Complete Library. Extracurricular Reading for 3rd Grade

The collection includes stories, poems, and fairy tales by well-known Russian writers, as well as epic tales about heroes and myths of Ancient Greece, recommended for reading in the third grade of general educational primary school. The works teach goodness, justice, foster love for nature, and the value of friendship. The texts of the works are presented unabridged, printed on good quality paper in large font, and contain colorful illustrations by leading Russian artists. The average format of the publication makes it convenient for home or school libraries and a lightweight burden in a student’s backpack. Contents: Epics (Retold by A. N. Nechayev) Ilya Muromets Dobrynya Nikitich Alyosha Popovich Mikula Selyaninovich Myths of Ancient Greece The Argonauts' Journey for the Golden Fleece Theseus Russian Folk Tales The Flying Ship Nikita Kozhemyaka About the Foolish Serpent and the Smart Soldier Tales by Russian Writers Vasily Zhukovsky The Sleeping Princess Alexander Pushkin The Tale of the Priest and His Worker Balda "That year the autumn weather..." Vladimir Odoyevsky A Little Town in a Snuffbox Andrey Platonov A Colorful Butterfly Sergey Kozlov Such a Tree The Black Abyss The Hare and the Bear Cub Friendship By the Stream Hedgehog in the Fog In the Sweet Carrot Forest Hooray! Hello! How Hedgehog and Bear Cub Polished the Stars "Don't look at me like that, Hedgehog..." How Hedgehog and Bear Cub Dreamed of the Hare In the Native Forest How the Donkey Dreamed a Terrible Dream The Rainbow Fables Ivan Krylov The Cuckoo and the Eagle Two Dogs The Cart Trishkin's Caftan The Lion and the Mouse The Donkey and the Peasant The Wolf and the Crane The Lion and the Man The Hare Doing the Catch Anton Chekhov K Shatanka White-headed Alexander Kuprin The Elephant Dmitry Mamin-Siberiak The Adopted One Boris Zhitkov The Jackdaw How the Elephant Saved Its Owner from the Tiger The Hunter and the Dogs Alexander Pushkin Afanasy Fet "I Came to You with Greetings..." "From the Depths, the Mist Tentatively..." Fyodor Tyutchev "In the Sky, the Clouds Melt Away..." "Russia Cannot Be Understood with the Mind..." Sergey Yesenin "The Fields Are Reaped, the Groves Are Bare..." Arkady Gaidar The Hot Stone Andrey Platonov An Unknown Flower (Tale-story) Viktor Dragunsky The Elephant and the Radio Knights of Glory Ivan Kozlovsky Pyotr Vyazemsky The Steppe (Excerpt) Spiridon Drozhzhin To My Homeland Vladimir Stepanov Song Meeting