Basket with Spruce Cones

Konstantin Paustovsky had a rare talent - to notice what slips away from “lazy human eyes”.

Why do spruce cones weigh much more than pine cones? Why can a person walking through an uncut field be relentlessly pursued by a swallow, crying as if its chick has been taken away? The writer infects the reader with admiration for nature, revealing simple, seemingly obvious truths.

The collection includes the most famous children's stories by the writer about nature that are studied in school: “Basket with Spruce Cones”, “Disheveled Sparrow”, “The Thieving Cat”, “Residents of the Old House”, “The Gift”, “Badger's Nose”, “Hare's Paws”.