Books for growth. Favorite children's authors from around the world

The book of the famous specialist in the field of children's literature and an expert on the foreign children's book Olga Mayeots “Books for growth” shows how world children's literature was perceived and adapted in Russia in the twentieth and 21st century, how the best works for children became “eternal satellites” of adults who have preserved loyalty to your childhood to your favorite books.

In the book you will find articles about the writers and illustrators of different countries whose work was included in the Golden Fund of the World Children's Book, and whose works have become a favorite reading for many generations of Russian readers. Thus, the section of literary biographies “Names on the cover” includes articles about Alan A. Milna, Tove Jansson, Pamele Trevex, Christine Nodestlinger, Ulf Stark, etc. Beskov, Jona Bauer, Edward Ardizoni, Maurice Sendak and many others, whose efforts and talent formed the appearance of a modern picture book.

The section “Books with history” is dedicated to the fate of individual works of children's literature-those that, having read, having read it, having read Once in childhood, then you remember all your life and re-read, every time finding something new and important-as if growing up with a book or a book is growing with you. This chapter includes articles about the book of the Hungarian writer Fernets Molnar “Boys from the Street of Palay”, German writer Irmgard Koyn “A girl with whom the children were not allowed to be found”, about the book by the Englishman Arthur Ransom “The Tales of Old Peter” and others, as well as articles On the history of the relationships of Russian and foreign literature, written in different years.

for a wide range of readers interested in the history of children's literature.