The Girl Snow Maiden. Tales, Proverbs, Riddles

Vladimir Ivanovich Dal 1801–1872 — a writer, collector of folklore and author of «The Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language». Throughout his life, V. I. Dal recorded folk tales, songs, riddles, and games. This book collects tales that were familiar to our great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers, — «The Old Man of the Year», «The Girl Snow Maiden», «The War of Mushrooms with Berries», «The Fox and the Bear», «The Fussy One», as well as riddles, proverbs and a song. Illustrations by A. Vlasova. For younger school age.