Selected Stories for Children

We all come from childhood, and Mikhail Zoshchenko writes for children with sincerity and humor, whether it's stories about animals, tales of school years, or wartime days. Is it worth trading galoshes for ice cream, what could be scarier than... a grade of one in the diary, and worse than the butter that fell into dad's boss's tea? Without lecturing and without teaching, the author praises the cleverness of a cunning cat, the bravery of kids who hold back a fascist, the kindness of a soldier who saved a little monkey… And he helps understand which actions are noble and beautiful, and which are better left as curious incidents. The illustrations by Mikhail Skobelev vividly highlight the characters' personalities and lively complement the sharp irony of the stories.