Sofya Leonidovna Prokofyeva (born May 14, 1928, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian children’s writer, playwright, screenwriter, and poet. Daughter of the famous artist L. E. Feinberg.
The Children’s Doctor has magic candies for treating cowardice, and a wonderful powder for treating sadness. Because of a mix-up, these medicines end up not with the children they were intended for—so trouble can happen. And the kids—the heroes of this book—rush to help. After all, everyone gets only one life! In it, you can’t be a mere spectator.
Once upon a time there was a boy, Petya, and a girl, Tomа. And everything would have been fine, but here’s the problem: Petya was a pathological coward, and Toma couldn’t laugh. Their mother was at her wits’ end trying to cure the children. She decided to обратиться to a well-known doctor who kept magical lollipops in his mysterious yellow briefcase—lollipops that help with such ailments. But the trouble is—the briefcase ended up in someone else’s hands…