The Learned Cat and Other Fairy Tales

Pusok the kitten must become a Scientist Cat and set off for Lukomorye. Will he carry out Baba Yaga’s will?

A fairy accidentally ended up from Ireland in Russia. Will Gorynych, Koschey, and Ded Moroz help her return home?

Kikimora Moroshka wants to save her native swamp. Will she find a suitable stream and the mistress of the hut on chicken legs that she meets along the way?

Folklore characters—Leshy, the Bog Man, Cat Bayun, mermaids, and other magical creatures—invite you into a world of adventures. Discover all the secrets of the fairy-tale forest!

About the author

Marina Vasilyevna Strukova was born in the settlement of Romanovka in Saratov Oblast. By education, a philologist. Worked as a drawing and foreign language teacher, as a correspondent, and as a literary editor. She has been published in: “Moscow,” “Our Contemporary,” “Neva,” “Literary Gazette,” and many others. Laureate of literary contests “Beautiful Impulses,” “Kind Lyre,” “Prayer,” named after N. Nekrasov, and named after Yu. Kuznetsov.