The Primer

This is not an ordinary primer that children use to learn to read, but The Primer — a colorful, fun toy book for preschoolers, confirming the unwavering truth that raising children with humor should begin in infancy. The Primer by the famous artist Georgy Nikolaevich Yudin was published by ROSMEN in 1996, immediately becoming a bestseller in the domestic market. A quarter of a century later, we are reissuing this legendary book so that the children of its first readers can get acquainted with living classics. Many useful knowledge and information are embedded in The Primer, presented in a humorous, easily understandable form accessible to the little reader's comprehension. The child will learn about how the electric light bulb and telephone were invented, what Earth is, photography, compass, and a balloon, who eats what and who lives where, who lives in clocks and how to make fire, where birds fly away in autumn, where letters and numbers came from, who divers are, what the nose is for, and much more... While grasping this initial encyclopedic knowledge, the little one can also have a hearty laugh at the antics of the mouse Misha, at the rude Pig, and at the gosling Gena. The book encourages the active participation of the child in mastering letters during an exciting journey into the world of things.