Brave Flower

«I have always wanted to fly… to wave my hands and take off. After all, it is such happiness to wave my hands, float in the sky, and smile», — wrote Roman Sef. Only children dream of such things. Adults quickly stop thinking about the unattainable and forget many things: like how fun it is to play with a sunbeam, that Santa Claus lives in every refrigerator, and that fishing is not about catching fish, but about looking around and turning your head.

However, among adults, there are rare individuals who, while growing up, continue to remain children at heart. Such was the poet Roman Sef. How else can you explain his interest in those very questions that little whys ask their parents every day: where has the shadow gone? Why did spring come in spring? Why is the wind not cheerful?

The cloudless world of childhood for Roman Sef's poems was created by the artist Vera Khlebnikova. She filled every page with various small details, like children's «secrets», — water lilies and dragonflies, snowflakes and leaves, bees, frogs, and birds. Both the artist and the poet know well that it is precisely thanks to such details that childhood becomes happy.

Contents:
Tick-tock
Tiger
Tick-tock
Mushroom
Fishing
Bunny
Draft
Wind
Clouds
Why did spring come in spring?
«The earth is far away…»
«Hello, wind…»
Pines
Willow
Sunshine
Poplar
Rain
Night
White hare
Santa Claus
Better than all
Spring
Rainbow
Picture
Moon and sunshine
«A girl went out into the sky…»
Shadow
Who sleeps where
Evening

Grimace
Grimace
Brave flower
Beads
Motor
Lights
With what?
Vase
Balcony
Seryozha
Elevator
Showcase
Kindness
Cones
Soap bubble
Magic forest
Books
Work
Sisters
Captain
Mom
Umbrellas
Bicycle
Piglet
Song
I made wings and flew!

Once
Swallows
Pike
Elephant
Polar bear
Soap
Dry cleaners
Iron
Code
Cat
Chocolate train
Once
«The kitten dreams…»
Frog
Cock
Pinscher and mutt
Dog
Fly
Old steam locomotive
Kitty
Butterfly and bee

Retellings from John Ciardi (from English)
About who to put in a bag
About who sang among the pines
Sculptor
About how to catch fish
About who is very ill
About who spun

Retellings from Miroslav Valek (from Slovak)
Camel
Echo
Astronauts

Retellings from Spiro Chomora (from Albanian)
Sea
Cloud
Cotton
Lamb
Rose
Rona…
Swallow
Snow
Santa Claus
Sheep