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Buddy, are you smart?
OF COURSE! If you answered “yes” to this question, we advise you to read the book “You Can Do More Than You Think.” It describes ways to use your intelligence in all its manifestations, and how to use it to...
September is approaching inexorably
"I know school is only a month away, but you just go slower," as the famous meme said. Yes, there is still time, but it's time to start preparing! So, two books from the 50s: “First-Grader” by Evgeniy Schwartz and...
Brilliant series
It’s a hot day, a green lawn, me and five children (the neighbors came running) are sitting on a garden swing. There is a trampoline nearby, a large swimming pool with warm water, water pistols, multi-colored capitol balls, but all...
The most mysterious deal in all of children's literature
Boy Tim sells his loud, sparkling laughter to a certain gentleman. This man offered a high price: Tim will now not be able to even smile, but he will win any bet. It sounds tempting, especially when you come from...
The world is beautiful because it is diverse
In our beautiful world there is a place for icebergs and cheerleading, knights of the round table and churchkhela, rainbow eucalyptus and gunpowder, the Salvador Dali Theater-Museum and Pamukkale. Do you want to make a million wonderful discoveries together with...
We are going to the city of Emerald along a difficult road
“The Wizard of the Emerald City” is a super game where all the players are at the same time, that is, they do not compete with each other, but act together (which is very useful for comrades who do not...
Scandinavian waffles, summer days, fullness of life
Two decades ago there was children's literature, and then almost immediately there was adult literature. Having barely dealt with Dunno, we moved on to... what? For a while to Dumas, Walter Scott, Jack London, Jules Verne, and then soon to...
Dream or reality? Or a waking dream?
It is not entirely clear what happens in the fairy tale, but the plot is as follows: Prince Remy, happily living with his parents in a beautiful castle in a rich country, rides his favorite horse for a walk and...
To the ends of the world for art
Ecumene - this is what the famous lands were called in Ancient Greece. Everything that lies outside the Oikumene is either not inhabited at all, or is inhabited by some alien tribes, or is generally still a blank spot on...
Let's add some color to our everyday life
It is these kinds of fairy tales that we love, remember for a long time, look for for our children and quite rarely find. These are gem fairy tales: solid and bright, with a fascinating and complete plot, with a...
Who is the monster?
JK Rowling started writing this book a long time ago and wrote it for a long time, but the pandemic helped to finish it and publish it. Posting freely one chapter at a time on the Internet for the entertainment...
"Strugatskie" for children
Like the famous Soviet science fiction brothers, the story told is science-fiction and at the same time very earthly. Asking many unanswered questions. (In fact, the author is a modern Russian writer). The narrative begins suddenly, the reader is not...
Add a pinch of magic to your life
You will be enchanted by this book as soon as it falls into your hands - it is so beautiful! The book has no illustrations, but is so elegantly designed, as if you were holding some precious thing in your...
To distant shores
It is difficult to find a yellow woodpecker in a green jungle, especially if it is not there. Yes, the woodpecker has nothing to do with it at all, the book is about a brother and sister who play very...
Christmas pig time
Any book by JK Rowling is doomed to be compared to Harry Potter. In my opinion, it is clear that she will not write something as powerful as GP, because it is hardly possible to create two such works in...
Money is not a vice
"Money, money, rubbish,Forgetting peace and laziness.Make money, make money,And the rest is all rubbish." In the Soviet Union, only greedy and evil pirates from the cartoon about Treasure Island could sing this, but worthy citizens firmly knew and instilled in...
Animals of unprecedented beauty walk there
The game "Territory" is basically a lotto, but, of course, not an ordinary one, but with add-ons, tricks and fantasies. The bottom line is that each player needs to place as many enclosures with as many animals as possible on...
Once upon a time in the Russian north
Everyone knows Bianchi, Darrell, Seton-Thompson, but such a wonderful Soviet (and living) naturalist writer as Viktor Potievsky is undeservedly little known. Have you heard of him? He is an excellent wildlife storyteller. Two stories - "Maga Leads the Pack" and...
Move to the fireplaces, prepare rocking chairs
The best time to read this book is autumn... Although the narrative here unfolds throughout the year, autumn is still the most contemplative time, and in this book little happens, a minimum of events - a maximum of descriptions. Now...
Red like autumn
Mr. Fox is perfection. He is a thief and a swindler. He is smart, dexterous, fearless and elegant. He is driven by a thirst for risk and is always full of ideas. This magnificent man has a beautiful wife, who...
Old school wizards
Hogwarts is not the only educational institution for wizards - in Poland there is also the Academy of Pan the Blob, an eccentric professor, scientist, magician and magician. Pan Blob can turn into a baby while he sleeps, which is...