Stories from the First Desk

This collection includes stories about school life that were previously published as separate books.

«To the blackboard will go… Vasilkin!» — these are stories about a third grader Dima, who finds himself in funny situations. Sometimes he and a friend come up with a funny prank for April Fools' Day, sometimes he decides to learn to play the guitar by New Year at all costs, and sometimes he personally experiences what the expression «a weight off one's shoulders» means. All these cases teach him some lesson — one that can never be learned during «real» lessons.

«This is our 4 „N“» — stories about an extraordinary class? On one hand — yes: it is a scientific one. On the other hand, the kids from 4 «N» are just like all fourth graders in the world: resourceful and disobedient, reliable and restless… Every young reader will recognize themselves in one of the twenty-two students. Victoria Lederman writes easily and engagingly. Therefore, her books become real hits and have firmly entered the reading circles of modern schoolchildren.