As a kid I didn’t read this book—what a pity! But when I told my friends what book I was working on, many of them were delighted; they remembered how they’d laughed at it as children. I recorded it on request from one of our longtime regulars, and— with great pleasure! In fact, the “but” wasn’t even necessary to say: I’m generally lucky with good assignments and good books!
“New Tenants” is a story about one month in the life of second-grader Zhenya Murashka, who moved with his family to a new house, a new apartment. In the new place he makes friends, and his cheerful, restless character pulls Zhenya into all sorts of new adventures—sometimes very funny, and sometimes rather dangerous…