No lessons will be held!

What connects shy first graders with veterans from the fourth "B"? Incorrigible hooligans with strong good students? Those whose relatives participate in all the holidays, with those whose mom and dad do not come even to the parent meetings? "No lessons will be held!" by Victoria Lederman is a collection that includes four stories about four first steps on the school ladder. Both first graders and older kids share one thing: they all genuinely rejoice when lessons are canceled. The reasons, of course, are different for everyone. For example, first grader Margarita does not plan to go to school at all: why, if she has to sit there for three hours without mom and listen to the commands of an angry teacher? Time can be spent better: walking, shopping, riding attractions—and her mom knows this too! Their neighbor, uncle Pirate, knows it too, otherwise he wouldn’t have risked quitting his job. Second grader Ivan Tsarev has a different problem: his parents do not want to go to school! And it would be fine for a meeting or a call from the principal—they do not want to come on Sunday and play a family quiz with their son. It’s incredibly frustrating, especially since even boastful Golubev will drag his family for the game... Third grader Romka Oreshkin is also one of those who shout "hooray" when French class is canceled. Only this time, the "hooray" came out short and awkward: the beloved teacher broke her arm. And that means there will be a replacement—and it definitely won’t be as kind and forgetful as Lydia Sergeyevna. Will it be necessary to cram for French and learn to growl?! Going to school is a trial for fourth grader Sveta: she hates Miron Solomatin. She hates him so much that she even wants to sign up for wrestling, any kind! He invented an offensive nickname for her, "Plyushka": how nice it would be to take revenge for that! An opportunity, of course, will arise, but not at school...