Zhenya is a big little girl. On the one hand, she is the youngest in the family, even her beloved dachshund Vetka, and on the other hand, her mother has to stand on a stool every morning to braid her hair. In general, Zhenya is just like all the other seven-year-old girls. She can't stand being looked at or considered special. She can peel potatoes so that the skin turns into thin long ribbons. She can sew on buttons - almost as beautifully as her dad. And she is also great at telling different stories - because something interesting happens to her all the time...
In the eighth book, "The Case of the Checkered Bag," Zhenya's best friend Mishka finds a dog on the street. But not just any dog, but a very, very sad and lonely one. She's lying in the snow with a checkered bag and won't let anyone near her. Where did she come from? And who has she been waiting for so long? Zhenya, Mishka, and the other kids decide to become real detectives and find out who owns the checkered bag and what the hell happened here. They have to master the method of deduction, carry out Operation Nightmare Day, and also learn that sometimes, even if you seem to do everything right, for some reason it can be very awkward later...
Maria Bershadskaya's books about a big little girl tell about Zhenya, who has grown taller than the world's tallest basketball player, and about how great and how difficult it is to be different from others. Throughout the twelve books, Zhenya is still growing - she is changing, maturing. Dad tells her that every person, even if they have already grown up, still has some internal growth. Zhenya does not yet quite understand what she needs to do for this growth that is inside. Walk in the rain? Sing songs? Eat some useful nastiness? We have not understood this either, but maybe after reading these twelve stories, we will also grow a little?
"The Case of the Plaid Bag" is the eighth book in the Big Little Girl series.
The first story about Zhenya, "How to Tame the City", became the best book of 2013 according to Papmambook.
Recommended reader age: 6+
Author: Maria Bershadskaya
Artist: Ivoylova Alexandra Valerievna
Editor: Irina Vaag
Year of release: 2015
Publisher: KompasGid
Pages: 48
Cover type: Hardcover
Dimensions: 207x175x7 mm
ISBN: 978-5-00083-098-7
Series: Big Little Girl