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.

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...