Books about animals are of constant interest to children of all ages - from kindergarteners to teenagers. Such literature is not only fascinating and informative reading, it teaches kindness, mercy, love for nature and our smaller brothers. Our article contains a selection of books about animals, which offers both time-tested works and novelties on the book market.

Animal Books for Preschoolers

The smallest readers, preschool children, will be interested in funny poems, fairy tales about animals and short stories of the classics of children's literature - Vladimir Suteev, Mikhail Plyatskovsky and others.

Samuil Marshak

Collection of poems "Children in a cage"

Rudyard Kinpling

"Fairy Tales and Stories about Animals"

Vladimir Suteev

"Christmas tree";

"Cat-fisherman";

"A bag of apples";

"Wand-lifesaver";

"What kind of bird is this?";

"Who said "meow"?";

"Under the mushroom";

"Rooster and Paints";

"Mouse and Pencil";

"Different wheels";

"Apple";

"Ship";

"Three kittens";

"Chicken and Duckling" (and others).

Mikhail Plyatskovsky

"Mouse Crumb goes out on the ice";

"Jumping house";

"Angry Dog Bull";

"Seal";

"Umka wants to fly";

"Cones";

“How two foxes shared a hole”;

"A cloud in a trough";

"How Chernoburchik played football";

"Song for the carnival";

"The fountain that could swim";

"Sun for memory";

"The most interesting word";

"The Tale of the Inverted Turtle";

"Zhuzhulya" (and others).

Boris Zhitkov

"Animal Stories"

Vitaly Bianchi

"Forest houses"

Kerr Judith

"Scattered Meowli";

“What Meowli Did” and other stories about a restless cat and her adventures will definitely appeal to kids.

Maria Vago

"Black Cat Notes"

Books for children 7-10 years old

Vitaly Bianchi

"Forest Newspaper" is a unique collection-almanac, a real encyclopedia of wildlife, written in a lively and vivid language.

Evgeny Charushin

“Tyupa, Tomka and Magpie” are wonderful stories about animals filled with kindness, which accompany the author's illustrations.

Olga Perovskaya

"Children and animals" - a collection of stories about the children of the forester and their many pets. These stories, which have brought up more than one generation of children, teach love, care and mercy.

Holly Webb

"Kind stories about animals" - Harry the puppy, Smokey the kitten, Alfie the puppy, Millie the kitten - these and many other furry heroes of Holly Webb's books will make you smile, feel sad and think about kindness and fidelity.

Vladimir Durov

"My animals";

"My house on wheels" - stories about the artists of the Moscow theater of animals "Durov's Corner", written by its founder, the famous trainer Vladimir Durov.

Edward Uspensky

"Incredible stories about beloved pets"

Viktor Lunin

"My beast"

Vera Chaplin

"Zoo Pets"

Vyacheslav Chirkin

"Toshka, son of a dog"

Eduard Topol

"I'm riding on a donkey!" and other funny stories

Yuri Dmitriev

"Forest Mysteries"

Nikolai Sladkov

"Forest Secrets"

Yuri Dmitriev

"Tales about Mushonka and his friends"

Felix Salten

"Bambi"

Books about animals for children in grades 5-8

Daniel Pennack

"Dog Dog" - a book by a French writer, a touching and funny story about a dog that "raised" its owner;

"The Eye of the Wolf" is a gripping story about a wolf locked in a cage at a Parisian zoo, embittered at all people, and an amazing boy named Africa, who made him look at the world differently.

Dody Smith

One Hundred and One Dalmatians is a well-known film adaptation, but no less fascinating book about adorable dogs, their owners and incredible adventures.

Gabriel Troepolsky

"White Bim Black Ear" is a sad, heartbreaking story about Bim the Setter, about human cruelty and dog loyalty.

Kathy Appelt

"Under the Porch" is a book about the strong friendship of a dog, a cat and her kittens, and also about the fact that in the world of people, as well as in the world of animals, there is always a place for loyalty, love and happiness.

Nina Gernet, Grigory Yagfeld

"Stupid Shershilin, or the dragon is gone";

"Katya and the Crocodile" - funny and kind stories about the adventures of a girl Katya and her friends

Yuri Koval

"Shamayka" is a book about a smart and independent cat named Shamayka, who with honor comes out of various, often tragic situations of a yard cat's life;

"Undersand" - a story about a polar fox named Napoleon III, who dreams of freedom, his friends and adventures;

Cycles of stories and miniatures "Butterflies", "Spring Sky", "Foal", "Cranes".

Yuri Yakovlev

"A man must have a dog."

Rudyard Kipling

"Mowgli"

Vasily Belov

"Stories about all living creatures"

Vadim Chernyshev

"River of Childhood"

Books for high school students

Ernest Seton-Thompson

"All about dogs";

"Mustang pacer";

"Domino";

"Animal Stories".

The books of the English naturalist and animal painter Ernest Setton-Thompson, the founder of the literary genre about animals, will not leave any reader indifferent, as they are filled with genuine love for the brothers, our smaller, subtle humor and deep knowledge of life.

James Harriot

“God created them all”;

"About all creatures - beautiful and intelligent."

James Harriot, a veterinarian, in his books shares with readers interesting episodes from his practice, and at the same time, his attitude towards four-legged patients and their owners, sometimes warm and lyrical, sometimes sarcastic, very subtly conveying all this with great humanity and humor.

Gerald Darrell

"My Family and Other Animals" is a humorous saga about J. Durrell's childhood spent on a Greek island surrounded by family and four-legged households, the number of which has steadily increased. Funny adventures and dramatic events, new discoveries and funny incidents - this was the beginning of the creative path of the future famous zoologist and writer.

Farley Mowat

"The Dog Who Didn't Want to Be Just a Dog" is a fascinating story about a dog named Mutt who becomes a worthy and full member of the Mowat family.

Conrad Lawrence

"A Man Finds a Friend" is a non-fiction book that tells about how cats and dogs were domesticated in the history of mankind, and about this largely mysterious connection between people and animals.

John Grogan

"Marley and Me" is the story of the most obnoxious dog in the world, Labrador Marley, who managed to teach her owners to be a real family. A touching and kind story about fidelity, friendship and all-conquering love. A movie was made based on the book.

Joy Adamson

"Born free";

"Living free";

"Free Forever".

This trilogy tells about the amazing fate of the African lioness Elsa, an orphan kitten who lived for three years in the estate of the Adamson spouses as a family member.

Charles Roberts

"Red fox"

Paul Gallico

"Thomasina"

Eric Knight

"Lassie"

Jack London

"White Fang"

Works of Russian classics about animals

Alexander Kuprin

"White Poodle"

Anton Chekhov

"Kashtanka"

Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak

"Grey Neck"

Ivan Sokolov-Mikitov

"Autumn in the Forest"

Lev Tolstoy

"About Animals and Birds"

Mikhail Prishvin

stories

Konstantin Ushinsky

"Blind Horse"

Sergey Aksakov

"Tales of Nature"

Nikolai Nekrasov

"Grandfather Mazai and hares"

Victor Astafiev

"Horse with a pink mane"

Ivan Turgenev

"Mu Mu"

Pavel Bazhov

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23 Animal Books Any Child Would Love

What to read to a young sapiens who is drawn to the living with all his heart? Or - so that the soul would rather reach for it?

We have already recalled how “The Extraordinary Adventures of Karik and Vali”, “In the Land of Dense Herbs”, “KOAPP! COAPP! KOAPP!”, stories by Vitaly Bianchi. But there are still many books in the world that make a person a person, talking about his animal relatives.

FOR LITTLE

Ondrej Sekora "Ferd's Ant"

Very kind and sweet, but at the same time not at all pink-snotty reading for kids about the life of small interesting boogers. Snails, grasshoppers, beetles live a completely human life, but at the same time the child receives information about their real names and features. The main character, Ferd the ant, is, as expected, a kind, brave and sweetest character.

Evgeny Charushin "Stories about animals"

“Volchishko”, “Yashka”, “Maruska the Cat”, “Tyupa, Tomka and Magpie”… Do you remember? How we loved them! Perhaps Charushin's stories are a bit sentimental and old-fashioned in style for a modern toddler. But a lot of people will love them. And Charushin's drawings - it's simply impossible not to be fascinated by them!

Felix Salten "Bambi"

The most famous deer in the world, his shy and noble relatives, as well as various forest friends (and indirectly dangerous enemies) teach the child to be surprised at the world and coexist with others. Did you know that this cute children's book was once banned by Hitler?

Alvin Brooks White "Charlotte's Web"

Touching books about small, but very glorious characters. From the literary parent of the famous little mouse, Stuart Little, this time the story is about a pig that was friends with everyone around, from a girl to a spider. And to whom friendship helped a lot in the difficult life of a pig.

Vera Chaplin "Funny Animals"

The writer Vera Chaplina has been working at the Moscow Zoo all her life, since the age of sixteen. She fed orphaned animals, organized a playground for young animals - and she knew everything about her pets in the world, and she shared this knowledge with human cubs.

Olga Perovskaya "Children and animals"

Children of people and children of animals - they are always drawn to each other. Perovskaya's book describes several stories of their mutual friendship. This harmless book written almost a hundred years ago and even filmstrips based on Perovskaya about animals were not published in the forties and fifties, because the writer was repressed. And yet, several generations on it - this book - have successfully grown up.

Konstantin Paustovsky "Hare paws"

Simple and clear, lyrical and observant - Paustovsky's texts do not deteriorate from time to time. Everything is so familiar, so dear - and at the same time unknown. The writer said that everything he described was from his own experience, and at the same time, every case, every story revealed something new for him about nature.

FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE

Rudyard Kipling "The Jungle Book"

Kipling tried to write instructively and educationally, but it turned out to be unusually exciting for him - you can’t hide talent. Mowgli and his brutal company, motley and motley, from the exotic jungle, as well as the small but brave Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, are the favorite children's heroes of the Forev.

Anton Chekhov "Kashtanka"

“A young red dog – a mix of a dachshund and a mongrel – with a very similar muzzle to a fox” touched our hearts when we ourselves were schoolchildren. How worried we were for Kashtanka-Aunt, how we sympathized with her canine fate! And in the finale, they experienced mixed feelings, not knowing whether to rejoice more at the return to the “family” - or the loss of a career, talent and caring “impresario” ...

Richard Adams "The Extraordinary Adventures of Rabbits" (or "Hill Dwellers")

If for some reason in your childhood you missed this amazing book, then when you see it, grab it by all means: you yourself will surely get no less pleasure than your descendants. Cool adventures in the plot, charming characters each with their own bright character, inimitable “rabbit tongue” and folklore… A lot of fun.

Gerald Durrell "My Family and Other Animals"

Darrell Jr. is, of course, our everything. And a child who reaches out with his soul to all living things, from a centipede to an elephant, will inevitably read everything from him - and for some time he will rave about them and forget about everything else. And you can start diving into the world of Darrell with “My Family”. The story of how a great naturalist grew up from a boy, the divine nature of Corfu ... Well, the family is very colorful, funny.

Bernhard Grzimek "Australian Studies"

Grzimek, like his colleague Darrell, had been in close contact with animals all his life and wrote a lot about them: “Our smaller brothers”, “From the cobra to the grizzly bear”, “Animals are my life” ... We chose a book about the fauna of Australia from his heritage , because for us it's all some kind of fabulous, fantastic land: there are jumping kangaroos, cute koala bears, strange platypuses and wombats. You won't get bored with this company!

Ernest Seton-Thompson "Animal Tales"

Wolves and foxes, deer and mustangs - these are the main characters here. They love, they suffer, they seek happiness. Canadian Seton-Thompson talks about animals like people - with love and attention. Generations of writers—and readers, of course, too—were taught this close and indifferent look at the “wild world.”

Jack London "White Fang"

It turns out that being a dog is not always as nice and carefree as a child might imagine. At any rate, half dog, half wolf, like White Fang. London is an amazingly honest writer, so reading how different people are, how they feel about dogs is not useless. And in any case, incredibly interesting. The book reads like a detective story, with the victory of good over evil at the end, as it should be.

James Curwood "Roamers of the North"

“He spent half his life in the wilderness, and the rest of the time he wrote about what he saw,” Curwood wrote, clearly about himself. A descendant of the Indians from the Mohawk tribe, Curwood went along and across Northern Canada - and dragged priceless trophies from the wilds of the forest - his stories. So when he talks about the friendship of a teddy bear and a puppy, this is not an allegory or a metaphor at all. Everything is true, alive, real.

Sheila Barnford "The Incredible Journey"

Canadian Sheila Barnford learned to love and write about nature from Seton-Thompson and Curwood. The main characters of her book - two hunting dogs and a Siamese cat - went to look for the owner. Their musketeer motto is “One for all and all for one!”, loyalty and courage lead a cheerful furry company across the country…

Gray Owl “Sajo and Her Beavers”

Gray Owl is the name, yes! This fact should already charm the child. A Native American name far more interesting than Archibald Stansfeld Bilaney. The Canadian author adopted him by marrying an Indian woman and settling with the Indians. And Gray Owl tells about how the girl Sajo and her brother Shepien made friends with beavers - and about the beauty of the nature of North America.

Yuriy Koval “Undersand”

The best children's book of all time - that's what this book is. And the underdog is a teenager of a northern animal, a polar fox named Napoleon the Third. Arctic foxes and dogs, schoolchildren and preschoolers, adults and nocturnal constellations are described in the only way that all living things can be described: with tender love. And it is inevitably passed on to the reader.

Paul Gallico "Thomasina"

Thomasina is a cat. And she well remembers her divine origin. And the cat has a girl. And the girl has a father, and the father has a spiritual wound ... In general, the story is sad and soul-stirring. Yes, about cats: I must say that the author knew the life of a cat thoroughly: in his own house there were already 23 (twenty-three!).

Gavriil Troepolsky “White Bim Black Ear”

We thought long and hard before including this book on our list. The book is good. The book is soul-stirring. But how we wept over her, oh our unfortunate childish psyche! Is it possible to wish such experiences to anyone else? But it’s true: “If you write only about happiness, then people will stop seeing the unfortunate and in the end they won’t notice them” ...

FOR TEENAGERS

James Harriot "Of all creatures - beautiful and wonderful"

The book of the British veterinarian Harriot will be swallowed by the child without stopping, forgetting about all other things. And then ask for more. After all, not only cats and dogs, horses and pigs are interesting, but also how they get sick, how they are treated, how they are brought up. And how they bring up the owners. Be careful, the book has a side effect: after it, the child will want a pet so much that it is impossible to resist.

Terry Pratchett "Cat without embellishment" ("Cat without fools")

Cats are not only valuable fur and fluffy purrs, but also a hooligan. But it's divine. “In the beginning was the word, and that word was the Cat. This unshakable truth was proclaimed to the peoples by the cat god through his obedient student Terry Pratchett ... ”Witty and provocative, and all your domestic hooligans, both tailless and tailed, will surely like it.

James Bowen "A Street Cat Named Bob" and "The World Through the Eyes of Bob the Cat"

A Street Cat Named Bob is an autobiographical book that ranked #7 on the list of most inspiring teen books last year. The author really grew up as a bully, grew up as a drug addict and became a homeless person. And then one day a homeless man met a homeless red cat. I thought he would only take a while to help. But he did not lag behind. And their lives have changed a lot. Now they are stars. They are recognized on the streets of London, they are known by the entire YouTube with Facebook and Twitter. So rapport with the smaller brothers can really work wonders!

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Animal books for children are statistically the most popular. Everyone loves them, from kindergarten age. These are books about rare and extinct animals, wild and domestic, living in zoos and natural parks, popular science, documentaries, and fiction. They will talk about their habitat, habits, features that distinguish them from other species, ways of obtaining food and hunting. This is not only fascinating and informative literature, but also reading that calls for mercy, teaching us to love the living world that surrounds us and take care of its inhabitants. As one of the heroes of books about animals for children said: "We are responsible for those we have tamed"

The Extraordinary Adventures of Karik and Valya - Ian Larry
Ordinary curiosity led to very unusual consequences: Karik and Valya, having drunk the elixir without permission in the professor's office, decreased many times over and accidentally ended up on the street - in a world inhabited by insects, where they had to go through many incredibly dangerous adventures.

Black Handsome — Anna Sewell
Black Beauty tells his story from the pages of this novel - a magnificent horse that remembers the joy of a free life. Now he is forced to live in captivity and work hard. But no difficulties can break him and harden his noble heart.

My home on wheels - Natalia Durova
The book of the People's Artist of the Soviet Union, the famous animal trainer Durova, tells about her favorite artists: elephants, monkeys, dogs. The author will share the secrets of their training and stories (fun and not so funny) from the life of animals and people who worked with them.

Stories about animals - Boris Zhitkov
A collection of wonderful stories about animals aimed at preschool children. Their heroes: a stray very brave cat, a small calf, an elephant who saved his master, a wolf are described with great love by the author.

Lion and dog - L. N. Tolstoy
A story about the touching friendship of a huge lion and a tiny white dog, which was thrown into a cage to the king of beasts as food. Contrary to the expectations of people, they became friends, and when the dog fell ill and died, the lion also died, refusing food.

Chanterelle bread - M. Prishvin
The story of a passionate hunter, nature lover M. Prishvin about a funny incident that happened one day after his return from the forest. The little girl was very surprised to see rye bread among the trophies he brought. The most delicious bread is lisichkin.

Stories and fairy tales - D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak
A collection of fairy tales and stories describing the author's native Ural nature: taiga expanses, forests, deep lakes and fast rivers. He perfectly knows the habits of animals and birds and tells about their life in his works.

White Bim Black Ear - Gavriil Troepolsky
A story about love and all-consuming devotion that made Bim go in search of his owner. The dog, faced with indifference and cruelty towards himself from people to whom he did nothing wrong, waited until the last minute and hoped for a meeting with the one he loved very much.

A year in the forest - I. S. Sokolov-Mikitov
The Russian forest and its inhabitants are the main characters of the stories in this collection. Each story is a short but surprisingly accurate sketch of their life: there is a bear family taking water procedures, and a hedgehog hurrying to its lair, and squirrels playing in the branches.

White-fronted - Anton Chekhov
The night outing of the old wolf ended in failure: instead of a lamb, she grabbed a stupid, good-natured puppy in the barn, which, even after she let him go, ran with her to the very lair. Having played enough with the cubs, he went back, and again inadvertently interfered with her hunting.

Kashtanka - A.P. Chekhov
A story about the loyalty and friendship of a boy and a dog named Kashtanka, who was once lost by Fedyushka's grandfather. She was picked up by a circus clown and taught to perform many tricks. Once, grandfather and Fedya came to the circus, and the boy recognized his dog.

White poodle — Alexander Kuprin
A friend cannot be sold, even for a lot of money, but not everyone understands this. The spoiled boy demands Artaud for himself. He needs a new toy. The organ grinder and his grandson refuse to sell the dog, then the janitor is ordered to steal the poodle from the intractable owners.

Gray Neck — Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak
A wing broken in childhood did not allow the duck to fly away with everyone else. And the fox, who had been dreaming of eating it for a long time, had to wait until the river freezes ... But her plans were not destined to come true. The gray neck was noticed and taken away by an old hunter who decided to please his granddaughters.

Biter — Leonid Andreev
She has not trusted people for a long time and rushes, expecting another kick or stick from them. But Kusaka believed this family, her little heart melted. But in vain ... The girl could not persuade her parents to take the dog. They betrayed Kusaka, left, leaving her alone.

Frog traveler - Vsevolod Garshin
How she envied the ducks that went every autumn to distant lands! But she could not fly with them - after all, frogs cannot fly. Then she came up with a way for her to see the world by going along with the ducks. That's just the desire to brag confused all her plans.

Golden meadow - M. Prishvin
A short, very warm story written by Prishvin on behalf of a little boy who noticed one interesting feature of a dandelion. It turns out that he goes to bed, squeezing his petals, and wakes up, opening up to meet the sun's rays.

Forest newspaper - Vitaly Bianchi
Collection of stories about nature. The author has been improving, supplementing and expanding the geography of the "newspaper" for thirty years. The book is made in the style of a news publication and will be of interest not only to small readers, even adults will be able to find a lot of interesting information in it.

Notes of a hunter - I. S. Turgenev
A cycle of stories by the famous Russian writer I. S. Turgenev - a hunter, a connoisseur of nature. Magnificent landscape sketches, juicy characters of peasants and landowners, scenes describing working days and holidays create amazingly vivid pictures of Russian life.

Miracles: stories about birds - Nikolai Ledentsov
To be in an extraordinary wonderland, you do not need to buy a ticket for a train, plane or bus. You just need to listen to the birds singing in the yard, forest or field. A collection of stories by N. Ledentsov will introduce you to different types of birds and teach you to understand their songs.

Fomka - white bear cub - Vera Chaplina
V. Chaplina, who has worked with animal cubs in the zoo for many years, in her works tells about some of them (monkey, tiger cub, bear cub and wolf cub), their upbringing, taming and trust in a person that arises in animals who are truly loved .

My pets - Vera Chaplina
A collection of short stories in 2 sections. The first tells about the animals from the zoo where the author worked, and the second tells about the people who took care of the abandoned, in trouble or sick animals and birds. Their experiences and great joy if the animal managed to help

Rogues of the North - James Curwood
In the far north, in a wild taiga forest, two unusual friends live: the puppy Miki and the orphaned bear cub Neeva. Their adventures, unexpected discoveries, true friendship and the dangers that lie in wait for kids are described in this wonderful book.

Belovezhskaya Pushcha - G. Skrebitsky, V. Chaplin
The book, aimed at children of primary school age, is a collection of wonderful essays by animal writers G. Skrebitsky and V. Chaplina, written after their trip to the Belarusian reserve and observing the life of its inhabitants.

Theme and the Bug - N. Garin-Mikhailovsky
For the sake of saving his dog, a little boy, risking to break loose at any moment, descends into an old well. All attempts to pull her out in another way failed. But he could not leave the Beetle there, doomed by some cruel person to a slow death.

Thief cat - Konstantin Paustovsky
The ever-hungry feral red cat, a real bandit and thief, did not allow anyone to relax until one day a way was found to make him stop his raids. Well-fed and bred, he became an excellent guard and a true friend.

Fly with whims - Jan Grabowski
Collection by Polish writer Jan Grabowski, consisting of funny stories and stories about a dachshund named Mucha and her friends and neighbors. Their cute pranks and funny adventures, disputes and little secrets, noticed by the author, will definitely please your child.

Menagerie Manor - Gerald Durrell
The book of the famous traveler, naturalist, tells about the creation of a private zoo on the island of Jersey and about the animals that lived in it. The reader is waiting for humorous scenes, descriptions of unusual, even exotic animals, and everyday life of ordinary workers of this unique estate.

Stories about animals - E. Seton-Thompson
Collection of short stories and stories about nature. Their main characters - animals and birds - have extraordinary characters and remain in the memory of readers for a long time: the restless Chink, the brave rabbit Jack, the wise Lobo, the proud cat, the resourceful and courageous fox Domino.

White Fang. The Call of the Wild - Jack London
The book consists of 2 popular works by D. London, telling about the difficult fate and dangerous adventures of a half-wolf and a dog living among people who are washing gold in Alaska. Each of them will choose his own path: the wolf will remain devoted to man, and the dog will lead the wolf pack.

Childhood friends - Skrebitsky G.
An excellent book about the natural world, written in an accessible language, suitable for preschoolers and elementary school students. The author talks about animals, their life and habits, so interesting that the reader seems to be transferred to this wonderful world and becomes a part of it.

Peers - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
A story about an incredibly touching friendship between a teenager and a little deer. Beautiful landscapes, realistic descriptions of animals living in the forests around the farm, true male friendship between father and son and love for all living things will not leave readers indifferent. There once was a bear - Igor Akimushkin
A short story for children. Everything that a child needs to know about the life of bears in the forest: hibernation, the birth of babies, their upbringing and training by a she-bear and a nanny (senior bear cub-breeder), food and hunting, is told in it in an easy, accessible language.

The dog that didn't want to be just a dog - Farley Mowat
Matt is an extraordinary dog ​​who accidentally appeared in their house. In fact, dad dreamed of a hunting dog, but mom, feeling sorry for the unfortunate puppy and saving $199.96 at the same time, bought Matta, a mischievous, stubborn dog, who became a member of their family.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Insects - Julia Bruce
Children's illustrated guide that tells about different types of insects, their habitat, ways of adapting to the environment, nutrition and structural features. Together with the main character - a bumblebee - the child will go on an exciting journey into the world of insects.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Marine Animals - Julie Bruce
A quick guide that introduces the reader to the life of the inhabitants of the underwater depths: sharks, octopuses, turtles, dolphins, etc. Vibrant illustrations, interesting facts and narration in the form of a journey make reading this book truly fascinating.

On the Threshold of Spring - Georgy Skrebitsky
An unexpected meeting took place with the author, who came to the forest to see the first signs of the approaching spring. He noticed an elk, which was wading through the trees, trying to get rid of the antlers. People say: "The elk takes off his winter hat - he greets the spring."

Forest great-grandfather - G. Skrebitsky
Skrebitsky is a naturalist writer who tells children about the life of the forest in a very interesting way. Trees, wild animals and birds in his stories are individual. The books of this author teach children to be kind, compassionate, love and protect wildlife.

Mukhtar — Israel Metter
It is not known how the fate of this smart, but very capricious dog would have developed if he had not got into the police service, and Lieutenant Glazychev had not become his guide, who believed that if you deserve the love of a dog, then it will not only obey, but become your most devoted friend.

In different parts - Gennady Snegirev
A book about the beauty and grandeur of the nature of our great country. These are original notes of a traveler who is delighted with the magnificent landscapes and how many interesting animals and birds are found in the northern forests, tundra, on the southern shores and in central Russia.

Stories about Cap - Yuri Khazanov
Funny, kind and instructive stories about the antics of Cap and his little master. Dogs are happiness! And the eaten shoes, the destroyed apartment and puddles are a perfect trifle! Vovka and Kap, a mischievous, cheerful spaniel, are inseparable friends. So, all the troubles, adventures and joys - in half.

My Mars - Ivan Shmelev
The ship trip nearly ended tragically for the author's favorite dog, Mars' Irish Setter. His presence annoyed the passengers, the owner was constantly reprimanded. But when the dog was overboard, all as one began to ask the captain to reverse.

Our reserves – Georgy Skrebitsky
A collection of stories by the naturalist writer Grigory Skrebitsky, introducing young readers to the reserves located on the territory of our country, their flora and fauna, and the complex work of scientists trying to preserve endangered species and breed new valuable breeds

Lassie – Eric Knight
Lassie is the pride of the owners and the envy of everyone who has ever seen her. Circumstances force Sam's parents to sell the dog. But between her and the boy there is such a strong affection that even a distance of hundreds of kilometers does not stop Lassie. She's going home!

Unknown paths - G. Skrebitsky
Reading the book, the child, following the author, will go to places where no human has gone before, observe the life of forest animals, look into "guests" in some forest families, take part in their daily activities, empathize and learn to take care of the world around him .

On the seas around the Earth - S. Sakharnov
Reading this book, the child, following the author, will go on a trip around the world, during which he will learn a lot of interesting things about the seas, their inhabitants, and famous travelers. Each article about a certain sea is accompanied by an anecdote, sea tale or stories from the life of the author.

In the world of a dolphin and an octopus - Svyatoslav Sakharnov
This book by a military sailor, writer, participant in many expeditions will tell about the inhabitants of the underwater world, for example, octopuses, rays, sea urchins, fish and dolphins, as well as those land animals whose life is inextricably linked with the depths of the sea: seals, walruses, seals.

Scarlet - Yuri Koval
Scarlet is a border guard dog raised by instructor Koshkin, a simple, kind guy. They became a real team and detained many offenders. And this time they were chasing the enemy. The dog rushed. Shots rang out. And Koshkin could not believe that Alogo was no more.

Silent Lake - Stanislav Romanovsky
A collection of surprisingly poetic stories for children about the nature of the Kama region - a reserved corner, the birthplace of S. Romanovsky. Its main character is Alyosha, a third-grader, an inquisitive boy who often visits the forest, lakes with his father, observing the life of animals, birds and insects.

About the elephant - Boris Zhitkov
In India, elephants are domestic animals, like our dogs, cows and horses. Kind and very smart helpers, they sometimes take offense at the owners who love them and refuse to work. But the owners are different: some do nothing to lighten their hard work.

How does a rabbit not look like a hare - Igor Akimushkin
Very often a wild rabbit is called a hare. But they are very different animals! Igor Akimushkin, the author of this story, will tell about their external differences, habitats, breeds, habits and preferences in food in a language understandable to a small reader.

In a new place - Zverev M.
A short story about the adventures of a very unusual family in a new habitat, written by naturalist Maxim Zverev, a scientist and professor of zoology who founded a zoo in Siberia and the first station for young naturalists.

Hill Dwellers - Richard Adams
A novel about the incredible adventures of wild rabbits who escaped from their colony. Nut's younger brother sees the future: soon they will all be destroyed. But no one listens to his words, then Nut convinces several friends to leave and establish a colony elsewhere.

Fox Vuk - Istvan Fekete
There has been an addition to the fox family. The foxes have already grown up, and Yin and Kag can leave the hole together to find food. Soon they will start teaching children to hunt on their own. Of course, you can also eat frogs, although the chickens that live with Man are much tastier. But getting them is very difficult.

The Incredible Journey - Sheila Barnford
8 months ago, John Longridge got a Labrador, a Siamese cat and an old bull terrier - the pets of the family of his friend, who left for England. The young dog did not stop being bored, and when John left, this trio set off in search of their owners, passing a long and dangerous path across the country.

Zamarayka - Vladimir Stepanenko
A story about a fox named Zamarayka, who was born in the harsh northern tundra, and a Nenets boy who, having met him, realized that the main task of a person is to help animals and protect them. This changed his life, taught him to see the beauty of nature and sing about it in verse.

Adventures of Proshi — Olga Pershina
Stories about the life and adventures of a little puppy named Prosha, calling on the little reader to be sympathetic, sensitive to someone else's misfortune, forgive insults and love everything that surrounds him. Prosha always comes to the rescue, he is kind and faithful to his masters and friends.

Vitaly Bianchi. Russian fairy tales about nature - Vitaly Bianchi
A collection of kind, funny and instructive tales about nature by one of the most beloved children's writers Vitaly Bianchi. It contains the most famous of his works, some of which were filmed: \"Orange Neck\",\"Mouse Peak\",\"The Adventures of an Ant\"

Animal life - A. Brem
Abridged edition of Brehm's multi-volume collection of animals, birds and insects. This is a reference book describing most of the representatives of the animal world of our planet. The articles in it are arranged in alphabetical order and are illustrated with the famous Bremovsk drawings.

Kisya white - Zakhoder G.
The book contains funny, sad, funny, instructive, but always very bright stories for children by Galina Zakhoder about pets, their life among people, habits, characters. With their love, they make us kinder, but we must not forget that the animal is not a toy.

Seems. I really like the proposed selection - the really best works for children are marked, this is a meaningful, reasonable and fairly complete list.

Listening to a fairy tale or a book, watching a cartoon or a performance, the child unconsciously identifies himself with their heroes and, empathizing with the hero, lives with him all the events that the story is about.If such empathy does not occur, the book or film passes by the child, leaving no trace in his soul.Therefore, when choosing books and films for a baby, it is important to pay attention, first of all, to what their characters are like (what they aspire to, how they act, what kind of relationship they enter into with other characters), and how vividly, interestingly and talentedly they are depicted. (otherwise empathy will not arise).

The baby begins to understand human speech even before he learns to speak himself. It is easiest for him to understand the situational-everyday speech of adults, included in a directly perceived situation. In this case, the situation itself helps the baby: he sees what adults are talking about.

Perception of an oral story is a more complex skill, because in the current situation there is nothing of what is present in the story. Therefore, the child must be taught to perceive the story - and his ability to understand books and fairy tales develops when you tell or read to him. Pictures are a huge help. As the baby grows, the range of stories available to him gradually expands - but only if you read and tell him enough.

Therefore, the age boundaries of each stage of the perception of stories are rather blurred. If you tell and read a lot to your son or daughter, focus on the lower limit of each age step (see below), if not enough - on the upper one.

1. Stories for the little ones (for children from about 1.5-2 to 3-4 years old)

"Turnip", "Kurochka-Ryaba", "Teremok", "Gingerbread Man" - all these tales can be told to a child from the age of one and a half to two years, showing him pictures and examining them with him. You can add Russian folk rhymes to them, Agnia Barto's poems for kids ("A bull is walking, swinging ...", "Our Tanya is crying bitterly ..." and others), "Chicken" by Korney Chukovsky and "Chicken and duckling" by Vladimir Suteev .

These are very short stories, either describing a single event (Ryaba Hen laid a golden egg, Tanya dropped a ball into the river, etc.), or lined up as a chain of episodes of the same type (first one grandfather pulls the turnip, then the grandfather along with the grandmother, and so on). Further). They are told in simple sentences, they have a lot of repetition and rhymes, and a relatively small vocabulary is enough to understand them. Many of them are, as it were, transitional forms from nursery rhymes (such as "A magpie-crow cooked porridge ...") to fairy tales.

As a rule, young children enjoy listening to these fairy tales and poems many times. When the kid already knows this or that fairy tale well enough, invite him to tell it himself, using pictures and relying on your help. If the kid likes to listen to fairy tales and poems from the first section, try to gradually add a few books from the second section (but always with pictures).

For very young children (one and a half, two and even three years old), it is best not to read these fairy tales, but to tell them by showing them pictures and looking at them together. It is always easier for a kid to perceive text based on pictures, therefore, when telling or reading the first fairy tales and poems to him, be sure to show him all the characters in the pictures and look at the pictures with him.

Note: if you can find a slide projector and filmstrips with these tales, be sure to show them to your baby - filmstrips are much better perceived than cartoons, they make your eyes less tired, and they help to understand the text (and do not replace it with action, as happens in cartoons) .

It is very important for the kid that the story ends well. A good ending gives him a sense of the security of the world, while a bad (including realistic) ending gives rise to all sorts of fears. Therefore, "Teremok" is better to tell in the version when, after the teremok fell apart, the animals built a new one, even better than the previous one. With a good ending, it is worth initially telling "Gingerbread Man" - for example, having figured out how Gingerbread Man at the last moment managed to outwit the Fox and run away from her.

If you talk and play a lot with the baby and start telling and reading fairy tales to him early, then at two and a half or three years old you can move on to the books of the next section. However, children with whom they talk little and to whom they tell and read little fairy tales can “grow up” to the books of the next section only by the age of five or six, or even later, especially if they watch TV a lot and are not used to listening to the story.

2. Stories are a little more complicated (for children from about 2.5-3 to 6-7 years old)

On the second "step of complexity" you can put numerous books by Vladimir Suteev ("Under the Mushroom", "The Magic Wand", "Apple" and others), many poetic tales by Korney Chukovsky ("Telephone", "Fedorino's grief", "Moidodyr", "Aibolit"), Samuil Marshak's poems ("Mustache-striped", "Where did you dine, sparrow?", "That's how absent-minded" and others), as well as his translations of children's English rhymes (for example, "Gloves", "Visiting Queen", "Ship", "Humpty Dumpty"). This also includes folk tales about animals ("Tails", "Cat and Fox", "Fox with a rolling pin", "Zayushkina hut" and others), fables by Sergei Mikhalkov ("Who wins?", "Helpful Hare", "Friends in hike") and many other stories.

Note: some of the fairy tales by K. Chukovsky are scary enough for kids, and it is better to read them no earlier than five or six years old - they are included in section 3.

These stories are already a bit longer; as a rule, they consist of several separate episodes connected in meaning. The relationship of their heroes becomes a little more complex, the dialogues become more complicated; to understand these stories, the baby needs a larger vocabulary.

A good ending and the absence of too scary events (even if they end well) are still important. Therefore, acquaintance with most fairy tales is better to postpone at least six or seven years. Even "Little Red Riding Hood" often scares young children. Children who begin to tell or read fairy tales early (at four or five years old), at best, then simply do not like them, at worst, they may develop all sorts of fears and nightmares. So if you read a lot to your baby and he quickly mastered this section, choose from the books in the next section those where nothing terrible happens - for example, Nosov's stories, Nikolai Gribachev's stories about the hare Koska and his friends, or Astrid Lindgren's stories.

If you talk and play a lot with the baby and started telling him stories and reading books early enough, then the stories of this section will be most interesting to him at the age of three or four, and at the age of five he will be able to supplement them with books of the next section. The child will be willing to listen and read the stories he loves and later, with pleasure again and again living the situations in which his favorite characters find themselves.

And starting to read on their own (whether at five, six, seven or even eight years old), the child should return to the fairy tales and stories of this section again - they are short and simple, they are accompanied by numerous bright pictures that help overcome the difficulties of independent reading. It is also better to start learning to retell using fairly simple texts, so some of the stories in this section are often included in textbooks and anthologies for reading for elementary school.

If a child watches a lot of TV and videos and listens to fairy tales and books a little, it may be difficult for him to perceive the stories of this section at four or five years old (not counting, of course, the cartoons based on them). In this case, you can stay on the books in this section for up to six or seven years, gradually adding fairy tales and stories of the next level to them.
List of literature for children from 2.5-3 to 6-7 years old

1. Vladimir Suteev. Under the mushroom Apple. Uncle Misha. Christmas tree. Angler cat. A bag of apples. Different wheels. Lifesaver. Capricious cat.

2. Korney Chukovsky. Telephone. Fedorino grief. Moidodyr. Fly Tsokotukha. Aibolit. Aibolit and sparrow. Confusion. Dr. Aibolit (according to Gyu Lofting).

3. Samuil Marshak.Mustachioed - Striped. Where did you dine, sparrow? Baggage. Here's how scattered. A lesson in courtesy. About everything in the world. And others.

4. Samuil Marshak.Translations of children's English songs: Gloves. Nail and horseshoe. Three wise men. Visiting the Queen. Ship. King Pinin. The house that Jack built. Kittens. Three hunters. Humpty Dumpty. And others.

5. Folk tales about animals: Tails. Fox and crane. Crane and heron. Fox and jug. Cat and fox. Fox with a rock. Zayushkin's hut. Sister fox and gray wolf. Cockerel - Golden Scallop. Masha and the Bear. The wolf and the seven Young goats. Brave sheep. Hare-boast. Zimovye. Polkan and the bear. Cockerel - Golden scallop and miracle chalk. The man and the bear. Tale about ruff. Fox and goat. And others.

6. Alf Preussen.About a kid who could count to ten. Happy New Year.

7. Lillian Moore.Little Raccoon and the one who sits in the pond.

8. Agnes Balint.Dwarf Gnomych and Izyumka.

9. Enid Blyton.The famous duck Tim.

10. Nikolay Nosov. Living hat.

11. Nicholas Sweet. The hedgehog ran along the path. Sparrow spring. And other stories.

12. Hayden McAllister. Multicolor travel.

13. Zdenek Miler.Mole and magic flower.

14. Sergei Mikhalkov. Fables: Who wins? Helpful rabbit. Friends on a hike. Poetry: What do you have? Friends song. Thomas. Picture. My puppy. And other verses.

15. Vitaly Bianchi.First hunt. Like an ant hurried home. Whose nose is better. Forest houses. Owl. Who sings what? And other stories.

16. Mikhail Plyatskovsky. The sun for memory (stories).

17. Mikhail Zoshchenko.Smart animals (stories). Demonstrative child (stories).

18. Pif's adventures in drawings by V. Suteev and retelling by G. Oster.

19. Viktor Krotov. How Ignatius played hide and seek. Like a worm, Ignatius almost became a dragon.

20. George Yudin.Primer. Mustachioed Surprise (poems and stories).

21. Donald Bisset.Everything is upside down (stories).

22. Fedor Khitruk. Toptyzhka.

23. Agniya Barto.Ignorant bear. We are with Tamara. Lyubochka. Amateur fisherman. Torch. I am growing. And other verses.

24. Valentina Oseeva. Magic word.

25. Emma Moshkovskaya. Zoo. And other verses.

26. Boris Zakhoder.Hook on the tree. What was the Indian thinking?

3. Funny stories and exciting adventures (for children from about 5-6 to 8-9 years old)

The books in this section are very different. There are stories for all tastes: scary tales (for example, fairy tales of different nations in a retelling for children), and funny and funny adventures (for example, the adventures of Dunno and Mafin the donkey, Pinocchio and the Moomin trolls, Koska the hare and Pippi Longstocking) , and ironic narratives by Gregory Auster and Alan Milne. There are short fables and long stories, poetry and prose.

What unites them is that all these are stories for preschoolers who love to listen and read books; "TV" kids usually don't understand them - they can't concentrate on hearing long enough stories, and they lack the imagination to imagine the events they describe.

Some of these books are published in different versions - with a large number of bright pictures or in a more "adult" form, where there are few or no pictures at all. It is better for preschoolers, even the oldest and smartest, to buy books in a bright and colorful design, pictures help them to imagine the characters of the book and the events that happen to them.

If a child was read very little before school, it may be difficult for him to perceive these stories even at eight or nine years old. In this case, simply reading to a child is often no longer enough for him to learn to understand literary texts. It is necessary to conduct special correctional training sessions with such children - otherwise they will not be able to cope with the school curriculum, and their inner world will remain undeveloped and primitive.

Children who are read a lot may well fall in love with some of the books in the next section before school (they are somewhat more complicated in language and plot, and are usually read by schoolchildren of 7-11 years old).

1. Korney Chukovsky. Barmaley. Cockroach. Crocodile. Stolen sun. Adventures of Bibigon.

2. Nikolay Nosov.Adventures of Dunno and his friends.

3. Nikolay Nosov.Mishka's porridge. Telephone. Buddy. Dreamers. Our ice rink. Underground. Fedya's task. And other stories.

4. Alexey Tolstoy. The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio.

5. Alexey Tolstoy. Fairy tales.

6. Carlo Collodi.The Adventures of Pinocchio.

7. Nikolay Gribachev. Forest stories.

8. Ann Hogarth.Donkey Mafia and his friends.

9. Hans Christian Andersen. Thumbelina. Ugly duck. Princess on the Pea. Flowers of little Ida. And other tales.

10. Enid Blyton.Adventures of Noddy. Yellow Fairy Book.

11. Tove Jansson. Little trolls and a terrible flood. The comet is flying! (in another translation - Moomintroll and a comet). Wizard hat. Memoirs of Papa Moomintroll. Dangerous summer. Magic winter.

12. Otfried Preusler. Little Baba Yaga. Little Water. Little Ghost. How to catch a robber.

13. D.N. Mamin-Siberian. Alyonushka's Tales: About Komar Komarovich. Tale of a brave hare Long ears - Slanting eyes - Short tail. Parable about milk, oatmeal and gray cat Murka. And others.

14. Astrid Lindgren. Kid and Carlson, who lives on the roof. Adventures of Emil from Lönneberga. Pippi Longstocking.

15. Lucy and Eric Kincaid. Forest stories with Willy the Mole and his friends.

16. Tony Wolf.Fairy tales of the magical forest. Giants. Gnomes. Elves. Fairies. Dragons.

17. Evgeny Kolkotin. About the bear cub Proshka.

18. Valentin Kataev. A pipe and a jug. Semi-flower.

19. Pavel Bazhov.Silver hoof.

20. Tatyana Aleksandrova. Kuzka. Tales of an old rag doll.

21. Irina Tokmakova. Alya, Klyaksich and the letter "A". Maybe it's not Null's fault. And a happy morning will come. Marusya will be back. Happy Ivushkin!

22. Gianni Rodari.Adventures of Cipollino. Journey of the Blue Arrow.

23. Joel Harris.Tales of Uncle Remus.

24. Boris Zakhoder.Poems and poetic tales (Martyshkin house, Letter "I" and others). On the horizon islands (poems). Ma-Tari-Kari.

25. Edward Uspensky. Uncle Fedor, dog and cat. Holidays in Prostokvashino. Fur boarding school.

26. Grigory Oster.Kitten named Woof. Tail charger. Underground crossing. Hello monkey. And suddenly it works!!! Spoiled weather. Inhabited island. This is me crawling. Boa grandmother. Great closure. Where is the elephant going? How to treat a boa constrictor. Legends and myths of Lavrov lane. Story with details.

28. Renato Rachel.Renatino does not fly on Sundays.

29. Valery Medvedev. Barankin, be a man! Adventures of sunbeams.

30. Konstantin Ushinsky. Blind horse.

31. Fairy tales of different nations in retelling for children:

Russians: Sivka-Burka. Princess Frog. bird language. Morozko. Finist is a clear falcon. Maria Morevna. Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka. By magic. Tale of Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf. Tale of a silver saucer and a pouring apple. Tale of rejuvenating apples and living water. Go there - I don't know where, bring that - I don't know what. Ivan is a widow's son. Great berries. Lipunyushka. Vasilisa the Beautiful. Khavroshechka. The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise. Three sons-in-law. Snow Maiden.

German fairy tales collected by the brothers Grimm: The Hare and the Hedgehog. Straw, charcoal and bean. Brave tailor. Three brothers. Three lazybones. Little people. A pot of porridge. Grandmother Metelitsa. Tom Thumb. The Bremen Town Musicians. Rosehip color (in another translation - Rosehip). And others.

French: Gnomes. Restless rooster. The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Rogue baby. The lumberjack's daughter. How did the animals keep their secrets. "Got it, Cricket!" Sun. The whitebird, the lame mule, and the golden-haired beauty. Jean is happy. Where did owls come from. The return of La Ramé. And others.

English: Three pigs. Mr Mike. How Jack went to look for happiness. Source at the end of the world. Three smart heads. Little brownie. Who-all-will overcome. The water was closed. Cane hat. The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Tom Tit Tot. And others.

Arabic: Magic lamp of Aladdin. Sinbad the Sailor. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. And others.

Also fairy tales Danish, Scottish, Irish, Indian, Norwegian, Swedish, Portuguese, Japanese, Estonian, Tatar and many, many other nations.

32. Household tales of different nations (i.e. tales of ingenuity and ingenuity):

Porridge from an ax. Gorshenya. Who will speak first? Miser. Wise wife. Barin and carpenter. Tablecloth, ram and bag. Seven-year-old daughter (Russians). Golden jug (Adyghe). King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (English). sexton dog. Fox and partridge. Biron. "Bernik, Bernak!" Carpenter from Arles. Magic whistle and golden apples. Old pot with golden ecu (French). And many, many others.

33. Tales of Charles Perrault in a retelling for children: Little Red Riding Hood. Puss in Boots. Cinderella. Sleeping Beauty (ending with the wedding).

Note: other fairy tales by Charles Perrault - such as "Thumbnail", the full version of "Sleeping Beauty" or "Bluebeard" - are scarier, there are more cannibals, children abandoned by their parents in the forest, and other horrors. If you do not want to scare your children, then it is better to postpone acquaintance with these fairy tales at least until elementary school, up to eight or nine years old.

34. Hugh Lofting.The Story of Doctor Doolittle.

35. A. Volkov.The Wizard of Oz. Oorfene Deuce and his wooden soldiers. And other stories.

36. A.B. Khvolson.The kingdom of the little ones (Adventures of Murzilka and the forest men).

37. Palmer Cox.New Murzilka (Amazing adventures of forest men).

38. Evgeny Charushin. Bear cub. Bear cubs. Volchishko. And other stories.

39. Vitaly Bianchi. Where do crayfish hibernate?

40. Mikhail Prishvin.Fox bread. Forest Doctor. Hedgehog. golden meadow.

41. Konstantin Paustovsky. Farewell to summer.

42. Rudyard Kipling. Baby elephant. Rikki-tikki-tavi. How the leopard became spotted.

43. Alan A. Milne.Winnie the Pooh and everything.

44. Mikhail Zoshchenko.A cycle of stories about Lelya and Minka: Christmas Tree. Grandma's gift. Galoshes and ice cream. Do not lie. In thirty years. Find. Great travelers. Gold words.

45. Galina Demykina. House on a pine tree (novels and poems).

46. Viktor Golyavkin. Stories.

47. Boris Zhitkov.Pudya. How do I catch people.

48. Yuri Kazakov.Why do mice have a tail?

49. Vladimir Odoevsky. Town in a snuffbox.

50. I.A. Krylov.Dragonfly and ant. Swan, Cancer and Pike. A Crow and a fox. Elephant and Moska. Monkey and glasses. Fox and grapes. Quartet.

51. A.S. Pushkin.Tale and the fisherman and the fish. Tale of the Golden Cockerel. The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Bogatyrs. Tale of the priest and his worker Balda.

52. Poetry:Elena Blaginina, Yunna Moritz, Sergei Mikhalkov, Korney Chukovsky, Samuil Marshak.

53. Poems about nature(Pushkin, Zhukovsky, Blok, Tyutchev, Fet, Maikov and others).

54. Peter Ershov. The Little Humpbacked Horse.

55. Efim Shklovsky.How Mishka was cured.

56. Alexander and Natalia Krymsky. Tales of the green sofa.

4. More complex stories that are interesting for older preschoolers who love to listen and read books and have already read most of the stories from the previous section (usually these books are read by schoolchildren of 7-11 years old, and often - and with pleasure - by adults)

"The Scarlet Flower" and "The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors", "Mowgli" and "Niels' Wonderful Journey with Wild Geese" - these and many other books, usually included in reading lists for schoolchildren, are quite accessible to many preschoolers if they like to listen and read books and have already read most of the stories from the last section. In the books of this group, the semantic picture of the world becomes more complex and dissected. Their characters experience moral conflicts, learn to understand other people and build relationships with them, their relationships become more complex and can change along the way. The text itself becomes more complicated: the plot lengthens and becomes more branched, the description of the characters’ feelings and experiences begins to occupy a large place, descriptions, author’s digressions and reflections of the characters are added, the same situation can be shown from the positions of different characters.

It is not at all necessary to switch to the books of this group before school; this should be done only if you have already re-read most of the books in the third section with your child. And one more thing: since these books are more complicated both in language and in content, it is better for a child to read them with you - even if he already reads pretty well himself.

1. Sergei Aksakov. The Scarlet Flower.

2. Hans Christian Andersen. The king's new dress. Nightingale. Flint. The Snow Queen. The Steadfast Tin Soldier. And other tales.

3. Selma Lagerlöf. Wonderful journey of Niels with wild geese.

4. Vitaly Gubarev. Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors.

5. Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice in the Wonderland.

6. Michael Ende. Jim Button-Bright and Engineer Lucas. Jim Button and the Devil's Dozen.

7. Rudyard Kipling. Mowgli. That's how fairy tales are!

8. Jan Ekholm. Tutta the First and Ludwig the Fourteenth. THAT and THAT from the city ABOS yes NEBS.

9. James Barry. Peter Pan and Wendy.

10. Ernest Hoffman. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. And other tales.

11. Clive S. Lewis. The Chronicles of Narnia.

12. Kenneth Graham. Wind in the willows.

13. Anthony Pogorelsky. Black chicken, or Underground inhabitants.

14. Wilhelm Hauff. Little Muck. Caliph-stork. Adventures of Said. And other tales.

15. D.I Mamin-Sibiryak. Gray Neck. A fairy tale about the glorious Tsar Pea and his beautiful daughters Princess Kutafya and Princess Goroshinka. Fireflies. Fairy tale about Grandfather Vodyanoy. Golden brother. The rich man and Eremka. And other stories.

16. Felix Salten. Bambi. There lived fifteen hares.

17. Pavel Bazhov. Stone Flower. Mountain master. Golden hair.

18. Andrey Nekrasov. Adventures of Captain Vrungel.

19. Pierre Gripari. The story of Prince Remy, a horse named Remy and Princess Mirei. Little sister. And other tales.

20. Georgy Rusafov. Vaklin and his faithful horse. And other tales.

21. Sofia Prokofieva. While the clock strikes. Captains Island.

22. Anatoly Aleksin. In the country of eternal holidays.

23. Evgeny Charushin. Stories about animals (Schur. -Yashka. Stupid monkeys. And others).

24. Adventures of Robin Hood.

25. D "Erville. The Adventures of a Prehistoric Boy (as retold by BM Engelhardt).

26. A.P. Chekhov. Horse name.

27. Boris Shergin. Poiga and fox.

28. Alexey Tolstoy. Fofka.

29. Alexander Kuprin. Yu-yu.

30. Nina Artyukhova. Ice cream.

31. Viktor Golyavkin. Stories.

32. Viktor Dragunsky. Denis' stories.

33. Radiy Pogodin. Brick Islands.

34. Ernest Seton-Thompson. Chink.

35. Jack London. The story of Kish.

36. J.R.R. Tolkien. Hobbit.

37. Yuri Olesha. Three fat men.

38. Lazar Lagin. Old man Hottabych.

39. Albert Ivanov. Lilliput is the son of a giant.

40. Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island.

41. Daniel Defoe. Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.

42. Mark Twain. Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

43. Yuri Koval. Underdog.

44. Evgeny Veltistov. Electronics - a boy from a suitcase. Rassy is an elusive friend. A million and one days of vacation.

45. Kir Bulychev. The girl that nothing will happen to. Alice's journey. The secret of the third planet. Alice's birthday. Preserve of fairy tales. Kozlik Ivan Ivanovich Lilac ball.

46. Vladislav Krapivin. Shadow of a caravel. Three from the Place Carronade.

I don't remember where this list came from.

POETRY

Ya. Akim, E. Aksklrod, A. Barto, V. Berestov, E. Blaginina, M. Boroditskaya, A. Vvedensky, Yu. Vladimirov, O. Grigoriev, V. Druk, B. Zakhoder, V. Inber, L. Kvitko, N.Konchalovskaya, Y.Kushak, N.Lamm, V.Levin, I.Mazin, S.Marshak, Y.Moritz, E. Moshkovsaya, N.Orlova, G. Sapgir, R.Sef, Tim Sobakin, I Tokmakova, A.Usachev, E.Uspensky, D.Kharms, Sasha Cherny, K.Chukovsky, M.Yasnov.

STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS AND NATURE

I. Akimushkin, V. Bianki, N. Durova, B. Zhitkov, M. Prishvin, M. Sokolov-Mikitov, G. Skrebitsky, N. Sladkov, G. Snegirev, V. Chaplina, E. Charushin.

PROSE

• T. Alexandrova. Fairy tales.
• P. Bazhov. Silver hoof. Blue snake.
• I. Beile. Letters to a dog.
• V. Berestov. Fairy tales.
• H. Bechler. Polka dots and his birthday. House under the chestnut trees.
• D. Bisset. Fairy tales.
• E. Blyton. The famous duck Tim. Adventures of Noddy.
• V. Bonselz. Maya bee.
• J. and L. Brunoff. History of Barbara.
• M. Gorky. Vorobishko. Case with Yevseyka.
• V. Dahl. Old man-year-old.
• B. Zhitkov. Mug under the tree. Brave duck. What happened.
• B. Zakhoder. Fairy tales.
• S. Kozlov. Hedgehog in the fog. Fairy tales. Chicken in the evening.
• M. Konopitskaya. The Tale of the Dwarfs and the Orphan Mary.
• S. Lagerlöf. Niels travels with wild geese.
• D. Mamin-Sibiryak. Alyonushka's fairy tales.
• Iko Maren. Hot ice cream.
• S. Marshak. Twelve months. To be afraid of grief - happiness is not to be seen. Cat house.
• E. Mathisen. Cat with blue eyes.
• M. Moskvina. Fairy tales.
• L. Murr. Little Raccoon and the one who sits in the pond.
• N. Nosov. Cheerful family. and etc.
• Unusual conductor. Collection of poems, stories and fairy tales of young authors.
• V. Odoevsky. Town in a snuffbox.
• B. Okudzhava. Lovely adventures.
• V. N. Orlov. Fairy tales. (Apricot in the garden. Top-top, etc.).
• G. Oster. Tail charger. Kitten named Woof. Petka microbe. Story with details.
• L. Panteleev. The letter "you" and other stories.
• A. S. Pushkin. Fairy tales.
• M. Plyatskovsky. Fairy tales.
• J. Rodari. Journey of the Blue Arrow. Gelsomino in the land of liars.
• D. Samoilov. Elephant went to study.
• The happiest island Modern fairy tales. Collection.
• V. Sakharnov. Leopard in the birdhouse.
• S. Sedov. Lesha lived. Tales about the Serpent Gorynych.
• O. Sekora. Ants don't give up.
• V. Suteev. Tales and pictures.
• I. Tokmakova. Alya, Klyaksich and the letter "I". Maybe zero is not to blame? Rostik and Kesha.
• A. N. Tolstoy. Forty fairy tales and other fairy tales for children.
• P. Travers. Mary Poppins.
• L. and S. Tyukhtyaev. Zoki and Bud.
• E.-B. White. Charlotte's web.
• A. Usachev. Adventures of a little man.
• E. Uspensky. About Vera and Anfisa. Uncle Fedor, dog and cat.
• E. Hoggart. Mafin and his friends.
• V. Khmelnitsky. Nightingale and butterfly. Fairy tales.
• G. Tsyferov. About the weird frog. Fairy tales.
• L. Yakovlev. The lion left the house.
• L. Yakhnin. Porcelain bell. Square cardboard clock. Silver wheels.

Works about animals have always been very popular both among readers and among authors. Many writers devoted entire cycles or collections to this topic, while others can only find 1-2 stories about our smaller brothers.

Russian authors of works for animals

Among Russian writers a lot about nature and its inhabitants wrote:

• M. Prishvin is a Soviet writer and naturalist who traveled a lot around the country and reflected his impressions in numerous essays, stories and fairy tales ("Fox Bread", "In the Far East", "Pantry of the Sun", etc.);
• E. Charushin is an artist and children's writer who dedicated his work to forest animals. His most famous works are the cycle "About Tomka", "Faithful Troy", "Bear Cub";
• V. Bianchi is an amateur naturalist, a master of landscape prose and an author of children's fairy tales and stories about animals. The most popular are "Tales-non-tales", "Whose nose is better?", "Who sings than?";
• V. Chaplin - an employee of the Moscow Zoo, who wrote many books about her pets, wild animals. The most readable of them are "Kinuli", "Fomka-bear cub", etc.

Foreign authors of works about animals

• E. Seton-Thompson is a writer from Canada who has devoted almost all of his stories to the stories of wild animals in local cities and forests. The most famous of them are the story of Domino the fox, Lobo the wolf and many others;
• O. Kervud is another northern author, but from America. He wrote about large polar predators: wolves ("Kazan"), bears ("Vagabonds of the North", "Grizzlies");
• D. Darell is a British novelist who has created many works for children, among which are devoted to animals "The Way of the Kangaroo", "My Family and Other Animals" and others;
• R. Kipling is the author of many works about travel and life in exotic countries (in particular, in India). Animals are the protagonists of his fairy tales "Rikki-tikki-tavi" and "The cat that walks by itself", as well as "The Jungle Book", which tells about Mowgli's life with wild animals.