It's the hottest day of the year, hotter than broccoli soup, hotter than the Atacama Desert, hotter than the surface of the sun. It's just the right kind of day for a boy and his granddad to go for a picnic. But as the sun beats down, Granddad keeps having to stop for a rest, and by the time they find the perfect picnic spot, some pirates have beaten them to it. Good thing they have enough food...

A shipwreck. A sole survivor, stranded on a deserted island. What could be more appealing to children than Robinson Crusoe's amazing adventure? Set in the 17th century, and unfolding over a 30-year period, it offers plenty of suspense and everyday detail about how Crusoe manages to stay alive. Additionally, it paints a fascinating portrait of the age-including references to slavery and Europe's...

The collection of poetry includes the most famous poems about spring by A. Pushkin, S. Yesenin, A. Fet, F. Tyutchev and others. The book will help to instill in schoolchildren a love of beauty, will be very useful for the selection and memorization of poetry for school holidays and events.

The collection includes seven stories by the Russian writer Mikhail Prishvin, who is rightly called the 'singer of Russian nature': 'Lisichkin bread', 'First stand', 'Yarik' and others. Illustrations by Marina Belousova.

Arkady Gaidar is a legendary man. The most unprecedented stories were told about his life, and all of them are pure truth. He also said about himself: 'It was an ordinary biography and an extraordinary time.' At the age of 14, he went to the Civil War, at 17 he commanded a regiment, and died at the front of the Great Patriotic War. He began to write in the 1920s and in his works he created a...

Lydia Charskaya is a Russian writer who, at the beginning of the 20th century, became extremely popular with her works for children. She wrote simply and fascinatingly about the things that excite and captivate young readers; ordinary boys and girls became the heroes of her works. The heroine of the story 'Sibirochka' is a ten-year-old girl, who has experienced all kinds of hardships,...

The famous story of the classic of English and world literature, Charles Dickens, is a subtle study of the human soul in all its uniqueness. Once, on Christmas Eve, the ghost of his companion, who had died several years ago, came to visit the mean and heartless old man Scrooge. The whole life, from the most joyful to the saddest moments, passed before Scrooge after this meeting. And at some...

The book 'Marusya the Athlete' includes two stories about the cheerful Marusya. First, boys and girls will learn to swim with Marusya and her friends in the pool, and then they will go skiing, sledding and skating. Marusin's example is very contagious - you immediately want to go in for sports and become a champion! The book was retold into Russian by the famous translator, winner of many...

The book 'Marusya on the Farm' includes two stories about the life of this inquisitive girl. In the first story, Marusya goes to a farm and gets to know the domestic animals. Meet piglets, ducklings, chickens and other inhabitants of the farm. And in the second story, Marusya will tell you what the seasons are and what you can do in winter, spring, summer and autumn. These stories are published...

LIA GERASKINA is a famous Russian writer and journalist. For children, she composed plays, which were performed with great success in many theaters of the country, and fairy tales. Perhaps her most famous work for children is the fairy tale 'In the Land of Unlearned Lessons' about the adventures of a loser and lazybones Vitya Perestukin, who terribly disliked doing homework and paid for it in...

A poignant story of canine friendship and devotion.

The heroes of Martin Sodomka's new book 'How to make a plane' - friends, the sparrow Zyla and the rat Arnie, who are friends, decided to make a plane in order to fly on their travels. This is not an easy task, as, after all, designing a car is. But they managed to do that last year too!