When we talk about Russian classics, the first thing we think of are the novels of Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy. But what if parents want to familiarize their children with Russian literature of the 19th century? What children's books can be chosen to introduce them to the classics? Below are the names of 11 Russian writers whose books can be read together with children or give them for independent reading.
- Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin. A collection of fairy tales "About Tsar Saltan", "About the dead tsarevna and the seven bogatyrs", "About the goldfish", "Ruslan and Lyudmila", "The Golden Cockerel".
- Leo Tolstoy. "Stories, fairy tales and fables for children". Some stories: "The Lion and the Dog", "The Shark", "The Jump", "The Bone", "Filipok".
- Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. Stories "The Boy at Christ on the Tree", "The Boy with a Pen", "Teenager", "Netochka Nezvanova".
- Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Stories "Kashtanka", "Boys", "Vanka", "Detvora", "Horse Surname", "Dushechka".
- Alexander Kuprin. The short stories "White Poodle," "Peregrine," "Elephant," "Bonza," and "The Marvelous Doctor."
- Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev. The story "Asya", stories "Notes of a Hunter", "Two landlords", fairy tales "Self-Knowledge", "Drop of Life".
- Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol. The novella "The Night Before Christmas" and the cycle of short stories and novellas "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka".
- Konstantin Dmitrievich Ushinsky. Stories for children "Four Wishes", "How the shirt in the field grew", "Swallow", "Winter", "Blind Horse" and others.
- Pyotr Pavlovich Ershov. The fairy tale "The Little Humpbacked Horse".
- Sergei Timofeyevich Aksakov. The fairy tale "Scarlet Flower", the story "The Childhood Years of Bagrov-Vnuk", the stories "My Sister", "Nest", "Buran".
- V.F.Odoyevsky. Fairy tales "Frost Ivanovich", "City in a snuffbox", "Golden Antelope", "Broken Jug", "The Sharman Man".
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If you want your child to read in the future Russian classicsThe children's books by these writers are ideal for starting a great friendship with serious literature. After all, children's books by these writers are ideal for the beginning of a great friendship with serious literature.
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