This book contains legends and fairy tales, poems and songs, ancient legends and modern adventure stories that animals from different forests of the world tell and sing to their cubs, mostly at bedtime. The collection also includes tales from the village of Okhotka: they will allow wild readers to get acquainted with the beliefs and myths, life and customs of little-studied rural animals. "Beastly Tales" by Anna Starobinets is a spin-off, an offshoot of the popular series "Beastly Detective", intended for all his fans and their younger sisters and brothers. The Big Badger of the Far Forest Police is here telling little Badger Kitty about the Sky Bears. The dog Polkan entertains the Mukhtarchik puppy with stories about the Great Dane and his sworn enemy Pusi-Don. The Persian cat remembers how the black magician Cat Noir lured her into the Forest of Shadows. Owl brothers Ug and Chuck learn that the place of the Near Forest used to be a field of honey carrots grown by the flying hare Wryluh. Badger Melesandra convinces her daughter that her dad was the first badger on the moon. The brave gopher Trembling Tail listens to the story of the laughing witch Koya, the progenitor of coyotes, the giraffe Rafik listens to the legend of the Mango Gods who created the first animals of the desert, the penguin cub listens to the hunting stories of the shark penguin, and the underdog listens to the chilling fox tale about the Frozen Demon.
Author: Anna Starobinets
Illustrations: Maria Murawski
Pages: 176 (offset). Hard cover
Dimensions: 170x240 mm
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