Buka from Planet Buka

You have in your hands a wonderful book written by children's writer and poet Andrei Usachev and illustrated by artist Natalia Toropitsyna. If your child has not yet learned the alphabet or knows it uncertainly – this book is definitely... for them! The girl Anya does not yet go to school, but knows all the letters by heart. That is why she easily becomes a real teacher for the alien Buka from Planet Buka, who accidentally ended up on our planet Earth. Buka is ready to learn the Russian language to find out the name of the fuel for his flying saucer and get home. But learning the language is not so easy, Buka encounters various objects and phenomena, and learns about the life of an ordinary family in the city and village. The little reader, along with Buka and Anya, studies the letters, gets acquainted with the alphabet; learns new words and builds vocabulary; learns to come up with coherent stories and retellings; trains memory by memorizing words and poems; learns to 'play' with words and not be afraid of mistakes; discovers what a dictionary is and why it is needed; learns to love their native language!