The Best Fairy Tales and Stories for Children

Every parent wants their child to reach for intelligent, kind, and truly Russian books—and a collection by Andrey Platonov can be a great place to start.

It includes both well-known fairy tales and touching stories about the fates of ordinary people, written in the unique, easily recognizable language of this classic author.

Andrey Platonov (real name Andrey Platonovich Klimentov, 1899–1951) was a Russian writer, poet, and screenwriter. His works grew out of a rich life experience that included the events of the Civil War, years of repression, and the Great Patriotic War. Platonov’s style is distinctive and unlike anyone else’s; both critics and readers highly valued it. His prose is characterized by a folk foundation, realism, and a moral focus.

The book “The Best Fairy Tales and Stories for Children” includes the author’s most famous fairy tales—“The Magic Ring,” “Finist—Clear Falcon,” “The Wise Granddaughter,” and others—as well as his best-known stories about the life of an ordinary Russian person.