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If you are not a regular at book sites and festivals, then it may seem that they still haven’t come up with anything better than Nosov, Rybakov and Bulychev for children. Meanwhile, children's literature in Russia is developing well. New books, competitions and authors appear every day. Journalist Lisa Birger chose 10 modern writers, whose books can be safely placed on a bookshelf in a nursery.

SERGEY SEDOV

Sergei Sedov is one of those writers who fascinate when meeting in person no less than when meeting with his texts - such a real modern storyteller, a person not tied to space and time, a former teacher and Moscow janitor, whose fairy tales we began to read back in the 80s. X. I can’t count how many times these fairy tales - about the boy Lesha, about the frog Pipa, about kings, about fools - were forgotten and published recent years thirty, and they still sound stunningly new. Sedov has a wonderful manner of light writing, it seems that everything he touches turns into exciting game, which is impossible not to join. But the main thing about Sedov is the endless freedom of his imagination, completely childish in spirit, his signature oddity, thanks to which he can allow his heroes to amazingly transform into a vacuum cleaner and a balloon, and in his fairy tales about mothers he allows himself to show a drunkard mother and an indifferent mother . All of these are manifestations of the same touching concern, but in different ways. There was a time when Sedov was published a little more and better, but now, unfortunately, it is not easy to find either his horror stories or his wonderfully funny retelling of ancient Greek myths “Hercules. 12 great feats. An eyewitness account", not even his New Year's tale“How Santa Claus was born,” written in collaboration with Marina Moskvina. Nevertheless, “Tales about Lyosha” are always on sale - Sedov is classic in all respects, causing equal delight among parents and children.

MARIA BERSHADSKAYA

VGIK graduate and screenwriter Maria Bershadskaya, who worked, among other things, on “Sesame Street,” invented and wrote probably the best children’s series in modern Russian literature, the “Big Little Girl” series of books. Her heroine Zhenya is a seven-year-old girl, tall beyond her years (so tall that her mother has to stand on a stool to braid her hair), who, despite her height, remains a small child inside. And each situation from Zhenya’s life is a separate story of growing up and internal growth, be it a story about the death of a loved one, about school novel, about holidays and losses, about inconveniences and in their own way tragic situations, in which every child can find themselves. A brilliant invention - to see in one image, as in children's world combines the extreme and the ordinary, the small and the big, the feeling of absolute insecurity in front of the world and daily victories over its obstacles. This situation of both fairy-tale detachment and realistic empathy, the author’s sympathy for the hero’s big and small sufferings is what makes Bershadskaya’s books so understandable and attractive.

STANISLAV VOSTOKOV

A great lover of animals, Stanislav Vostokov dreamed of following in the footsteps of Gerald Durrell since childhood - he dreamed and did. Already at the age of fifteen, he published his translations from Durrell in the Tashkent newspaper “Pioneer of the East” and, while studying at an art school, painted elephants and cranes. From Tashkent he went to protect nature in Cambodia, and from there he did an internship at the International Conservation Training Center founded by Darrell on the island of Jersey. Afterwards he worked at the Moscow Zoo and at the Research Center for Nature Conservation, and talked about all this in his books. Although we fell in love with Vostokov precisely for the genre of stories about animals (see “Do not feed or tease” about the Moscow Zoo and the book “The Island Dressed in Jersey”), about which he knows how to speak simply, with understanding and sympathy, he has perfectly mastered and other genres, and to date has received every conceivable children's award. For example, for a book of stories about Frosya Korovina, “a real village woman of seven years old” from the village of Papanovo, Vologda region, or a series of airy ones, inspired more by Yuri Koval than by the masters village prose, stories about the village way of life “Kum to the King”, and about birds and animals that can be seen almost from the window.

ARTHUR GIVARGIZOV

The aesthetic homeland of Arthur Givargizov is Soviet school prose, everything that is dear and beloved, from Nosov to Dragunsky. Only he feels much freer in both plots and language, so that some nervous parents scold him for being uneducational (parents who don’t understand jokes or demand that morality comes first in a children’s book are the main enemies of children’s prose). In fact, in light of the achievements of world child psychology, according to which what is important for children should be play, not textbooks, freedom of imagination, not cramming, Givargizov is exactly the writer needed to create an atmosphere of total laughter and fun. He never fails, and although many of his poems and stories seem like jokes, games, they important topic the search for freedom in any given situation invariably becomes, be it conversations with adults, school lessons or long journeys. If you don’t know that the Earth has gravity, you can take off and fly, and if you don’t want to write a dictation, then you can run away into the forest and instead of yourself, slip the teacher a bear and a wolf, so that they, quarreling and copying from each other like real hooligans, diligently deduce “Her voice rang and trembled like a cracked glass bell.”

Givargizov, fortunately, is published uninterruptedly, and all his books are very good - from him alone you can make an excellent home library. But it makes sense for parents not to miss, while they still have it, the book “From Grandfather’s to Children’s,” where linguist Maxim Krongauz discusses the stories and poems of Arthur Givargizov while reading them with his grandchildren.

TAMARA MIKHEEVA

Tamara Mikheeva - professional children's writer. This means that she is equally good at picture books about animals and teen stories like Dolphin Children. These are invariably kind, invariably bright books, inhabited by wonderful magical creatures. In modern children's prose, Tamara Mikheeva plays the role of the main storyteller: living trees grow in her mountains (“Light Mountains”), magical gnomes live in her forests (“Asha’s Summer”), and her shumsa, the inhabitants of the trees, have become one of the best children’s fiction TV series In general, impeccable stories for children who are just learning to read and love books, and parents who want these books to be only about magic and kindness - it’s as if no other world exists for Mikheeva at all.

MARINA AROMSHTAM

Until the mid-2000s, teacher, psychologist and specialist in children's reading Maria Aromshtam wrote educational books about pedagogy for adults and teaching aids for children starting to read. But since her story “When Angels Rest” won the Cherished Dream Award in 2008, Aromstam has become not only one of our favorite writers, but also the main promoter of children's books. The website “Pampambuk”, invented by her, exists precisely to help parents read books with their children. Over the past ten years, Marina Aromshtam has built up a solid bibliography and has already become a classic modern literature. Moreover, I would like to use the word “classic” here for the unobtrusive instructiveness of her texts, for which we are accustomed to appreciating the books of our childhood, or better yet, for the freedom of thought and feeling that these books invariably promise. She feels equally confident in different topics and genres, be it a realistic story about school life(“When the angels rest”), historical story from England of the 14th century (“Lancelot the Cat and the City of Gold. An Old English Story”), fairy tales and myths about the birth of the world (“Once Upon a Time in a New World”) or picture books for children (“Stomach”). Whatever she writes, it is always about the therapeutic effect of reading and storytelling - exactly what many ordered.

MARIA BOTEVA

The first book of fairy tales by Maria Boteva “Light ABC. Two Sisters, Two Winds" was published by the publishing house NLO in 2005 - at the same time it received the Triumph Award and was included in the short lists of Debut and Cherished Dream. We didn’t hear about her for quite a long time after that, until she was rediscovered by the KompasGid publishing house, and then it became clear that Boteva is, first of all, an accurate, faithful and attentive writer of teenage life. Two books of her stories, “Ice Cream in Waffle Cups” (2013) and “You Walk on the Carpet” (2016) are some kind of joyful acquisition for any children's library. Because the main theme here is not some exceptional sorrows of teenage life, but, on the contrary, the most recognizable things about it, conversations, feelings, daily experiences. So, in the new book “You Walk on the Carpet,” the main characters drink tea, chatter tongue twisters, hang around doing nothing, but it is this “Summer is boring again, just a piece of melancholy” that becomes an incredibly rich plot for it. It's such a stunning, heartfelt insight into teenage life that it can help even an adult remember what it was like. To imagine why this is so good, just read.

ASIA PETROVA

A graduate of the Sorbonne, a wonderful translator from French, the wife of one of the best contemporary children's poets, Mikhail Yasnov, and, above all, a wonderful children's author. It is proven, if you like, even by literary awards - Petrova has a whole bunch of them, from the first “Kniguru” prize for the collection of stories “Wolves on Parachutes” and the Marshak Prize to the shortlists of “Debut” and “Baby-NOS”. The main thing in Asa Petrova, however, is the ability to speak with a teenager in his language, to immerse himself in the world of his experiences, where literally everything becomes an existential question - from the reluctance to put on leggings to the fear that the grandmother will die. Collection of stories “Wolves on parachutes. Adults Are Silent,” combining stories for middle schoolers and thoughtful and compassionate prose about teenagers, represents everything beautiful, scary, sad, and absurd that ordinary teenage life is made of.

NINA DASHEVSKAYA

The writer Nina Dashevskaya has already received the Kniguru literary award three times, despite the fact that she published her first story in 2011. A musician by training, she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in violin and now plays in the orchestra of the Theater. Natalia Sats. And her first books, including “Around Music,” were dedicated to the enormous change that the sound of music can make in life little man. This is generally main topic Dashevskaya's teenage prose is a way out of darkness into light, a magical change that is guaranteed to help get rid of loneliness and unhappiness. A sad boy will become cheerful, a lonely teenager will make friends, a child with ADHD will find understanding, everyone will have a good ending. Considering how simply and joyfully these books are written, it is not surprising that children - and adults too - enjoy them so much.

NATALIA EVDOKIMOVA

In some other world, where fantasy, for example, would not be considered a minor genre in literature, Natalya Evdokimova would become a big literary star - it is difficult to find an author who would feel so free in this topic. Her dystopia "The End of the World" tells about a world that changes entirely from time to time. Its laws are strange, bizarre and sometimes even repressive, but the belief remains that one day one of the worlds will turn out to be the one you invented. The brand new book “Kimka & Company” tells about a boy who flew away from his parents staring at the TV into imaginary worlds, and travels through them, taking his newborn brother with him. And there is also a very simple, piercing intonation, “Summer Smells of Salt,” whose teenage heroes break free to summer and the sea from the protracted winter and captivity of high-rise buildings. Overall, this is a necessary injection of fantasy from boring and sometimes difficult everyday life - and just very good literature.

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She has always been and remains in demand, exerting an immense influence on children. Several generations have grown up reading the books of their favorite authors, who were the first to show children the clear line between good and evil, who taught them to know the laws of nature, the rules of communication with each other, who introduced them to history and other sciences in a presentation that a child could understand. Many ideals taken from children's books written by Soviet writers became the basis for the formation of a person's character. They remain in a person’s consciousness until the end of his life.

Soviet children's writers - authors of books for the younger generation - are a kind of teachers who have assumed moral and moral responsibility for the formation of a worthy personality. For the adult generation of Russians, these names evoke the most pleasant associations.

Almost everyone is familiar with the poems of the Soviet poetess Agnia Barto. Family, pioneers, and the life of Soviet schoolchildren are the main themes of her kind, often funny works, popular among both children and adults. In them, Agnia Barto spoke the language of a real child, and in life she performed truly adult actions: she found and returned hundreds of children scattered throughout the country by the war to their families. The matter seems hopeless, because in childhood few people know complete information about themselves (address, physical features, necessary names). But many children could remember highlights life (how we went sledding with Yegorka, how the rooster pecked painfully between the eyes, how we played with our beloved dog Dzhulbars). It was these memories that Agnia Barto, who knew how to speak the language of the children, used in her search.

For 9 years she was the host of the radio program “Find a Person,” on the air of which she daily read out unique signs from letters flying from all over the country. Only the first issue helped seven people find their families, and throughout this time, under the strict guidance of Agnia Barto, who worked as a translator with “ children's language", 927 families were able to reunite.

A striking representative of children's writers of the Soviet era is Cheburashka, the cat Matroskin, Uncle Fyodor - and today these cartoon characters remain beloved and included in every home.

The engineering education he received did not in the least prevent Eduard Uspensky from becoming a favorite children's author. His book characters have successfully migrated to television screens and have been delighting viewers with their adventures for several decades now. Many of them had real prototypes. Thus, the writer portrayed his first wife, a lady who was harmful in all respects. Friend Nikolai Taraskin put on the image of the cat Matroskin: smart, hardworking and economical. At first, Uspensky wanted to give the cat the same last name, but his friend “got into a pose” and didn’t allow it, although later (after the cartoon was released) he regretted it more than once. A girl in a huge fur coat, once seen by the writer in a store, became the prototype of everyone’s favorite Cheburashka. The parents chose a fur coat for the baby to grow into in the summer, and the girl simply could not walk in it. As soon as she took a step, she fell. Dad, picking her up from the floor once again, said: “Well, what a Cheburashka you are” (from the word “Cheburashka” - to fall, crash).

Korney Chukovsky - children's favorite

Well, who doesn’t know the poems of Korney Chukovsky: “Tsokotukha Fly”, “Moidodyr”, “Cockroach”, “Aibolit”, “Barmaley”? Many Soviet writers wrote under their real names. Chukovsky was the pseudonym of Nikolai Vasilyevich Korneychukov. Your most readable works he wrote for his and about his daughter Murochka, who died of tuberculosis at the age of 11. The poem “Aibolit” was a cry from the heart about a magical doctor who will fly in and save everyone. Besides Murochka, Chukovsky had three more children.

All his life, Korney Ivanovich helped those who turned to him for help, using his fame, charm and artistry to do this. Not all Soviet writers were capable of such open actions, but he sent money, got pensions, places in hospitals, apartments, helped gifted young writers to make their way, fought for those who were arrested, and showed concern for orphaned families. By the way, in honor of the Tsokotukha Fly, entomologist A.P. Ozerov in 1992 named new look antflies from the order Diptera - mucha tzokotucha.

Soviet writers made a significant contribution to children's literature, raising several generations of wonderful people through their works. How kindly, colorfully and informatively Vitaly Bianchi and Mikhail Prishvin tell children about the beauty of nature, with youth instilling love for her and our smaller brothers. Such famous Soviet writers as Arkady Gaidar, Valentin Kataev, Boris Zakhoder, and many others are still popular among readers today, because the idea of kindness and compassion for one’s neighbor runs like a red thread through all their works.

Children's writers and their works.

Today you can find a huge number of offers on the shelves of bookstores, but not everything that has a beautiful and bright cover will be useful for children to read. The best works will be those that not only have a fascinating plot, but also carry certain educational ideas: they teach goodness, justice, and honesty.

It is in preschool age erudition begins to develop: the child comes to school with an extensive and in many respects unique literary baggage. At preschool age, children are widely acquainted with Russian and world folklore in all the diversity of its genres, with Russian and foreign classics, with the works of children's writers - with those first classical works to which a person often does not return later.

Art created for children is a diverse and extensive part modern culture. Literature has been present in our lives since childhood, it is with its help that the concept of good and evil is laid down, the worldview and ideals are formed. Even at preschool and primary school age, young readers can already appreciate the dynamics of poems or beautiful fairy tales, and at an older age they begin to read thoughtfully, so books need to be selected accordingly. Let's talk about Russian and foreign children's writers and their works.

Children's writers of the 19th-20th centuries and the development of children's literature.

For the first time, books specifically for children in Rus' began to be written in the 17th century; in the 18th century, the formation of children's literature began: at that time such people as M. Lomonosov, N. Karamzin, A. Sumarokov and others lived and worked. The 19th century is the heyday of children's literature, " silver age“, and we read many books by writers of that time to this day.

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

The author of "Alice in Wonderland", "Alice Through the Looking Glass", "The Hunting of the Snark" was born in a small village in Cheshire (hence the name of his character - Cheshire cat). The writer's real name is Charles Dodgson, he grew up in a large family: Charles had 3 brothers and 7 sisters. He studied at college, became a professor of mathematics, and even received the rank of deacon. He really wanted to become an artist, he drew a lot, and loved to take photographs. As a boy, he composed stories, funny stories, and loved the theater. If his friends had not persuaded Charles to rewrite his story on paper, Alice in Wonderland might not have seen the light of day, but still the book was published in 1865. Carroll's books are written in such an original and rich language that it is difficult to find a suitable translation for some words: there are more than 10 versions of the translation of his works into Russian, and it is up to the readers to choose which one to prefer.

Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002)

Astrid Eriksson (married Lindgren) grew up in a farmer's family, her childhood was spent in games, adventures and work on the farm. As soon as Astrid learned to read and write, she began to write various stories and first poems.

The story "Pippi" Long stocking"Astrid composed it for her daughter when she was sick. Later, the stories “Mio, my Mio”, “Roni, the Robber’s Daughter”, a trilogy about detective Callie Blumkvist, a favorite triology of many, which tells the story of the cheerful and restless Carlson, were published.

Astrid's works are staged in many children's theaters around the world, and her books are adored by people of all ages. In 2002 it was approved literary prize in honor of Astrid Lindgren - she is awarded for her contribution to the development of literature for children.

Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940)

This Swedish writer, the first woman to receive Nobel Prize according to literature. Selma was reluctant to remember her childhood: at the age of 3, the girl was paralyzed, she did not get out of bed, and her only consolation was fairy tales and stories told by her grandmother. At the age of 9, after treatment, the ability to move returned in Selma, and she began to dream of a career as a writer. She studied hard, received a doctorate, and became a member of the Swedish Academy.

In 1906, her book about the journey of little Nils on the back of Martin the goose was published, then the writer published the collection “Trolls and People,” which included fantastic legends, fairy tales and short stories, and she also wrote many novels for adults.

Russian children's writers

Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (1882-1969)

Real name - Nikolai Korneychukov is known for children's fairy tales and stories in verse and prose. He was born in St. Petersburg, lived for a long time in Nikolaev, Odessa, from childhood he firmly decided to become a writer, but when he arrived in St. Petersburg, he was faced with refusals from magazine editors. He became a member of a literary circle, a critic, and wrote poetry and stories. He was even arrested for his bold statements. During the war, Chukovsky was a war correspondent, editor of almanacs and magazines. He spoke foreign languages and translated works of foreign authors. Most famous works Chukovsky is “Cockroach”, “Fly Tsokotukha”, “Barmaley”, “Aibolit”, “Miracle Tree”, “Moidodyr” and others.

Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (1887-1964)

Playwright, poet, translator, literary critic, talented author. It was in his translation that many first read Shakespeare's sonnets, Burns's poems, fairy tales different nations peace. Samuel's talent began to manifest itself in early childhood: the boy wrote poetry, had the ability to foreign languages. The poetry books of Marshak, who moved from Voronezh to Petrograd, immediately enjoyed great success, and their peculiarity was the variety of genres: poems, ballads, sonnets, riddles, songs, sayings - he could do everything. In his works, Samuel Marshak introduces children of different ages to the world around them, encouraging the child to feel full-fledged and interesting poetry. The poems of this writer not only help the child broaden his horizons, cultivating taste and love for literary Russian speech, but also help the child experience the richness of the language. Samuil Yakovlevich was awarded many prizes, and his poems were translated into dozens of languages. The most famous works are “Twelve Months”, “Luggage”, “The Tale of a Stupid Mouse”, “He’s So Absent-Minded”, “Mustachioed and Striped” and others.

Agnia Lvovna Barto (1906-1981)

Agnia Barto was an exemplary student; already at school she began to write poetry and epigrams for the first time. Now many children are brought up on her poems; her light, rhythmic poems have been translated into many languages of the world. Agnia was an active literary figure all her life, a member of the jury of the Andersen Competition. In 1976 she received the H.H. Andersen Prize. The most famous poems are “Bullfinch”, “Bullfinch”, “Tamara and I”, “Lyubochka”, “Bear”, “Man”, “I am growing” and others. Barto always succeeded in such a dialogue, because she knew perfectly well the person she was addressing and respected the interlocutor, no matter how small he was.

Each toy in the image of Agnia Barto acquires individuality. A toy is an important part of the material, material environment that is closest to the child and is actively mastered by him.

Poems help to survive the neglect of a toy as a betrayal of a friend. Barto contrasts the negligent and cruel “mistress” of the rag hare with another small character, who, after the bear lost his paw, continues to play with him “because he is good.” Thus, the poet transformed a child’s attachment to an old toy into a wonderful quality of the soul: loyalty to close friends, gratitude and love. A peculiarity in poems about toys: as a rule, they are written in the first person, if we are talking about some good deeds of children (“I’m pulling the boat along fast river...”, “No, it’s not in vain that we decided to give the cat a ride in the car ...”, “We’ll build the plane ourselves ...”) and from the third person, when there are no active actions of the child or bad actions of the child (“The owner abandoned the bunny ...”, “Our Tanya is loud crying...").

This example helps to affirm in young readers positive traits character. A. Barto is a children's writer not because she wrote for children, but because her best poems became children's folklore. She walks with her reader through all the stages of childhood and at the same time not only strives to open the world of toys, things, nature, people, but also to lay in the child’s soul the beginning of a moral attitude towards the world. Barto reveals the child's personality from the very beginning early childhood when the child just begins to walk (“Mashenka” - 1948). During this period, the baby is a discoverer of the world; he only receives the very first impressions. In her poems, the poetess traces the growth of independence of the child.

Agnia Barto laughs with children cheerfully, not evilly, she does not want to offend or condemn the child forever, since children grow and change and therefore they are not hopeless in bad deeds. Barto's ridicule does not hurt or kill, but makes him look at himself from the outside. Barto is deeply convinced that it is in childhood that the foundation of a person is laid, and if negative qualities appear in the formative character, then this threatens great moral losses in the future.

Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (1913-2009)

He can be considered a classic of Russian children's literature: writer, chairman of the Writers' Union of the RSFSR, talented poet, writer, fabulist, playwright. He is the author of two anthems: the USSR and Russian Federation. He devoted a lot of time to social activities, although at first he did not have a dream of becoming a writer: in his youth he was both a laborer and a member of a geological exploration expedition. We all remember such works as “What do you have”, “Song of Friends”, “The Three Little Pigs”, “On New Year’s Eve”, “Uncle Styopa is a policeman”. Why is the image of Uncle Styopa so close to the reader, why is he friends with millions of children? First of all, he has a very attractive feature character, which, unfortunately, does not too often define the images of heroes of children's literature: kindness, responsiveness. Uncle Styopa not only prevented a train crash - he also saved pigeons from a burning house, and “lifted someone who was small in stature at a parade,” and “removed a kite from the telegraph wires for the guys.”

Children not only need everything that Uncle Styopa does for them, but they also need close and interesting what he does for himself. He jumps with a parachute, goes to a parade, shoots at a shooting range, comes to a stadium, rides a camel and finally joins the navy.

Mikhalkov, with remarkable accuracy and perceptiveness, defined the range of childish (mainly boyish) interests and managed to play out the adventures of Uncle Styopa in such a way that with each episode the appearance of the hero emerges more fully and attractively.

Contemporary children's writers

Grigory Bentsionovich Oster

A children's writer, from whose works adults can learn a lot of interesting things. He was born in Odessa, served in the navy, his life is still very active: he is a presenter, a talented author, and a cartoon screenwriter. “Monkeys”, “A Kitten Named Woof”, “38 Parrots”, “Caught That Bitten” - all these cartoons were filmed according to his script, and “Bad Advice” is a book that has gained enormous popularity. By the way, an anthology of children’s literature was published in Canada: the books of most writers have a circulation of 300-400 thousand, and Auster’s “Bad Advice” sold 12 million copies!

Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky

From childhood, Eduard Uspensky was a leader, participated in KVN, organized skit parties, then he first tried his hand at being a writer, and later began writing plays for children's radio programs, children's theaters, and dreamed of creating his own magazine for children. The writer became famous thanks to the cartoon “Gena the Crocodile and His Friends”; since then the long-eared symbol, Cheburashka, has settled in almost every home. We also still love the book and cartoon “Three from Prostokvashino”, “The Koloboks Are Investigating”, “Plasticine Crow”, “Baba Yaga Against!” and others.

JK Rowling

Speaking about modern children's writers, it is simply impossible not to remember the author of the series of books about Harry Potter, the boy wizard and his friends. It is the best-selling book series in history, and the films based on them have grossed huge amounts of money. Rowling had to go from obscurity and poverty to worldwide fame. At first, not a single editor agreed to accept and publish a book about a wizard, believing that such a genre would be uninteresting to readers. Only the small publishing house Bloomsbury agreed - and it was right. Now Rowling continues to write, is involved in charity work and social activities, she is a realized author and a happy mother and wife.

Modern children read little, are not interested in art, do not know how to organize leisure time, spend most of their time at the computer, as a result of which they do not know how to communicate with peers and adults.

You can’t help but wonder where such a wonderful tradition as family reading or reading before bed has gone from us? It is no secret that it is in the family that a child’s personality is nurtured. The task of adults is to introduce children to reading and instill a love for books. If the family loves and reads a lot, then the baby will imitate the lifestyle of his family.

Art created for children is a diverse and extensive part of modern culture. Literature has been present in our lives since childhood, it is with its help that the concept of good and evil is laid down, the worldview and ideals are formed. Even at preschool and primary school age, young readers can already appreciate the dynamics of poems or beautiful fairy tales, and at an older age they begin to read thoughtfully, so books need to be selected accordingly. Let's talk about Russian and foreign children's writers and their works.

Children's writers of the 19th-20th centuries and the development of children's literature

For the first time, books specifically for children in Rus' began to be written in the 17th century; in the 18th century, the formation of children's literature began: at that time such people as M. Lomonosov, N. Karamzin, A. Sumarokov and others lived and worked. The 19th century was the heyday of children’s literature, the “Silver Age,” and we still read many books by writers of that time.

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

The author of "Alice in Wonderland", "Alice Through the Looking Glass", and "The Hunting of the Snark" was born in a small village in Cheshire (hence the name of his character - the Cheshire Cat). The writer's real name is Charles Dodgson, he grew up in a large family: Charles had 3 brothers and 7 sisters. He studied at college, became a professor of mathematics, and even received the rank of deacon. He really wanted to become an artist, he drew a lot, and loved to take photographs. As a boy, he composed stories, funny stories, and loved the theater. If his friends had not persuaded Charles to rewrite his story on paper, Alice in Wonderland might not have seen the light of day, but still the book was published in 1865.

Carroll's books are written in such an original and rich language that it is difficult to find a suitable translation for some words: there are more than 10 versions of the translation of his works into Russian, and it is up to the readers to choose which one to prefer.

Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002)

Astrid wrote the story “Pippi Longstocking” for her daughter when she was sick. Later, the stories “Mio, my Mio”, “Roni, the Robber’s Daughter”, a trilogy about detective Callie Blumkvist, a favorite triology of many, which tells the story of the cheerful and restless Carlson, were published.

Astrid's works are staged in many children's theaters around the world, and her books are adored by people of all ages. In 2002, a literary prize was approved in honor of Astrid Lindgren - it is awarded for her contribution to the development of literature for children.

Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940)

This is a Swedish writer, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Selma was reluctant to remember her childhood: at the age of 3, the girl was paralyzed, she did not get out of bed, and her only consolation was fairy tales and stories told by her grandmother. At the age of 9, after treatment, the ability to move returned in Selma, and she began to dream of a career as a writer. She studied hard, received a doctorate, and became a member of the Swedish Academy.

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973)

This English writer cannot be called exclusively for children, since adults also read his books with delight. Author of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit: A Journey There and Back Again, creator amazing world Middle-earth, on which incredible films are made, was born in Africa. When he was three years old, his mother, widowed at an early age, moved her two children to England. The boy was fond of painting, foreign languages were easy for him, he even became interested in studying “dead” languages: Anglo-Saxon, Gothic and others. During the war, Tolkien, who went there as a volunteer, contracted typhus: it was in his delirium that he came up with the “Elvish language” that became business card many of his heroes. His works are immortal, they are extremely popular in our time.

Clive Lewis (1898-1963)

Irish and English writer, theologian and scientist. Clive Lewis and John Tolkien were friends, it was Lewis who was one of the first to hear about the world of Middle-earth, and Tolkien - about the beautiful Narnia. Clive was born in Ireland but lived most of his life in England. He released his first works under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton. In 1950-1955, his “Chronicles of Narnia” were first published, telling about the adventures of two brothers and two sisters in a mysterious and magical land. Clive Lewis traveled a lot, wrote poetry, loved to discuss various topics and was a well-rounded person. His works are loved by adults and children to this day.

Russian children's writers

Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (1882-1969)

Real name - Nikolai Korneychukov is known for children's fairy tales and stories in verse and prose. He was born in St. Petersburg, lived for a long time in Nikolaev, Odessa, from childhood he firmly decided to become a writer, but when he arrived in St. Petersburg, he was faced with refusals from magazine editors. He became a member of a literary circle, a critic, and wrote poetry and stories. He was even arrested for his bold statements. During the war, Chukovsky was a war correspondent, editor of almanacs and magazines. He spoke foreign languages and translated works of foreign authors. Chukovsky’s most famous works are “The Cockroach”, “The Tsokotukha Fly”, “Barmaley”, “Aibolit”, “The Miracle Tree”, “Moidodyr” and others.

Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (1887-1964)

Playwright, poet, translator, literary critic, talented author. It was in his translation that many first read Shakespeare's sonnets, Burns's poems, and fairy tales from around the world. Samuel's talent began to manifest itself in early childhood: the boy wrote poetry and had an ability for foreign languages. The poetry books of Marshak, who moved from Voronezh to Petrograd, immediately enjoyed great success, and their peculiarity was the variety of genres: poems, ballads, sonnets, riddles, songs, sayings - he could do everything. He has been awarded many prizes, and his poems have been translated into dozens of languages. The most famous works are “Twelve Months”, “Luggage”, “The Tale of a Stupid Mouse”, “He’s So Absent-Minded”, “Mustachioed and Striped” and others.

Agnia Lvovna Barto (1906-1981)

Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (1913-2009)

Contemporary children's writers

Grigory Bentsionovich Oster

Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky

JK Rowling

Speaking about modern children's writers, it is simply impossible not to remember the author of the series of books about Harry Potter, the boy wizard and his friends. It is the best-selling book series in history, and the films based on them have grossed huge amounts of money. Rowling had to go from obscurity and poverty to worldwide fame. At first, not a single editor agreed to accept and publish a book about a wizard, believing that such a genre would be uninteresting to readers. Only the small publishing house Bloomsbury agreed - and it was right. Now Rowling continues to write, is involved in charity and social activities, she is a realized author and a happy mother and wife.

October 24, 2013

Any educated person began his knowledge of the world with children's books. The article will talk about amazing people who always thought about kids and wrote for them fascinating stories and poems about famous children's writers.

Children's books are remembered throughout my life. great love and nostalgia for happy years. Growing up, many read the same books to their children. Which of the writers do people remember all their lives, which of them gives little prodigies a ticket to big world adventure, fantasy and educational stories. You just need to remember who they are, those famous children's writers. After all, if there were no such kind and warm poems by Agnia Barto, interesting stories Korney Chukovsky, how would children learn to read more serious works?

Agnia Lvovna Barto

Agnia Lvovna Barto - (1906-1981) It is with her that the journey into children's literature begins. This is a wonderful Soviet poetess who wrote for young children. Everyone knows her poems, they are simple and naive, that is precisely their charm. When remembering Agnia Barto, poems about a little bull who is afraid to fall immediately come to mind. An unforgettable poem about Tanya, who dropped the ball and about the poor bear, who was abandoned by the owner. It is simply impossible to list all of her creations, but they warm the soul, and with them moments from childhood come to mind.

She also wrote scripts for films about children. Many people don’t realize that everyone’s favorite film “Foundling” was based on her script, as well as several other equally famous films of those years. Her books are loved all over the world and read different languages, they are close and understandable to all young readers, since this is the language of childhood.

Few people know that Agnia Lvovna helped in the search for relatives lost during the war. She hosted the program “Find a Person” on the radio.

Children grow and develop, learn about the world, read new books with other characters and other authors, which will also remain in their memory.

Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak, Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov, Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky

Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky - 1882-1969 years of his life. This is a wonderful and extraordinary children's writer and poet. If with A. Barto everything is simple and clear, then Chukovsky forces the child’s brain to work, put everything in its place, determine the bad and the good. His “Cockroach” is remembered by everyone even in adulthood and is no longer associated with childhood events. And a good doctor who treats everyone and is not able to refuse help to anyone is the faith of children in goodness, and the hope of adults in it. His poems such as “Crocodile”, “Moidodyr”, “Telephone” are loved by everyone. By reading them to their kids, parents discover something new for themselves. It would seem that these are children's poems, but they contain a lot of things related to adulthood. Children can find in the poet's poems useful tips, learn how to behave correctly in different situations.

Another Russian and Soviet childhood writer is Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (1913 - 2009), who is known all over the world. Many generations grew up reading his poems. Both adults and children know his Uncle Styopa, a wonderful citizen and person. Many of his poems do not have titles, but they are easily remembered by children. One of them is about dreams that definitely come true if they are made under New Year. Many cartoons were based on his poems and poems.

Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (1887-1964) is a well-known writer and poet for different generations. His stupid and smart mouse is familiar to everyone. This poet, like those listed above, is a classic of children's literature. His works for children, such as “Mr. Twister”, “The Tale of an Unknown Hero” and others, are still read. He collected and processed many fairy tales and riddles, proverbs and sayings.

Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky

Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky (date of birth: February 2, 1937) - this writer is now alive and well, delighting young readers with his stories, working on cartoon scripts. Who doesn’t know his Cheburashka, his cat Matroskin and Uncle Fyodor. Children become engrossed in his books and simply love watching cartoons about Prostokvashino.

You can remember G. Auster with his “Bad Advice,” the English writer A. Milne and his Winnie the Pooh, whom every child knows, and many other writers. Famous children's writers became such thanks to the fact that children read their books and learn them by heart.

Parents should introduce their children to their works from early childhood, then they will develop correctly and become interested in discovering more and more books.