Didactic manual for the lessons of literary reading in grades 1-4 "Children's writers in elementary school"
Stupchenko Irina Nikolaevna, primary school teacher of the first category, MBOU secondary school No. 5, town. Yablonovsky, Republic of Adygea
Target: Acquaintance with children's writers and their work
Tasks: show interest in the work of Russian and foreign writers and poets, develop the desire to read children's fiction; develop cognitive interests, creative thinking, fantasy, speech, replenish active vocabulary
Equipment: portraits of writers and poets, exhibition of books, illustrations for fairy tales
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (1805-1875)
The writer was born on April 2 in the city of Odense, located in the European country of Denmark, in the family of a shoemaker. Little Hans loved to sing, read poetry and dreamed of becoming an actor. When he studied at the gymnasium, he published his first poems. And becoming a university student, he began to write and publish novels. Andersen loved to travel and traveled to Africa, Asia and Europe.
Popularity came to the writer in 1835, after the publication of the collection Tales Told for Children. It included "The Princess and the Pea", "Swineherd", "Flint", "Wild Swans", "The Little Mermaid", "The King's New Dress", "Thumbelina". The writer wrote 156 fairy tales. The most popular of them are The Steadfast Tin Soldier2 (1838), The Nightingale (1843), The Ugly Duckling (1843), The Snow Queen (1844).
In our country, interest in the work of the Danish storyteller arose during his lifetime, when his fairy tales were translated into Russian.
HK Andersen's birthday has been declared International Children's Book Day.
AGNIA LVOVNA BARTO (1906-1981)
She was born on February 17 in the family of a veterinarian. She spent a lot of time in choreography classes, but she gave preference to literature. Her idols were K. I. Chukovsky, S. Ya. Marshak, V. V. Mayakovsky. The first book of the writer was published in 1925.
Agnia Lvovna wrote poems for children "Bear Thief" (1925), "Girl-Revushka" (1930), "Toys" (1936), "Bullfinch" (1939), "First Grader" (1944), "To School" ( 1966), I Grow Up (1969), and many others.
During the Great Patriotic War, Agniya Barto often traveled to the front with speeches, and also spoke on the radio.
The poems of A.L. Barto are known to readers all over the world.
VITALY VALENTINOVICH BIANKI (1894-1959)
Born on February 11 in St. Petersburg in the family of an ornithologist. From childhood, the writer was instilled with an interest in nature. After graduating from university, the writer went on expeditions throughout Russia.
Bianchi is the founder of the natural history trend in children's literature.
He began his literary activity in 1923, publishing the fairy tale "The Journey of the Red-Headed Sparrow". And after The First Hunt (1924), Whose nose is better? (1924), "Tails" (1928), "Mouse Peak" (1928), "The Adventures of an Ant" (1936). To this day, the novels and stories “The Last Shot” (1928), “Dzhulbars” (1937), “Forest were and fables” (1952) are very popular. And, of course, the famous Forest Newspaper (1928) is of great interest to all readers.
JACOB and WILHELM GRIMM (1785-1863; 1786-1859)
The Grimm brothers were born into the family of an official, and lived in a kind and prosperous atmosphere.
The Grimm brothers successfully graduated from high school, received a law degree, and served as professors at the university. They are the authors of the German Grammar and the German Dictionary.
But the fairy tales “The Bremen Town Musicians”, “The Pot of Porridge”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Puss in Boots”, “Snow White”, “Seven Brave Men” and others brought glory to the writers.
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm have been translated into many languages of the world, including Russian.
VICTOR YUZEFOVYCH DRAGUNSKY (1913-1972)
V. Dragunsky was born in America, but after his birth the family returned to Russia. The boy began his labor activity at the age of 16, working as a saddler, boatman, actor. In 1940, he tried his hand at literary work (he created texts and monologues for circus and theater artists).
The first stories of the writer appeared in the magazine "Murzilka" in 1959. And in 1961, Dragunsky's first book was published, which included 16 stories about Denisk and his friend Mishka.
Dragunsky wrote more than 100 stories and thus made a huge contribution to the development of children's humorous literature.
SERGEY ALEKSANDROVICH ESENIN (1895-1925)
Born October 3 in a peasant family. He graduated from a rural school and a church teacher's school, after which he moved to Moscow.
The poem "Birch" (1913) was the first poem of the great Russian poet. It was published in the children's magazine Mirok. And although the poet practically did not write for children, many of his works were included in the circle of children's reading: “Winter sings, calls out ...” (1910), “Good morning!” (1914), "Powder" (1914), "Grandma's Tales" (1915), "Bird Cherry" (1915), "Fields are compressed, groves are bare ..." (1918)
BORIS VLADIMIROVICH ZAKHODER (1918-2000)
Born on September 9 in Moldova. He graduated from school in Moscow. After he studied at the Literary Institute.
In 1955, Zakhoder's poems were published in the collection On the Back Desk. In 1958 - "Nobody and Others", in 1960 - "Who Looks Like Whom?", in 1970 - "School for Chicks", in 1980 - "My Imagination". The author also wrote the fairy tales "Monkey's Tomorrow" (1956), "The Little Mermaid" (1967), "The Good Rhino", "Once upon a time there was Fip" (1977)
Boris Zakhoder is the translator of A. Milne "Winnie the Pooh and All-All-All", A. Lindgren "The Kid and Carlson", P. Travers "Mary Poppins", L. Carroll "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
IVAN ANDREEVICH KRYLOV (1769-1844)
Born on February 13 in Moscow. Childhood passed in the Urals and in Tver. He received worldwide vocation as a talented fabulist.
He wrote his first fables in 1788, and his first book was published in 1809.
The author wrote over 200 fables.
Recommended for children's reading are Crow and Fox (1807), Wolf and Lamb (1808), Elephant and Pug (1808), Dragonfly and Ant (1808), Quartet (1811), Swan, Pike and Cancer" (1814), "Mirror and Monkey" (1815), "Monkey and Glasses" (1815), "Pig under the Oak" (1825) and many others.
ALEXANDER IVANOVICH KUPRIN (1870-1938)
Born on September 7 in the Penza province in a poor noble family. After the death of his father, he moved with his mother to Moscow, where he was placed in an orphanage. Later he graduated from the Alexander Military School and served in an infantry regiment for several years. But in 1894 he left military affairs. He traveled a lot, worked as a loader, a miner, a circus organizer, flew in a balloon, went down to the seabed in a diving suit, and was an actor.
In 1889 he met A.P. Chekhov, who became both a mentor and a teacher for Kuprin.
The writer creates such works as "The Miraculous Doctor" (1897), "Elephant" (1904), "White Poodle" (1904).
MIKHAIL YURIEVICH LERMONTOV (1814-1841)
Born October 15 in Moscow. He spent his childhood with his grandmother on the Tarkhany estate in the Penza region, where he received an excellent home education.
He began writing his first poems at the age of 14. The first work published in print was the poem "Khadzhi Abrek" (1835)
And such poems as "Sail" (1832), "Two Giants" (1832), "Borodino" (1837), "Three Palm Trees" (1839), "Cliff" (1841) and others entered the circle of children's reading.
The poet died in a duel at the age of 26.
DMITRY NARKISOVICH MAMIN-SIBIRYAK (1852-1912)
Born on November 6 in the family of a priest and a local teacher. He was educated at home, graduated from the Perm Theological Seminary.
He began to print in 1875. Wrote stories and fairy tales for children: "Emelya the hunter" (1884), "In learning" (1892), "Adopted" (1893), "Spit" (1897), "GreySheyka", "Green War", "Stand by", "The Stubborn Goat", "The Tale of the Glorious Tsar Pea and His Beautiful Daughters - Princess Kutafya and Princess Goroshina".
The famous Alyonushka Tales (1894-1897) Dmitry Narkisovich wrote for his sick daughter.
SAMUIL YAKOVLEVICH MARSHAK (1887-1964)
Born on November 3 in the city of Voronezh. Early began to write poetry. In 1920 he created one of the first children's theaters in Krasnodar and wrote plays for it. He is one of the founders of children's literature in Russia.
Everyone knows his works "The Tale of the Silly Mouse" (1923), "Luggage" (1926), "Poodle" (1927, "That's how absent-minded" (1928), "Mustache-striped" (1929), "Children in a Cage" (1923) And many, many widely known and beloved poems and stories in verse.
And the famous stories "Cat's House" (1922), "Twelve Months" (1943), "Teremok" (1946) have long found their readers and remain the most beloved children's works of millions of people of all ages.
SERGEY VLADIMIROVICH MIKHALKOV (1913)
Born March 13 in Moscow in a noble family. He received his primary education at home and immediately entered the 4th grade. Little Sergei liked to write poetry. And in 15 lats the first poem was published.
Fame for Mikhalkov was brought by the poem "Uncle Styopa" (1935) and its continuation "Uncle Styopa - a policeman" (1954).
Readers' favorite works are "About Mimosa", "Merry Tourist", "My friend and I", "Vaccination", "My Puppy", "Song of Friends"; Fairy tales "Feast of Disobedience", "Three Little Pigs", "How the old man sold the cow"; fables.
S. Mikhalkov has written more than 200 books for children and adults. He is the author of the anthem of Russia (2001).
NIKOLAI ALEKSEEVICH NEKRASOV (1821-1878)
Born December 10 in Ukraine.
In his work, Nekrasov paid great attention to the life and life of the Russian people, the peasantry. Poems written for children are mostly addressed to simple peasant children.
Schoolchildren know such works as "Green Noise" (1863), "Railway" (1864), "General Toptygin" (1867), "Grandfather Mazaya Hares" (1870), the poem "Peasant Children" (1861).
NIKOLAI NIKOLAEVICH NOSOV (1908-1976)
Born on November 23 in Kyiv in the family of an actor. The future writer was engaged in self-education, theater and music a lot. After the institute of cinematography, he worked as a film director, director of animated and educational films.
He published his first story "Entertainers" in 1938 in the magazine "Murzilka". Then came the book Knock-Knock-Knock (1945) and the collections Funny Stories (1947), Kolya Sinitsyn's Diary (1951), Vitya Maleev at School and at Home (1951), On the Hill (1953). ), "Dreamers" (1957). The most popular trilogy was The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends (1954), Dunno in the Sunny City (1959), Dunno on the Moon (1965).
Based on his works N.N. Nosov wrote screenplays for the feature films "Two Friends", "Dreamers", "The Adventures of Tolya Klyukvin".
KONSTANTIN GEORGIEVICH PAUSTOVSKY (1892-1968)
Born May 31st. He spent his childhood in Ukraine with his grandfather and grandmother. He studied at the Kyiv gymnasium. Later he moved to Moscow. He worked as a nurse, a tutor, a tram conductor and a factory worker. Traveled a lot.
Since 1921, he began to engage in literary creativity. There are stories and fairy tales of the writer for children. These are "Badger Nose", "Rubber Boat", "Cat Thief", "Hare Paws".
Later, Lyonka from a Small Lake (1937), Dense Bear (1947), Disheveled Sparrow (1948), Tree Frog (1954), Basket with Fir Cones, Warm Bread and others are published. .
CHARLES PERROT (1628-1703)
Born January 12 in Paris. The collection “Tales of Mother Goose” (1697) brought worldwide fame to the author. We are widely known for the fairy tales “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Donkey Skin”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “Cinderella”, “Bluebeard”, “Puss in Boots”, “A Boy with a Thumb”.
In Russia, the tales of the great French storyteller were translated into Russian in 1768 and immediately attracted attention with their riddles, secrets, plots, heroes and magic.
ALEXANDER SERGEEVICH PUSHKIN (1799-1837)
Born June 6 in the family of a nobleman. He received an excellent home education. Pushkin had a nanny, Arina Rodionovna, who told the future poet many Russian fairy tales, which were reflected in the work of the brilliant classic.
A. S. Pushkin did not write specifically for children. But there are wonderful works that were included in the circle of children's reading: “The Tale of the Priest and His Worker Balda” (1830), “The Tale of Tsar Saltan, His Son, the Glorious and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich, and the Beautiful Swan Princess” (1831 ), "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish" (1833), "The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Bogatyrs" (1833), "The Tale of the Golden Cockerel" (1834).
On the pages of school textbooks, children get acquainted with such works as the poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila", "A green oak near the Lukomorye" (1820), excerpts from the novel "Eugene Onegin" (1833): "The sky was already breathing in autumn", "The dawn is rising in dark cold…”, “That year the autumn weather…”, “Winter! The peasant is triumphant…” They study many poems “Prisoner” (1822), “Winter Evening” (1825), “Winter Road” (1826). "Nanny" (1826), "Autumn" (1833), "Cloud" (1835).
Based on the works of the poet, many feature films and animated films have been shot.
ALEXEY NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY (1883-1945)
Born on January 10 in the family of a landowner. Received a home primary education, later studied at the Samara School. In 1907 he decided to devote himself to writing. He went abroad, where he wrote the autobiographical story "Nikita's Childhood" (1920).
A. Tolstoy is known to young readers as the author of the fairy tale "The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio."
LEV NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY (1828-1910)
Born on September 9 in the estate of Krasnaya Polyana in the Tula province in a noble noble family. Received home education. Later he studied at Kazan University. He served in the army, participated in the Crimean War. In 1859 he opened a school for peasant children in Yasnaya Polyana.
In 1872 he created the "ABC". And in 1875 he published a textbook for teaching reading "The New Alphabet" and "Russian Books for Reading". Many people know his works “Filipok”, “Bone”, “Shark”, “Lion and Dog”, “Fire Dogs”, “Three Bears”, “How a Man Divided Geese”, “Ant and a Dove”, “Two Comrades”, “What is the grass on the dew”, “Where did the wind come from”, “Where does the water from the sea go”.
DANIEL HARMS (1905-1942)
Daniil Ivanovich Yuvachev was born on January 12 in St. Petersburg.
S. Marshak was attracted to children's literature. In 1928, his cheerful poems "Ivan Ivanovich Samovar", "Ivan Toropyshkin", "Game" (1929), "Million", "Merry Siskins" (1932), "A man came out of the house" (1937) appeared.
In 1967, the work "What It Was" was published. In 1972 - "12 chefs".
EVGENY IVANOVICH CHARUSHIN (1901-1965)
Born November 11 in the family of an architect.
More than anything, he loved to draw. Later he graduated from the Petrograd Academy of Arts. In 1929, his picture books "Free Birds", "Different Animals" were published.
The first stories appeared in 1930, including "Schur", "Chicks", "Chicken City", "Bear", "Animals". Later, "Nikitka and his friends", "About Tomka" and others appeared.
E.I. Charushin illustrated books by Mamin-Sibiryak, Bianka, Marshak, Chukovsky, Prishvin.
ANTON PAVLOVICH CHEKHOV (1860-1904)
Born on January 29 in the family of a small merchant. He studied first at school, then at the gymnasium. From an early age he was fond of literary creativity.
From 1879-1884 he studied at the medical faculty of Moscow University and, having received a medical degree, worked for some time in his specialty.
But then he began to pay great attention to literature. Participated in the creation of handwritten journals. He published in humorous magazines, wrote short stories, signing them Antosh Chekhonte.
Chekhov wrote many works for children: “Kashtanka”, “White-fronted”, “Horse Family”, “Vanka”, “Burbot”, “Chameleon”, “Boys”, “Fugitive”, “I want to sleep”.
KORNEY IVANOVICH CHUKOVSKY (1882-1969)
Born March 31st. The real name of the writer is Nikolai Vasilyevich Korneichukov.
Since childhood, he loved to read a lot, was engaged in self-education.
In 1901, an article appeared in the newspaper, signed by the pseudonym Korney Chukovsky.
After the publication of the poetic tales "Moydodyr", "Cockroach", "Fly-Tsokotuha", "Wonder Tree", "Fedorino's grief", "Barmaley", "Telephone", "The Adventures of Bibigon" became truly the best children's storyteller.
K.I. Chukovsky is the author of retellings for children of novels by D. Defoe, R. Raspe, R. Kipling, Greek myths, stories from the Bible.
Children's literature extremely important in the upbringing of a child. It is worth paying a lot of attention to reading, as it greatly affects the character of the baby. Books allow a child to enrich his vocabulary, explore the world and learn how to solve possible life issues. offers you a list of the best children's authors.
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Astrid Lindgren
It's hard to imagine your childhood without Baby with Carlson and Pippi Longstocking. In addition to the fairy tales you already know, there are also such as "Emil from Lenneberg" - about a little tomboy who fed drunken cherries to a piglet and set fire to all the firecrackers in the burgomaster's garden. Lindgren was excellent at writing captivating stories. When asked how she manages to guess children's desires so accurately, she replied that she writes in such a way that it would be interesting for her to read herself.
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Janusz Korczak
A successful doctor, teacher and writer, founded an orphanage for Jewish orphans in Poland, developed the basic principles for raising children. His book "King Matt the First" at one time struck many children and parents - it tells about a little boy who suddenly began to lead the whole state. Of the pedagogical works, the most famous book is How to Love a Child.
Charles Perrault
It is impossible to acquaint a child with literature and at the same time not read Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast and Little Red Riding Hood. These fairy tales seem to be inscribed in our DNA, we remember them by heart and retell them to children. Perrault is considered the founder of the genre of fairy tales for children, although he himself was shy and at first published the collection Tales of Mother Goose under a pseudonym, taking the name of his son.
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Lewis Carroll
The English writer Lewis Carroll was very fond of children. He wrote famous works for children, in which adults find many allusions and veiled meanings. These are fairy tales " ", "Alice in the Wonderland", humorous poem "The Hunt for the Snark".
Hans Christian Andersen
The famous storyteller wrote children's stories, skillfully incorporating elements of comedy and satire, social criticism and philosophy into them, addressed primarily to adults. Andersen is the author of numerous fairy tales, which continue to be filmed to this day. In his fairy tales, good always triumphs over evil, the main characters are endowed with intelligence, kindness, courage. But there are also sad stories like "Girls with matches" and "Mermaids" which will show the child that the world around is not perfect.
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Alan Alexander Milne
Alan Milne became famous for his teddy bear books. Winnie the Pooh and various poems for children. For more than 70 years, readers around the world have known a character with sawdust in his head, who nevertheless possesses worldly wisdom and sincere kindness. For many children, Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Owl, Eeyore the donkey and other heroes of Milne's fairy tale became good friends. Like the characters of Lindgren, who began to write stories for her daughter, and Andersen, who amuses familiar children, Vinnie was created for one child - the son of a writer named Christopher Robin.
Korney Chukovsky
“Fedorino grief”, “Moydodyr”, “Aibolit”, “Fly-sokotuha”, “Phone”, “Cockroach”- poems that do not lose their meaning to this day and teach good deeds. Emotional, rhythmic, they are so easy to remember that many adults remember them to this day. In addition, Chukovsky translated fairy tales from other countries and recorded his observations of children, which were reflected in the book From Two to Five.
An excellent alternative list of children's literature, which you will want to return to more than once.
Valentina Oseeva What to read: "Dinka", "Dinka says goodbye to childhood", "Vasek Trubachev and his comrades", "The Magic Word
When we talk about Soviet children's books, Marshak, Chukovsky, Olesha immediately come to mind. Approximately the same set of authors who are usually read to children. But there are other excellent writers, whose books, however, are a little less known, but children may like them even more than “Aibolit” and “Three Fat Men” (and you along with them).
Valentina Oseeva, who has worked with homeless children in children's correctional institutions for more than 16 years, understands the psychology of difficult children like no one else. her dilogy about the swirling stubborn Dinka (“Dinka” and “Dinka Says Goodbye to Childhood”) was published almost 50 years ago. They are based largely on the autobiographical story of the growing up of a tomboy girl from a family of intellectuals. In addition to this textbook story about childhood friendship, Oseeva wrote a dozen worthy short stories, which were included in the Magic Word collection, and a series of books about the schoolboy Vaska Trubachev. In the texts, in places there is unctuous propaganda (in the third book about Vaska, the heroes are building a school, which, obviously, personifies a bright future), but all this is in the context of serious conversations about kindness and justice, the ability to hear and accept others. School days, with all their petty squabbles and existential conflicts, Oseeva describes easily and witty, without pioneering anguish and edification. In addition, as in the case of "Dinka", she honestly talks about the families that most of the heroes have are incomplete, large or simply unsettled. But at the same time, they are still strong and friendly in their own way.
Alexander Vvedensky What to read: poems, "Railway", "Journey to the Crimea"
Children's poems by Alexander Vvedensky, one of the most profound authors of the first half of the 20th century, are read significantly less today than, for example, the works of his close friend Daniil Kharms. In addition, with the light hand of the historian of the avant-garde Nikolai Khardzhiev, the opinion was entrenched that Vvedensky "hacked in children's literature, wrote terrible books, very few good ones." Nevertheless, during his lifetime, he was seen as a popular children's author. Vvedensky managed to release several dozen children's books, among which there are poems, stories and adaptations of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. True, they began to be republished only after the rehabilitation of the poet in 1964. Vvedensky collaborated with the children's magazines "Chizh" and "Hedgehog". His poems, which were imbued with a naive-idyllic attitude to the world, were highly appreciated by Lidia Chukovskaya and Sergei Mikhalkov. Recently, the publishing house Ad Marginem republished "Railway" - a story in which the passenger of a steam locomotive tells about what is happening outside the window. Day and night, factories, forests and plants, replacing each other, add up to a panorama of first a small town, then a country, and then the whole world. It is worth paying attention to the book "Journey to the Crimea", on which Vvedensky worked together with Elena Safonova. This is a cheerful poetic story of two brothers from cold Leningrad who set off on a journey to the south. The motive of a person's acquaintance with the world and genuine surprise at everything that happens is one of the main ones in Vvedensky's work, you cannot refuse him this.
Boris Zhitkov What to read: “What I saw”, “What happened”, “Sea stories”, “Stories about animals”
Boris Zhitkov wrote both boring pedagogical stories about various professions (“On the Water”, “Above the Water”, “Under the Water”), and curious why-why stories, which he called “encyclopedias for four-year-old citizens” (“What I saw” and "What happened"). In addition, he wrote an amazing novel about the 1905 revolution, Viktor Vavich. It was not published for a long time and practically disappeared, but returned to readers in the late 1990s. Zhitkov himself managed to be a navigator and captain on a ship, to work as an ichthyologist and a worker at a machine-building plant. He sailed on ships and submarines, flew in an airplane, was in India, Japan and Africa. In many ways, it was this experience that helped him to brightly reveal himself in the collections "Sea Stories" and "Stories about Animals" - short but capacious stories about the relationship of man with animals and nature. In them, Zhitkov tells how smart, curious and brave animals can be, how they protect people and each other.
Mikhail Ilyin What to read: “How a Man Became a Giant”, “Conquest of Nature”, “One Hundred Thousand Whys”
Ilya Marshak, the younger brother of Samuil Marshak, who published under the pseudonym M. Ilyin, was one of the pioneers of Soviet science pop for children. He regularly wrote the magazine columns "Chemistry Page" and "Laboratory" New Robinson ", published in Chizh and wrote stories for children that formed a full-fledged history of inventions (the collection "One Hundred Thousand Whys"). How a Man Became a Giant was one of the first textbooks on the history of philosophy for teenagers, but his opus magnum is The Conquest of Nature. This is a fascinating scientific story about nature, which reflects the main principles of the popularizer writer. He fought both useless entertaining imitations of a scientific book and crude compilations that passed off as educational literature. The texts of M. Ilyin are still considered a model of scientific literature for children - except perhaps with a discount for discussions about the destructive nature of capitalism.
Jan Larry What to read: "The Extraordinary Adventures of Karik and Vali"
Science fiction writer Ian Larry has a truly Dickensian biography. He was orphaned at the age of nine, wandered for a long time, worked as a watchmaker's apprentice and as a waiter in a tavern. And during the First World War he was drafted into the tsarist army, but soon went over to the side of the Reds. In the early 1930s, he made his debut with the not very successful story Window to the Future, but a year later he rehabilitated himself by releasing the utopian novel The Land of the Happy. This is an idyllic picture of a world in which communism won, people mastered space, but faced an energy crisis that shook the framework of utopia. His most famous book was the story "The Extraordinary Adventures of Karik and Vali", which Larry wrote on the order of Samuil Marshak. According to the story, brother and sister Karik and Valya shrink and go on a journey into the world of insects. Larry connects naturalistic descriptions of the natural world with the famously twisted plot that formed the basis of the 1987 film of the same name.
Anatoly Orlov is a talented Russian writer who continues the traditions of Mikhail Prishvin and Konstantin Paustovsky in his works. Attention to the life of nature (by profession Anatoly Orlov is a forester) in his texts is combined with attention to working with the word, which is especially important for books designed for children. One of his first stories, Pim the Deer, has already managed to catch the fancy of many readers: it tells about the very beginning of the life of the musk deer, the smallest deer-like animal living on the territory of Russia.
Grigory Oster is still one of the most famous children's writers in Russia. His "Bad Advice" is still relevant today, despite the fact that it was written decades ago. Winner of numerous literary awards, the 69-year-old writer is actively involved in the cultural life of the country. We recommend reading his stories with children, and remember a kitten named Woof, funny monkeys and a curious baby elephant.
Children's writer, poet, screenwriter and playwright - Andrei Usachev, perhaps, is one of those authors who perfectly understand that stories for children should be kind and funny at the same time. At the same time, laughter in his books is never “evil”, which is especially important in our case. Short memorable stories with bright characters are great for Andrey. Separately, we note that his books are always beautifully illustrated.
The talented young writer Maria Verkhistova writes easily, so children will definitely like her books. The focus of the author, of course, is the guys themselves and their fictional fantasy worlds, where a domestic cat becomes a real friend with whom you can go on any adventure. Great for evening reading.
The 79-year-old classic of children's literature, Eduard Uspensky is familiar to every person in our country. There is hardly anyone who has not read his stories about the crocodile Gena and Cheburashka, about the cat Matroskin and Uncle Fyodor. Note that he continues to write in our time: for example, in 2011 his book “The Ghost from Prostokvashino” was published. If you haven't read it yet, you should read it with your kids!
Anastasia Orlova wrote poetry from childhood, after which, already in adulthood, she took a significant break in her work - until the birth of her second child. It was then that the writer again began to create stories and poems for children, so successfully that she won the important Russian competition "New Children's Book". The publishing house "Rosmen" publishes her book about the adventures of a truck and its trailer - a funny story about strong friendship and mutual assistance.
The young and very talented writer has already published more than 20 books for children, each of which many readers in Russia have been looking forward to. Anna Nikolskaya is a master at creating adventure stories and romantic stories. Her books are always accompanied by excellent illustrations. Separately, it is worth noting that she has a rich language: an abundance of epithets is what the writer's texts are famous for.
An amazing Soviet writer who continues to create works for children, having stepped over her eighth decade. Her subtle and clever kind tales are not about distant kingdoms and worlds - they are about the fact that magic is nearby, it is all around us. The heroes of amazing adventures are either schoolchildren, or their grandmothers, and sometimes suddenly come to life clouds. Sofia Prokofieva's books are required reading.
Not only funny and kind, but also very informative stories of Olga Kolpakova will tell children about fairy-tale heroes and the life of nature, about incredible worlds and Russian life. The combination of fascination and quite real knowledge is a distinctive feature of Olga's texts. Mom of two children, she knows well how to make a child laugh and how to make him think about something.
Books by Anton Soya regularly cause parental disputes: is it worth it or not to read to children? Many are frightened by the abundance of slang expressions in the author's stories, and many, on the contrary, like his language. It’s better to decide for yourself: for our part, we note that the undoubted advantage of Soya’s books is masterfully created plots - they quickly captivate children, so at least the child will surely reach the end of the story and will not leave the book in the middle.
Art created for children is a diverse and extensive part of modern culture. Literature has been present in our lives since childhood, it is with its help that the concept of good and evil is laid, a worldview and ideals are formed. Even at preschool and primary school age, young readers can already appreciate the dynamics of poetry or beautiful fairy tales, and at an older age they begin to read thoughtfully, so books should be selected accordingly. Let's talk about Russians and foreign children's writers and their works.
Children's writers of the 19th and 20th centuries and the development of children's literature
For the first time, books especially for children in Russia began to be written in the 17th century, in the 18th century the formation of children's literature began: at that time such people as M. Lomonosov, N. Karamzin, A. Sumarokov and others lived and worked. The 19th century is the heyday of children's literature, the "Silver Age", and we still read many books by writers of that time.
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
The author of "Alice in Wonderland", "Alice Through the Looking Glass", "The Hunt for the Snark" was born in a small village in Cheshire (hence the name of his character - the Cheshire Cat). The real name of the writer is Charles Dodgson, he grew up in a large family: Charles had 3 brothers and 7 sisters. He went to college, became a professor of mathematics, even received the rank of deacon. He really wanted to become an artist, he painted a lot, loved to take pictures. As a boy, he wrote stories, funny stories, adored the theater. If his friends had not persuaded Charles to rewrite his story on paper, Alice in Wonderland might not have seen the light of day, but nevertheless the book was published in 1865. Carroll's books are written in such an original and rich language that it is difficult to find a suitable translation for some words: there are more than 10 versions of the translation of his works into Russian, and readers themselves can choose which one to prefer.
Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002)
Astrid Eriksson (Married Lindgren) grew up in a farmer's family, her childhood was spent in games, adventures and farm work. As soon as Astrid learned to read and write, she began to write various stories and the first poems.
The story "Pippi Longstocking" Astrid composed for her daughter when she was sick. Later, the novels “Mio, my Mio”, “Roni, the robber’s daughter”, a trilogy about the detective Callie Blumkvist, a triology loved by many, which tells about the cheerful and restless Carlson, were published.
Astrid's works are staged in many children's theaters around the world, and her books are adored by people of all ages. In 2002, the literary prize in honor of Astrid Lindgren was approved - it is awarded for her contribution to the development of literature for children.
Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940)
This is a Swedish writer, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Selma reluctantly recalled her childhood: at the age of 3, the girl was paralyzed, she did not get out of bed, and the only consolation for her was the tales and stories told by her grandmother. At 9 years old, after treatment, the ability to move in Selma returned, she began to dream of a career as a writer. She studied hard, received her PhD, became a member of the Swedish Academy.
In 1906, her book about the journey of little Niels on the back of Martin the goose was published, then the writer released the collection Trolls and People, which included fantastic legends, fairy tales and short stories, she also wrote many novels for adults.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973)
This English writer cannot be called exclusively for children, since adults also read his books with delight. The author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit: A Journey There and Back, the creator of the amazing world of Middle-earth, on which incredible films are made, was born in Africa. When he was three years old, his mother, who was an early widow, brought two children to England. The boy was fond of painting, foreign languages \u200b\u200bwere easily given to him, he even became interested in studying "dead" languages: Anglo-Saxon, Gothic and others. During the war, Tolkien, who went there as a volunteer, catches typhus: it is in his delirium that he invents the "elvish language" that has become the hallmark of many of his heroes. His works are immortal, they are very popular in our time.
Clive Lewis (1898-1963)
Irish and English writer, theologian and scholar. Clive Lewis and John Tolkien were friends, it was Lewis who was one of the first to hear about the world of Middle-earth, and Tolkien about the beautiful Narnia. Clive was born in Ireland but lived most of his life in England. He published his first works under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton. In 1950-1955, his "Chronicles of Narnia" was first published, telling about the adventure of two brothers and two sisters in a mysterious and magical land. Clive Lewis traveled a lot, wrote poetry, liked to discuss various topics and was a comprehensively developed person. His works are loved by adults and children to this day.
Russian children's writers
Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (1882-1969)
Real name - Nikolai Korneychukov is known for children's fairy tales and stories in verse and prose. He was born in St. Petersburg, lived for a long time in Nikolaev, Odessa, from childhood he firmly decided to become a writer, but, having arrived in St. Petersburg, he was faced with refusals from the editors of magazines. He became a member of a literary circle, a critic, wrote poems and stories. For bold statements, he was even arrested. During the war, Chukovsky was a war correspondent, editor of almanacs and magazines. He spoke foreign languages and translated the works of foreign authors. The most famous works of Chukovsky are “Cockroach”, “Tsokotuha Fly”, “Barmaley”, “Aibolit”, “Wonder Tree”, “Moydodyr” and others.
Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (1887-1964)
Playwright, poet, translator, literary critic, talented author. It was in his translation that many first read Shakespeare's sonnets, Burns' poems, and fairy tales from different peoples of the world. Samuel's talent began to manifest itself in early childhood: the boy wrote poetry, had the ability to learn foreign languages. Poetry books by Marshak, who moved from Voronezh to Petrograd, immediately enjoyed great success, and their feature is a variety of genres: poems, ballads, sonnets, riddles, songs, sayings - he was able to do everything. He has received many awards and his poems have been translated into dozens of languages. The most famous works are “Twelve Months”, “Luggage”, “The Tale of the Stupid Mouse”, “That's how absent-minded”, “Mustache-striped” and others.
Agnia Lvovna Barto (1906-1981)
Agniya Barto was an exemplary student, already at school she began to write poetry and epigrams for the first time. Now many children are brought up on her poems, her light, rhythmic poems have been translated into many languages of the world. Agnia has been an active literary figure all her life, a member of the jury of the Andersen competition. In 1976, she received the G.H. Andersen Prize. The most famous poems are “Bull”, “Bullfinch”, “Tamara and I”, “Lyubochka”, “Bear”, “Man”, “I am growing” and others.
Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (1913-2009)
He can be considered a classic of Russian children's literature: a writer, chairman of the Union of Writers of the RSFSR, a talented poet, writer, fabulist, playwright. It is he who is the author of two hymns: the USSR and the Russian Federation. He devoted a lot of time to social activities, although at first he did not have a dream of becoming a writer: in his youth he was both a laborer and a member of a geological exploration expedition. We all remember such works as "Uncle Styopa - a policeman", "What do you have", "Song of friends", "Three little pigs", "New Year's Eve" and others.
Contemporary children's writers
Grigory Bentsionovich Oster
Children's writer, in whose works adults can learn a lot of interesting things. He was born in Odessa, served in the Navy, his life is still very active: he is a leading, talented author, cartoon screenwriter. "Monkeys", "A Kitten Named Woof", "38 Parrots", "Got Bitten" - all these cartoons were filmed according to his script, and "Bad Advice" is a book that has gained immense popularity. By the way, an anthology of children's literature has been published in Canada: the books of most writers have a circulation of 300-400 thousand, and Auster's Bad Advice has sold 12 million copies!
Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky
From childhood, Eduard Uspensky was a ringleader, participated in KVN, organized skits, then he first tried his hand at writing, later he began to write plays for children's radio programs, children's theaters, dreamed of creating his own magazine for children. The cartoon "Crocodile Gena and his friends" brought fame to the writer, since then the eared symbol - Cheburashka, has settled in almost every home. We also still love the book and cartoon “Three from Prostokvashino”, “Koloboks are Investigating”, “Plasticine Crow”, “Baba Yaga Against!” and others.
JK Rowling
Speaking of modern children's writers, it's simply impossible not to think about the author of the Harry Potter series of books, the wizard boy and his friends. It's the best-selling book series in history, and the movies made from it have been huge box office hits. Rowling had a chance to go from obscurity and poverty to worldwide fame. At first, no editors agreed to accept and publish a book about a wizard, believing that such a genre would be of no interest to readers. Only the small publishing house Bloomsbury agreed - and did not lose. Now Rowling continues to write, is engaged in charity and social activities, she is a self-fulfilled author and a happy mother and wife.
