Clown School

The humorous story by Eduard Uspensky "Clown School" tells how newcomers are recruited to the clown school. All the students are no longer quite children, but completely untrained in literacy. Before they can start professional training, they need to learn to read, write, count, and think critically. And to avoid spoiling the future clowns, classes must be conducted in a fun and unusual way. Their teacher, Irina Vadimovna, knows how to do this. The students themselves also constantly suggest new forms of learning: puzzles for attention, logic exercises, riddles, and memory-boosting pictures. This is the kind of unconventional education Eduard Uspensky offers for clowns. Illustrations by Ekaterina Vashinskaya.