Silver Christmas tree. Black S.

Alexander Glickberg was born in Odessa in 1880 in a large family: the future writer had two brothers and two sisters. Their father owned a pharmacy; Other relatives were merchants. At the age of 15, Sasha escaped from the house and went to Petersburg. There, the boy entered the gymnasium and rented a house (his father sent him money), but when he was expelled for unsuccessfulness, the help from the house stopped. Alexander could no longer pay for the apartment; At 16, he ended up on the street and began to wander, begging. The story of how a boy from a good family became homeless, got into newspapers; The wealthy official Konstantin Rocher regretted Sasha and took him to educate. The boy was again sent to the gymnasium, but again not to work out with study - he was again expelled. He became interested in literary work: he wrote articles, reviews, feuilletons.

at the age of 25, Alexander first signed his satirical poem with the pseudonym “Sasha Black”. Soon, the works of Sasha Black were published in many publications, he became a popular writer in Russia, which was quoted by Vladimir Mayakovsky himself. Since 1911, Alexander began to write for both children and young readers loved his poems and stories.

During the First World War, Alexander voluntarily went to the front. In 1918 he emigrated from Russia, lived in Germany, Italy, in France-and still wrote a lot for the guys, collaborated with children's magazines, translated German fairy tales into Russian.

This book included 5 stories Sasha Black. Their heroes are children and animals that fall into unusual, amazing, entertaining, and sometimes dangerous stories; Fortunately, each of them has a happy ending.

for primary school age. The texts of the works are given without abbreviations.