This book contains legends and fairy tales, poems and songs, ancient traditions and modern adventure stories that animals from different forests of the world tell and sing to their cubs, mostly before bed.
The collection also includes tales from the village of Okhotki: they will allow wild readers to get acquainted with the beliefs and myths, life and customs of little-studied rural animals. "Beastly Tales" by Anna Starobinets is a spin-off, a branch of the popular "Beastly Detective" series, intended for all its fans and their younger sisters and brothers. The senior Badger of the Far Forest Police tells little Badger about the Sky Bears. The dog Polkan entertains the puppy Mukhtarchik with stories about the Great Dane and his sworn enemy Pussy-Don. The Persian cat remembers how the black magician Cat Noir lured her into the Forest of Shadows.
Little owl brothers Ug and Chuck learn that the Near Forest was once a field of honey carrots grown by the flying hare Wing. Badger Melesandra convinces her daughter that her dad was the first badger on the moon. Brave gopher Trembling Tail listens to the story of the laughing witch Coya, the ancestor of coyotes; giraffe Rafik listens to the legend of the Mango Gods who created the first animals of the desert; penguin chicks listen to the hunting stories of a shark penguin; and half-dog hears a blood-curdling arctic fox tale about the Frozen Demon.
Recommended reader age: 7+
Author: Anna Starobinets
Artist: Muravski Maria
Year of issue: 2023
Publisher: Abrikobuks
Pages: 176
ISBN: 978-5-6044141-5-6