1 - About the baby bus who was afraid of the dark

Donald Bisset


A fairy tale about how the mother-bus taught her baby-bus not to be afraid of the dark ... About the baby-bus who was afraid of the dark to read Once upon a time there was a baby-bus. He was bright red and lived with his dad and mom in the garage. Every morning …

2 - Three kittens

V.G. Suteev

A small tale for the little ones about three fidgeting kittens and their funny adventures. Young children love short stories with pictures, which is why Suteev's tales are so popular and loved! Three kittens read Three kittens - black, gray and ...

3 - Hedgehog in the fog

Kozlov S.G.


The tale of the Hedgehog, how he walked at night and got lost in the fog. He fell into the river, but someone carried him to the shore. It was a magical night! Hedgehog in the fog to read Thirty mosquitoes ran into the clearing and started playing ...

4 - About a mouse from a book

Gianni Rodari


A small tale about a mouse who lived in a book and decided to jump out of it into the big world. Only he did not know how to speak the language of mice, but knew only a strange bookish language ... Read about a mouse from a book ...

5 - Apple

V.G. Suteev


A tale about a hedgehog, a hare and a crow who could not share the last apple among themselves. Everyone wanted to take it for themselves. But the fair bear judged their dispute, and each got a piece of delicacy ... Read the apple It was late ...

6 - Black whirlpool

Kozlov S.G.


A tale about a cowardly Hare who was afraid of everyone in the forest. And he was so tired of his fear that he came to the Black Whirlpool. But he taught the Hare to live and not be afraid! Black pool read Once upon a time there was a Hare in ...

7 - About the Hedgehog and the Rabbit A piece of winter

Stuart P. and Riddell K.


The story is about how the Hedgehog, before hibernation, ask the Rabbit to save him a piece of winter until spring. The rabbit rolled a large lump of snow, wrapped it in leaves and hid it in his hole. About the Hedgehog and the Rabbit Piece ...

8 - About the Hippo, who was afraid of vaccinations

V.G. Suteev

The tale of a cowardly hippopotamus who escaped from the clinic because he was afraid of vaccinations. And he fell ill with jaundice. Fortunately, he was taken to the hospital and cured. And the hippopotamus became very ashamed of its behavior ... About the Hippo, who was afraid ...

The section consists of publications by foreign authors who create modern prose large and small forms and drama. Particular attention is paid to acquainting readers with the outstanding writers of our time, whose works are included in a series of books by laureates of world literary prizes. These include Doris Lessing with her feminist novels, the Easterner John Maxwell Coetze and Margaret Atwood, who add elements of science fiction and other genres to their narratives and thus create complex, multi-layered compositions.

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Today I will tell you 20 facts about writers and poets that you did not know. Or maybe they did, of course. That all this is true, I cannot guarantee you, and no one can. It is your will to believe or not.

20 facts you didn't know about writers and poets

Fact number 1. Alexander Pushkin was blond!

True, only up to 19 years old. In the memoirs of little Pushkin, they call him "a frisky blond boy", as a child he was blond. Pushkin lost his blond curls due to illness. At the age of 19 he was struck by a fever, the poet was shaved baldly. For a long time, Alexander Sergeevich wore a red yarmulke, and then the hat was replaced by dark blond hair. And he began to look the way we are used to.

Fact number 2... Alexander Dumas is Pushkin

There is a version according to which our beloved Pushkin did not die at all, but faked death and left for France, since he spoke French perfectly. There's a ton of evidence. One of them - they say, until Pushkin died, Dumas could not write anything, and after 1837, one after another he began to write genius novels. "The Count of Monte Cristo", "The Three Musketeers", "Twenty Years Later", "Queen Margot" ...

Fact # 3. Conan Doyle believed in winged fairies

Yes, the man who invented Sherlock Holmes believed in the existence of fairies. He wrote the book The Coming of the Fairies, in which he published photographs of winged fairies and examinations proving the authenticity of the photographs. The writer, who believed in the existence of a small nation, spent more than a million dollars on these studies.

Fact number 4. Chekhov's pet was a mongoose

The writer brought a strange animal from a trip to the island of Ceylon. Chekhov himself called the mongoose "a cute and independent animal", and his family called him "Bastard." By the way, then Chekhov exchanged the Bastard for a free ticket to the Moscow zoo.

Fact number 5. Nikolai Gogol invented the first attraction

The writer converted the windmill into a Ferris wheel and rode the peasant children on it. But the trouble is - Gogol did not think about reliable insurance. Then everything is like in the book: "An auditor is coming to us!" In general, the amusement park was closed.

Fact number 6. A St. Petersburg journalist received royalties for The Master and Margarita

While dying, Bulgakov bequeathed to give part of the royalties for the book to the one who, after the publication of The Master and Margarita, would bring flowers to the grave of the writer, and not someday, but on the day when he burned the first version of the novel's manuscript. This man was Vladimir Nevelsky, a journalist from Leningrad. It was to him that Bulgakov's wife gave a check for a decent amount from the royalties.

Fact number 7. Lewis Carroll invented the tricycle

The author of Alice in Wonderland was a mathematician, poet and great inventor. He invented a tricycle, a mnemonic system for memorizing names and dates, an electric pen (by the way, what is this ?!), a dust jacket, a prototype of everyone's favorite game Scrabble, which is called Erudite in Russian.

Fact number 8. Edgar Poe studied at the cemetery

And, by the way, he was terribly afraid of the dark. The school where little Edgar studied was very poor, and the children did not have textbooks. And the resourceful math teacher took schoolchildren to the cemetery, where they counted graves and calculated the years of life of the dead.

Fact number 9. Hans Andersen had Pushkin's autograph

The Danish storyteller received it from the wife of the owner of the Kapnistova Notebook, into which Pushkin copied his own selected verses. The little wife tore out one sheet from the notebook and sent it to Andersen, who was immensely happy. By the way, now this sheet is kept in the Copenhagen Royal Library.

Fact number 10. Nikolai Gogol knitted well

Gogol had a passion for cooking and handicrafts. He treated his friends to personally cooked dumplings and dumplings, knitted and sewed scarves for himself. But he flatly refused to be photographed - he covered his face with a top hat, then he grimaced in every possible way. Therefore, he was rarely invited to social events.

Fact number 11. The army of Chekhov's fans was nicknamed "Antonovka"

When Anton Chekhov moved to Yalta, his enthusiastic fans also moved to Crimea. They ran after him all over the city, studied his gait and costume, tried to attract attention. In January 1902, the newspaper "News of the Day" wrote: "In Yalta, a whole army of stupid and unbearably ardent admirers of his artistic talent, called here" Antonovs ", has formed.

Fact number 12. Mark Twain invented suspenders

He was as inventor as Carroll. He shares patents for self-adjusting braces and a scrapbook with adhesive pages. Mark Twain also invented a voucher notebook, a wardrobe with sliding shelves, but his most ingenious invention is a tie-tying machine. Apparently, she did not receive distribution ...

Fact number 13.Lewis Carroll - Jack the Ripper

Journalist Richard Wallis, author of Jack the Ripper, Windy Friend, claims that Jack the Ripper, who brutally murdered London prostitutes, is Lewis Carroll. And Carroll himself in his diaries constantly repented of some sin. But no one knew which one, because Carroll's relatives destroyed all of his diaries. Away from sin.

Fact number 14... Boxing gloves helped Vladimir Nabokov emigrate

Nabokov became interested in boxing while still in the army. When he emigrated to America in 1940, three customs officers at the border began to scrutinize his luggage. But when they saw boxing gloves in the suitcase, they immediately put them on and started jokingly boxing with each other. In general, America and Nabokov liked each other.

Fact # 15 Jack London is a millionaire

Jack London became the first American writer to earn a million dollars through his labor. London lived only 41 years, but started working at the age of 9 - selling newspapers. After becoming a writer, London worked 15-17 hours a day and wrote about 40 books in his short life.

Fact # 16. John Tolkien snored badly

His snoring was so loud that he slept in the bathroom so as not to disturb his wife's sleep. And the author of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy bequeathed never, never to make films based on his books. But, apparently, the thirst for money took over the wills of the brilliant father, and Tolkien's children agreed to the film adaptation. Well, what came of it, we all know.

Fact number 17. Vladimir Mayakovsky - Puppy

Mayakovsky loved different "cats and dogs", as he called them. Once on a walk with Lilya Brik, they picked up a homeless ginger puppy. They took him home and named him Schen. Later, Lilya began to call Mayakovsky the Puppy. And since then he signed "Puppy" in letters and telegrams and always drew a puppy below.

Fact number 18. Balzac drank 50 cups of coffee a day

And he wrote exclusively at night. He sat down to work at midnight, dressed in a white robe, he wrote for 15 hours in a row, drinking only up to 20 cups of strong Turkish coffee at night, or simply chewing coffee beans. So at night he wrote his 100 novels of the literary epic "The Human Comedy".

Fact number 19. The first barbecue in France was opened by Alexander Dumas

Yes, it was he who introduced France to barbecue. For the first time, Dumas tried barbecue while traveling in the Caucasus. He liked the dish so much that he included it in his Big Cookbook. Yes, Dumas had one. Rumor has it that the writer prepared shashlik for the French even from ravens. Those praised.

Well, if you believe fact number 2, then it was Alexander Pushkin who was such an ardent lover of fried meat on skewers ...

Fact number 20... Dickens slept only with his head north

And he sat down to write, too, only when his face was turned to the north. And in general he could not work if the chair and table in the office were not standing the way he wanted. Therefore, before starting to write, he always rearranged the furniture.

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(with the exception of the illustration to the fact about Vladimir Mayakovsky)

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