Stories

This book by the outstanding Russian writer Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky contains stories about the lives of children during the Great Patriotic War. These bright stories awaken hope and faith in people, in goodness and justice, and help to see the beauty of the world around us. Readers will meet little girl Varyushka, who takes care of her grandfather Kuzma; fisherman Semyon, who teaches the kids to respect their native land; Alyosha Kudyskin, who helps his mother with the household in the absence of his father; Mashenka and her grandmother Serafima, who welcomed an injured soldier into their home; soldier Pyotr Terentyev and his companion - a rhinoceros beetle gifted to him by his son before he went to the front. The poignant drawings by Vladimir Leonidovich Galdyaev harmoniously blend with the melodic prose of Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky.