An evil stepmother sent her kind, hardworking stepdaughter into the forest in winter, to certain death, to pick snowdrops for the queen. But a miracle happened - all twelve months gathered together to help the girl, and spring came for a short time in the middle of the cold winter. What will happen to the stepmother, her evil daughter, and the wayward queen when they want the months to do the...

The play teaches not to turn away from those who need help, because it is always easier to cope with difficulties together.

Amazing illustrations by the artist Yu. Korovin, an outstanding master of children's illustration, complement the atmosphere of joy from reading beautiful poetic lines.

Not all microbes are harmful. Petka is actually useful. Without people like him, we wouldn't have sour cream or kefir. There are so many microbes in one drop of water that you can't count them. You need a microscope to see these little ones. But maybe they are also looking at us - from the other side of the magnifying glass?

Georgy Alekseevich's stories about his native nature are so interesting and colorful that several cartoons ‘Forest Travelers’ (1951) and ‘In the Forest Thicket’ (1954) (co-authored with Vera Chaplina) were made based on them.

«КЛАССНАЯ КЛАССИКА» — ЭТО КНИГИ, КОТОРЫЕ КАЖДЫЙ ДОЛЖЕН ПРОЧИТАТЬ В ДЕТСТВЕ. Александра Грина называют последним романтиком в русской литературе. Не оттого ли его произведения обладают для нас необъяснимой притягательностью. Они пробуждают лучшие чувства, заставляя взглянуть на мир другими глазами. Грин писал о сильных, чистых сердцем людях. О них же и его книга «Алые паруса». Романтическая...

The book contains stories by Boris Zhitkov (1882-1938) from the cycles 'What Happened', 'About Animals', 'Sea Stories'. Curious children will read them with pleasure, having learned a lot of interesting facts for themselves.

Когда родители Грега решили, прихватив детей, сбежать на несколько дней из родного городка с его промозглой зимней погодой в тепло тропического острова, они и представить не могли, чем это для них закончится. Поездка, которая должна была стать райским отпуском без стресса и волнений, оборачивается кошмаром забитого под завязку курорта, где Грегу и его родным приходится бороться за свое место...

If you're feeling a little sad and lonely, be sure to pick up this book and immerse yourself in the magical world of Sergei Kozlov's fairy tales. Here, in an enchanted forest, where the seasons change slowly and amazingly beautifully, live Hedgehog, Bear, and their friends. They visit each other for tea with honey, spend the evenings twilight-filled, sitting in wicker chairs, wiping the stars...