Alenushka's Tales

"The book 'Alenushka's Tales' contains extraordinary stories invented by D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak for his daughter Alenushka. In these tales, anything can happen. For example, a mosquito hunts a bear, a little Bug learns about the big world, and a girl travels the world on the back of a ladybug. Illustrations for each tale were drawn by the honored artist of the Russian Federation Georgy Yudin. For younger school age." The collection includes such works as "The Tale of the Brave Hare - long ears, slanted eyes, short tail", "A Little Tale about a Bug", "The Tale of Mosquito Moskovich - long nose and furry Misha - short tail", "Vanya's Name Day", "The Tale of Sparrow Sparrovich, Piker Ershovich, and the merry chimney sweep Yasha", "The Tale of the Last Fly", "The Tale of the Little Crow - black head and yellow Canary bird", "Smarter than All", "The Parable of Milk, Oatmeal, and the gray cat Murka", "Time to Sleep". Mamin-Sibiryak's tales teach children kindness, honesty, justice, develop imagination, and help see the beauty of the surrounding world.