls in the yard or in extracurricular activities, or maybe a brother and sister or mom and dad? Everyone can be friends, the most faithful, cheerful inventors and playmates, or they can also be those with whom it’s even interesting to do homework. And your favorite authors can also be friends - A. Barto, E. Uspensky, S. Marshak, S....

For more than a century, this wonderful book by Mark Twain has been equally warmly received by more and more generations of readers, remaining timeless. And this is not surprising, because it has everything that so captivates the reader - the romance of adventure, a plot with unexpected twists, lively humor and even the experiences of the young hero. It turned out to be so real because, as the...

He composed fairy tales for his daughter Josephine, and when the girl died at the age of six from pneumonia, Kipling compiled a collection of twelve fairy tales and published it in 1902 in memory of his favorite. These tales about the creation of the world and the first wild animals have been translated into almost all languages , and children in all countries enjoy reading them. This book...

Name the most popular translated children's books. We have no doubt that Tove Jansson's stories about the Moomin trolls, Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings epic, novels by J.K. Rowling about Harry Potter. It is about them - your favorite (or least favorite) books - and will be discussed in this collection. They are read not according...

The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his 'creative side.' As if that's not scary enough, Halloween's just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. When Greg discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can he get his mom off his...

Findus, however, is adamant that the Yule Tomte must visit, and because Pettson does not want to disappoint Findus, he comes up with a plan to build a Yule Tomte that can move and speak and give Findus gifts-but it is going to be very difficult to keep this secret from the curious cat, and even harder to design a convincing mechanical Yule Tomte! What Pettson needs is a little bit of Christmas...

It is the day before Christmas Eve and there is lots to do but disaster strikes when Pettson sprains his ankle. How can they celebrate Christmas now-with no tree, ham, meatballs or gingerbread? For all their resourcefulness, Findus and Pettson are close to giving up, when suddenly there is a knock on the door...

In the summer, ice cream was sold in a booth on Plaowa Street, and now - just before Christmas - someone decided to sell gingerbread there. When the young detectives come there again to shop, they find a 'I'LL BE BACK SOON' sign. Something's wrong. Will the seller come back? Why did he use a booth close to a closed house? When Tiril and Oliver notice a hole cut in the back wall, they spring...