Black chicken, or underground inhabitants. Pogorelsky A.

This beautiful, mysterious Christmas story, exciting the imagination of readers, is one of the first art books written specifically for children. Anthony Pogorelsky composed a fairy tale for his nephew, the education of which paid a lot of attention. The name of the protagonist coincides both with the real name of the author (Alexei Alekseevich Perovsky), and with the name of his nephew (Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, the future writer). The magical, exciting plot and deep Christian meaning of the tale made her beloved and read for two hundred years.

Illustrations of the young artist Lucy Varlamova create a mysterious atmosphere, revive children's fantasies and make a book a real work of art.