You Can't Make This Up

Step into hot asphalt to leave a mark in history, visit all the doctors at the clinic to find out how and what to get sick with if you don't want to go to school, fill a shopping cart full of groceries in the supermarket to solve a math problem, — Ignat Shalunov and his friend Yan Balovneve are inexhaustible in their inventiveness and creative approach to life. Whether at school or summer camp, in the yard or at the dacha — it seems that something unusual constantly happens to these inventive friends, they come up with pranks and mischief, upset their parents, and irritate teachers. Of course, they don't do this on purpose. They simply live by their own logic. The logic of younger adolescents. The new book by Victoria Lederman is a collection of funny sketches and cheerful scenes that happen in the lives of kids aged 9 to 12. That is why in the characters and episodes, young readers will recognize themselves, their classmates, and friends. The collection continues the traditions of works such as 'This is our 4th, N', 'Going to the board... Vasilkin', 'There will be no lessons'.

A light touch, a skill in describing children's characters, attention to detail, and dynamic plots — this is why both students and their parents love the writer's books. The cheerful illustrations by Olga Gromova wonderfully convey the playful mood of the characters.