One might ask: what kind of Columbus-explorers could there be in our country when it has been discovered long ago and everything in it is already known? But for boys and girls, even the old is always new. For young Columbus-like discoverers there will always be plenty of unknown, mysterious things to learn, to open, to unravel.
In the “Columbus Club,” Vitaly Valentinovich Bianki tells about children who set off into the forest wilderness, lived there, discovered a new country of nature in their native region, learned to observe, solved riddles, uncovered little secrets, and learned a great deal of new things.