The tale of the dead princess and seven heroes. Pushkin A.S.

A delicate and touching story about the princess, the evil stepmother, the seven heroes and Queen Elisei is well known to both children and adults.

The main character, the royal daughter, was left without a mother. The king’s new wife was “tall, slender, white,... but proud, broken, wayward and jealous.” The stepmother was especially proud of her beauty. The magic mirror claimed that such a beauty in the whole world was no more. When the princess grew up, she overshadowed her stepmother with her beauty. She was not only good in appearance, “Belolitsa, Chernobrov”, but, unlike the queen, is very good. “Black envy is full”, the queen ordered the maid “the news of the princess in the wilderness of the forest and, having tied her, leave the living under the pine to eat the wolves there.” But the maid sorry the girl. Seven heroes sheltered her at home, until the magic mirror let the stepmother about the fact that her princess was alive. Anger and envy prevailed - the stepmother went to the forest to kill her stepdaughter with a poisoned apple. In search of the princess, her groom, Korolevich Elisha. The king had to get a lot in the world, until the wind helped him find the cave, where the princess was sleeping in the crystal coffin. Elisha’s love and devotion were stronger than death: the coffin crashed, and the princess came to life. And the queen died from longing and anger.

It is known that Pushkin wrote his tales, not counting on children at all. It was then that the children took them to themselves. Konashevich, as an artist of truly children, his unusually expressive, bright, full of drama and at the same time optimistic illustrations finally fixed these tales for children.

It is recommended for children of preschool and primary school age, as well as their parents to read and the recovery of the ingenious text, as well as to consider the excellent illustrations of Vladimir Konashevich.