Fairy tales

"Cinderella" and "Sleeping Beauty", "Puss in Boots" and "Tom Thumb", "Bluebeard" and "Riquet-Khokhlok" - have already lived the fourth century of their literary life. In 1697, Charles Perrault, a poet and writer of the Classical era, a dignitary of the French court during the reign of Louis XIV, published "The Tales of Mother Goose". And since then, for many generations, these tales have been the oldest and most faithful friends of our childhood.
One of the secrets of the long life of fairy tales is that they inspire people to create magic. This is real magic - by their very existence they inspire artists, poets, filmmakers to embody their heroes and villains again and again in new images, in new colors, in amazing pictures.
The St. Petersburg artist Mikhail Bychkov is just such a wizard. This kind wizard always takes great care of his heroes: he builds them fantastic castles, sews amazing outfits for fairies and princesses, grows enchanted forests and arranges grandiose fireworks on holidays. So that you, dear reader, can visualize this enchanting world, full of miracles and transformations, in which good invariably triumphs over evil.

Recommended reader age: 4+

Author: Charles Perrault
Translation: Tamara Gabbe, Ivan Turgenev
Artist: Mikhail Abramovich Bychkov
Year of release: 2020
Publisher: Azbuka
Pages: 112
Cover type: Hardcover
ISBN: 978-5-389-15756-9