The Colorful Flower. Tales and Stories

The tale «The Colorful Flower» is a calling card of the wonderful Russian writer Valentin Petrovich Kataev (1897-1986). But not only for this reason is it featured in the title of the collection. The very creativity of the author is as colorful as the petals of the colorful flower. His talent to «write» with colors, sounds, and smells was already evident in his earliest works.
The book includes selected tales and stories of the writer. The tales, originally written by the author for his children, will teach to distinguish right actions from wrong ones, to see the main thing in life, to respond to the pain of others — even if there is no colorful flower at hand, to work — without the help of a magical flute, to speak the truth — even if everyone is silent. And in the stories, many of which are autobiographical, the tumultuous times filled with events are reflected, as well as what V. P. Kataev valued so much — the special world of family, celebration, and love. And he managed to convey all this with the sharpness of a child's perception.
For younger and middle school age.