Children's writers in elementary school. Famous children's writers. Writers of children's fairy tales

The texts are intended for reading lessons in 2nd grade, for independent study of the biography of K.I. Chukovsky, A.I. Vvedensky, I.A. Bunin, A.L. Barto, A.S. Pushkin, Blaginina

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Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (Nikolai Ivanovich Korneychukov)Russian writer, critic, children's poet, literary critic, translator.

Born in St. Petersburg in 1882 into a poor family. He spent his childhood years in Odessa. From his youth he led a working life, was engaged in self-education, and studied English.

In 1901 he began publishing in the newspaper Odessa News; was sent as a correspondent to London, where he studied English literature. Upon his return he moved to St. Petersburg.

His first experience was the poetic fairy tale “Crocodile,” which marked the beginning of his work in children’s literature. Returning on the train to St. Petersburg with his sick son, he told him a fairy tale about a crocodile while the wheels clattered. The child listened very carefully. Several days passed, Korney Ivanovich had already forgotten about that episode, and the son remembered everything his father said then by heart. Thus was born the fairy tale "Crocodile", published in 1917.

Following “Crocodile”, fairy tales in verse appeared: “Moidodyr”, “Cockroach”, “Tsokotukha Fly”, “Barmaley”, “Aibolit”, etc.

Since then, Chukovsky has become a favorite children's writer.

1.Where was the poet born? Where did you spend your childhood years?

2. Tell us how the fairy tale “Crocodile” was born?

3. Find the highlighted words in the text and try to explain them.

5. Name Chukovsky’s fairy tales that you know?

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Vvedensky Alexander Ivanovich (1904 – 1941)

Born on November 23 in St. Petersburg in the family of an economist. He studied at a gymnasium, then at a school, which he graduated in 1921 without passing the exam in Russian literature. But already at school he began to write poetry. In those years, A. Blok was my favorite poet.

After graduating from school, he first entered the Faculty of Law of Petrograd University, then the Chinese department of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, but soon left that too. Worked as a clerk. However, all of Vvedensky’s interests are in literature. During these years, the poet's circle of poetic and literary connections and his contacts in the world of art expanded. He meets Kharms, who becomes his close friend. Since 1928, Vvedensky has acted as a children's writer, collaborating in the magazines "Hedgehog" and "Chizh".

In 1933-34, Vvedensky’s best poems were written - “I’m sorry that I’m not a beast”, “Invitation for me to think”, “Four descriptions”, etc. He works in children’s literature, earns money by writing clown reprises, couplets, and miniatures. Shortly before the war he wrote a play for puppet theater. During these years, he performed little with his poems.

In 1941, the Germans were approaching Kharkov, and the family had to evacuate. The train was crowded, so it was decided to stay and wait for the next one, which was due in a few days. However, there was no further evacuation. Two days later Vvedensky was arrested. The exact date of death is unknown. Later, the date on the rehabilitation document was December 20, 1941.

Read the text 2 times and answer the questions:

1. Where was the poet born?
2. Where does a poet go after finishing school?
3. What magazines did Vvedensky work for?
4. Find a word that you don't understand.

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Bunin Ivan Alekseevich (1870 - 1953) - Russian writer. Born on October 10 in Voronezh into a noble family. His childhood years were spent on the family estate on the Butyrki farm in the Oryol province. Constant communication on the farm with courtyard people, with former serfs, enriched the writer. Here he first heard sad stories about the past, folk poetic tales. Bunin owes his first acquaintance with the rich Russian language to peasants and courtyard people.

He worked as a proofreader, librarian, and contributed to a newspaper. He moved often - he lived in Orel, then in Kharkov, then in Poltava, then in Moscow. Met with L. Tolstoy, met Anton Chekhov. Published the story "To the End of the World". Inspired by success, Bunin moves entirely to literary creativity. Among the works of Ivan Alekseevich Bunin are novels, stories, stories, poems, translations of works of classics of world poetry.

Having met the October Revolution with hostility, the writer left Russia forever in 1920. He emigrated to France and settled in Paris. Everything he wrote in exile concerned Russia, Russian people, Russian nature.

Ivan Alekseevich Bunin died in Paris. Ivan Alekseevich Bunin was buried in the Russian cemetery of Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois, near Paris.

Read the text 2 times and answer the questions:

1. Find words in the text that you don’t understand and try to explain them.

2. Where was the writer born?

3. To whom does Bunin owe his first acquaintance with the rich Russian language?

4. Where did Ivan Alekseevich work?

5. Where did the writer emigrate and why?

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Agnia Lvovna Barto ( real name Volova) is a famous children's writer, whose poems every child in our country knows. Born on February 17, 1906 in Moscow in the family of a veterinarian. She received a good home education, led by her father. She started writing poetry back in primary school gymnasium. She dreamed of becoming a ballerina and graduated from a choreographic school. Her books were printed in millions of copies. She devoted her entire life to children, their upbringing and problems. During the Great Patriotic War Barto speaks a lot on the radio and goes to the front as a newspaper correspondent. To write a poem about teenagers who were forced by the war to grow up earlier, work and feed their families, she studies with them to become a turner, acquiring a craft rank.

IN post-war years Agnia Lvovna became the organizer of a movement in the USSR to search for families separated during the war. She suggested searching for lost parents using childhood memories. Through the “Find a Person” program on Mayak radio, it was possible to connect 927 separated families. And the writer’s first book of prose is called “Find a Person.”

The writer died in 1981, having lived a long and much-needed life.

Read the text 2 times and answer the questions:

1.Who is the text talking about?

2.When did she start writing poetry? Name any poem.

3.What did the writer do during the war?

4. What kind of life did Agnia Lvovna live?

5. Find unfamiliar words in the text and try to explain them.

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Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin was born on May 26 (June 6, new style) 1799 in Moscow. This is where he spent his childhood.

In the summer, Pushkin was taken to Zakharyino, his grandmother’s village near Moscow. The boy loved these places: the birch grove, which began right at the gates of Zakharya’s house - they drank tea here on hot days - and the huge linden tree by the pond, and the dark spruce forest on its other bank. He played here, imagining himself as a hero fighting evil forces. And in the evenings he listened to cheerful and sad Russian songs, looked at the round dances led by peasant girls.

1.Where was the writer born?

2.Where was Pushkin taken for the summer?

3. What places did little Sasha like?

Parents did not care much for their children. Sergei Lvovich, the poet’s father, thought little about home and raising children. Nadezhda Osipovna, the poet’s mother, a beautiful society woman, was busy only with herself. The real mistress of the Pushkin house was the poet’s grandmother, Maria Alekseevna Hannibal, an intelligent, efficient and sensible woman. She loved her grandson very much. And the child, who did not know parental affection, became attached to her with all his heart. He loved listening to her quiet stories. I loved the fairy tales of my nanny Arina Rodionovna. With her melodious voice, she took the child into such a dazzling world of folk fantasy, sang such amazing songs that the boy forgot about the world around him. My father had an excellent library, mainly in French. The child greedily reached for the book. Secretly from adults, he sneaks into bookcases at night and reads by candlelight. Reading has become a passion.

Read 2 times and answer questions about the text:

1.Were the writer’s parents involved in raising the writer?

2. To whom was Pushkin’s heart attached?

3.Whose fairy tales did the poet love?

4.What was Sasha’s hobby?

It's time to start studying, but tutors and governesses are not kept in the house. Pushkin did not like his teachers; they did not know how to interest him. However, the child had a brilliant memory, which helped him learn the given lesson, repeating it after his sister Olga.

In the eighth year of his life he begins to write. From his pen come fables, comic poems, and comedies. He alone “acts out” his comedy “The Kidnapper” in front of his sister. He writes short poems in the albums of neighboring young ladies. Adults do not attach importance to the boy's poetic exercises.

By the age of twelve, Pushkin, in general, was far ahead of his peers in development. He, according to his brother, “was gifted with an incredible memory and by the eleventh year he already knew all French literature by heart.” However, this did not stop him from running and jumping over chairs, deftly throwing the ball, that is, remaining a twelve-year-old playful boy. He loved native nature, folk tales and songs, he loved his grandmother, his nanny, he loved Yusupov’s garden and Zakharyino, he loved books.

Read 2 times and answer questions about the text:

1.Could teachers have interested Pushkin?

2.What year did he start writing?

3.What was the poet gifted with?

4.What did he like?

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Elena Aleksandrovna Blagininaborn on May 27, 1903 in the village of Yakovlevo, Oryol province. She grew up as a simple village girl who could not even imagine that she would someday become a famous children's poetess. At the age of 8 she composed a play for home theater, from the same time she composed poems and fairy tales. The main characters of her works are girls.

Her father was a cashier, her grandfather was a priest, and Elena herself was going to become a teacher. The desire to teach children was so great that she was ready to walk seven kilometers every day from her home in the village to the Kursk Pedagogical Institute.

Elena Blaginina had eight brothers and sisters. They lived with their parents and grandmother, who told a lot of fairy tales. I recited poems by A.S. Pushkin.

Elena Blaginina lived quite a life long life, and there wasn’t a day when she didn’t work. She dedicated her entire life to bringing joy to children through her works. Her poems were different: funny and interesting, childish and playful.

Read the text 2 times and answer the questions:

1.Where was the writer born?

3.What interesting things did you learn from the life of Elena Blaginina?

4. Find words that you don’t understand. Try to answer them.

Having analyzed the personalities and creativity of the majority of children's and youth writers of the 20th century, we present to you a list of authors who are the best in terms of the quality of energy and purity of their works.

In our opinion, a child’s education should begin with familiarization with their creativity.

The information contained in Bazhov’s books will be developing for people for the next 100 years, Lewis Carroll’s books - for the next 50 years. The remaining works presented here will potentially carry an evolutionary message for about 20 years.

Parents, remember! Many books can be found in audio format, don’t be lazy, listen to something yourself!

January 15 (27), 1879 - December 3, 1950 – teacher, journalist, ethnographer, writer. Book of essays “The Ural Were”, autobiographical story“The Green Filly”, author’s collections of tales: “The Malachite Box”, “The Key-Stone”, “Tales of the Germans”. Some of the most famous tales: “The Mistress of the Copper Mountain”, “The Malachite Box”, “The Stone Flower”, “The Mining Master”, “A Fragile Twig”, “Iron Tires”, “Two Lizards”, “The Clerk’s Soles”, “The Sochnevy Pebbles” , “Grass West”, “Melting Mirror”, “Cat Ears”, “About the Great Snake”, “Snake Trail”, “Zhabreev Walker”, “Golden Dykes”, “Jumping Firefly”, “Blue Snake”, “Key” land", "Sinyushkin Well", "Silver Hoof", "Ermakov's Swans", "Golden Hair", "Dear Name".

July 14, 1891 - July 3, 1977 - mathematician, teacher, translator, writer. He is best known as the creator of the six-book series “The Wizard of the Emerald City”: “The Wizard of the Emerald City”, “Oorfene Deuce and His Wooden Soldiers”, “The Seven Underground Kings”, “The Fire God of the Marrans”, “The Yellow Fog”, “The Secret of the Abandoned castle." His other works: “Architects”, “Wanderings”, “Two Brothers”, “Wonderful Ball”, “Invisible Fighters”, “Planes at War”, “The Wake of the Stern”, “Travelers in the Third Millennium”, “The Adventures of Two friends in the country of the past”, “The Constantinople Captive”, “Petya Ivanov’s Journey to an Extraterrestrial Station”, “In the Altai Mountains”, “Lapatin Bay”, “On the Buzhe River”, “Birthmark”, “Lucky Day”, “By the Campfire” "

Lewis Carroll, real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898 English writer, mathematician, logician, philosopher and photographer. His most famous works are “Alice in Wonderland” and “Alice Through the Looking Glass”, “Sylvia and Bruno”, the humorous poem “The Hunting of the Snark”, “Phantasmagoria”, as well as a collection of riddles and games “The Story with Knots”.

Borice Vladimirovich Zakhoder September 9, 1918 - November 7, 2000 – writer, poet, translator. Some of his collections of poems: “On back desk"", "Martyshkino Tomorrow", "Nobody and Others", "Who is Like Whom", "To Comrade Children", "School for Chicks", "Calculations", "My Imagination", "If They Give Me a Boat", some works in prose: “The Monkey’s Tomorrow”, “The Good Rhinoceros”, “Once Upon a Time Fip”, fairy tales “The Gray Star”, “Little Little Mermaid”, “The Hermit and the Rose”, “The Story of the Caterpillar”, “Why the Fish Are Silent”, “Ma-Tari” -Kari”, “A Tale about Everyone in the World”.

Zakhoder is also well known as a translator of many masterpieces of foreign literature for children: A. A. Milne’s fairy tales “Winnie the Pooh and All-All-All”, P. Travers “Mary Poppins”, L. Carroll “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland", fairy tales by K. Capek and the Brothers Grimm, J.M. Barrie's play "Peter Pan", various poems.

June 22, 1922 - December 29, 1996 - poet, prose writer, screenwriter. Novels and short stories: “He was a real trumpeter”, “Boys Station”, “The Mystery of Fenimore”, “Where the Sky Begins”, “Sentry Petrov”, “Where the Battery Stood”, “Fence with a Blue Eye”, “Salute”, “I I'm following the rhinoceros", "Semyon the striped", "Temporary lodger", "The game of beauty", "Sretensky Gate", "Heart of the earth", "Son of a pilot", "Self-portrait", "Ivan-Willis", "Company commander "", "Kingfisher", "Ballerina of the political department", "Girl, do you want to act in a movie?", "Travesties", "Persecution of redheads", "Elephant Driver", "Passion for Four Girls", "Difficult Bullfighting", "Difficult blood”, “Lala Bullet”, “Party”, “Teacher”, “Sancho’s faithful friend”, “Samantha”, “And Vorobyov didn’t break the glass”, “Ledum”, “Bambus”, “The game of beauty”, “Boy” with skates”, “Boy with skates”, “Knight Vasya”, “Collecting clouds”, “Sons of Pedestrians”, “History teacher”, “Girls from Vasilyevsky Island”, “Friend of Captain Gastello”, “Naughty boy Icarus”, “ Memory”, “The Last Fireworks”, “Sapper”, “Goalkeeper”, “Bavaclava”, “Flower of Bread”, “One Voice”, “Change of Weather”, “Letter to Marina”, “Woke by Nightingales”, “Relic”, “ Violin”, “Horseman galloping over the city”, “My familiar hippopotamus”, “Old horse for sale”, “Shorn devil”, “Umka”, “Urs and Kat”, “Visiting the dog”, “Memories of a cow” , “The Girl from Brest”, “The Commander’s Daughter”, “The Preference Man’s Daughter”, “We are destined to live”, “The Invisible Cap”, “Lullaby for Men”, “Our Address”, “But Passaran”, “The day before yesterday there was a war” , “Post Number One”, “Constellation of Locomotives”.

3 August 1910 – 18 August 1995, English children's writer, artist, film actor and theater director. He wrote two books of fairy tales: “Forgotten Birthday”, “Journey along the River of Time”. Here are the titles of some of his fairy tales: “The Dragon and the Wizard”, “Hide and Seek”, “Cows and the Wind”, “Mr. Crococat”, “Where did the starfish come from”, “Under the carpet”, “About the station that did not stand still” ", "About a puddle and a bun with raisins", "About policeman Arthur and about his horse Harry", "Dot-mother and Dot-daughter", "Fog", "Wow", "Breadcrumbs", "Cupid and the nightingale" , “Blackie and Reggie”, “Down!”, “The Big Wave and the Little Wave”, “The Philosopher Beetle and Others”, “Ginger Cookies”, “The Quacking Mailbox”, “Crow and the Sun”, “About the Boy Who growled at the tigers", "Miranda the Explorer", "Mice on the Moon", "Nelson and the Hen", "Knolls and the Juniper", "A Little Penguin Named Prince", "About the Little Bus Who Was Afraid of the Dark", "About Zzzzzzz”, “About Ernie the Parrot Who Got Measles”, “About Olivia the Seagull and Rosalind the Turtle”, “Joe’s Travels”, “Fish and Chips”, “St Pancras and King’s Cross”, “About Olivia the Snail and the Canary ", "Shhhhhh!", "Yak", "The Three Hats of Mr. Kepi", "About the Beetle and the Bulldozer", "About the Beauty Cow", "About the Piglet Who Learned to Fly", "About the Tiger Cub", "About the Tiger Cub Who Loved take a bath", "Daisy's Journey to Australia", "Annabelle", "Ant and Sugar", "Bam! ", "Everything is topsy-turvy", "Ha-ha-ha! ", "The Komodo Dragon", "The Forgotten Birthday of Komodo", "Little Red Riding Hood of Komodo", "The Grasshopper and the Snail", "The Milkman's Horse", "The Rhinoceros and Kind fairy"," Do you want, do you want, do you want...”, “The Eagle and the Sheep.”

Born May 18, 1952 - American writer science fiction and fantasy. The following works of hers are available in Russian:
“Young Wizards” Series: “How to Become a Wizard”, “Deep Magic”, “High Magic”, “Boundless Magic”
“Magical Cats” Series: “Book Moonlit Night", "Visit to the Queen"
Series " Star Trek": "Doctor's Orders", "Spock's World", "Wounded Sky"
“X-Team”, “Space Police”, “Space Police. Brain killer."

September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851, American novelist. Novels: “The Spy, or a Tale of No Man's Land”, “The Pilot”, “Lionel Lincoln, or the Siege of Boston”, “The Pioneers”, “The Last of the Mohicans”, “The Prairie”, “The Red Corsair”, “The Valley of Wish-ton” Vish", "Bravo, or in Venice", "Heidenmauer, or the Benedictines", "The Executioner, or the Abbey of the Winegrowers", "Pathfinder, or the Lake-Sea", "Mercedes from Castile", "St. John's Wort, or the First Warpath", "The Two Admirals", "Will-o'-the-Wisp", "Wyandotte, or the House on the Hill", "On Land and Sea", "Miles Wallingford", "Satanstowe", "The Surveyor", "Redskins", "Gleades in the Oak Woods, or Bee Hunter”, “Sea Lions”, “The fantastic story of the brigantine of the same name “Sea Sorceress”.

August 28, 1925 - October 12, 1991, born April 15, 1933, Soviet writers, co-authors, screenwriters, classics of modern scientific and social fiction. Novels and stories: “The Country of Crimson Clouds”, “From Outside”, “The Path to Amalthea”, “Afternoon, XXII Century”, “Interns”, “Attempt to Escape”, “Distant Rainbow”, “It’s Hard to Be a God”, “Monday” starts on Saturday", "Predatory Things of the Century", "Anxiety", "Ugly Swans", "Snail on the Slope", "The Second Invasion of the Martians", "The Tale of the Troika", "Inhabited Island", "Hotel climber”, “Baby”, “Roadside Picnic”, “Guy from the Underworld”, “Doomed City”, “A Billion Years Before the End of the World”, “A Tale of Friendship and Unfriendship”, “Beetle in an Anthill”, “Lame Fate” ", "The waves extinguish the wind", "Burdened with evil, or Forty years later"
Plays: “The Jews of the City of St. Petersburg, or Sad Conversations by Candlelight”, “Five Spoons of Elixir”, “Without Weapons”
Stories: “Deep Search”, “Forgotten Experiment”, “Six Matches”, “SKIBR Test”, “Private Speculations”, “Defeat”, “Almost the Same”, “Night in the Desert” (another name is “Night on Mars” ), “Emergency”, “Sand Fever”, “Spontaneous Reflex”, “Man from Pasifida”, “Moby Dick”, “In Our Interesting Times”, “On the Question of Cyclotation”, “The First Men on the First Raft”, "Poor evil people."

In addition, Arkady Strugatsky wrote several works alone under the pseudonym S. Yaroslavtsev: a fairy tale in three parts “Expedition to the Underworld”, a story “The Devil Among Men” and a story “Details of the Life of Nikita Vorontsov”.

Boris Strugatsky alone, under the pseudonym S. Vititsky, wrote the following works: “The Search for Destiny, or the Twenty-Seventh Theorem of Ethics,” “The Powerless of This World.”

Born in 1931, artist, illustrator, screenwriter and director, author and illustrator of seventy books for adults and children. Three of his books “The Adventures of the Hryllops Family”, “Kriktor”, “Adelaide. Winged Kangaroo."

December 6, 1943 - April 30, 1992, poet and artist. Published collections of poems: “We went forward - we came back”, “Bird in a Cage”, “Cranks and Others”, “Hooligan Poems”, author’s collections: “Cranks”, “ Talking Raven", "Growth vitamin".

Born in 1952 - teacher, playwright, writer. The author of more than 20 books, the books “The River Flowing Backwards”, “The Winter Battle” and “The Grief of the Dead King” were published in Russian.

Born on January 18, 1981, she wrote two books: “Waffle Heart” and “Tonya Glimmerdahl.” Both of these books by Maria Parr were translated into Russian.

Max Fry - literary pseudonym authors Svetlana Martynchik and Igor Stepin. Svetlana Yurievna Martynchik (born February 22, 1965, Odessa) - modern writer and artist. Igor Stepin (born 1967, Odessa) - artist.
Books in the “Exo Labyrinths” series: “Labyrinth” (“Stranger”), “Volunteers of Eternity”, “Simple Magical Things”, “ Dark side", "The Executor", "Obsessions", "The Power of the Unfulfilled", " Chatty Dead", "Labyrinth of Menin". Books in the “Chronicles of Echo” series: “Forehead of the Earth”, “The Tulan Detective”, “The Lord of Mormora”, “The Elusive Habba Han”, “The Crow on the Bridge”, “The Sorrow of Mr. Gro”, “The Glutton Laughing Man”. Books outside the series: “My Ragnarok”, “Encyclopedia of Myths”, “Book of Complaints”, “Nests of Chimeras”, “Fairy Tales and Stories”, “Book for People Like Me”, “Book of Lies”, “Book of Imaginary Worlds”, " Perfect Romance", "Yellow metal key."
The books will be educational for another 10 years.

(April 4, 1948; Peoria, Illinois) is a famous American science fiction writer. Books: 1985 “Song of Kali”, 1989 “Phases of Gravity” (not published in Russia), 1989 “Carrion Comfort”, 1989 “Hyperion” (“Hyperion”) 1990 “The Fall of Hyperion”, 1990 “Entropy’s Bed at Midnight” (not published in Russia), 1991 “Summer of Night” (“Summer of Night"), 1992 "The Hollow Man" (not published in Russia), 1992 "Children of the Night", 1995 "Fires of Eden", 1996 “Endymion”, 1997 “The Rise of Endymion”, 1999 “The Bell for Ham” (“The Crook Factory”), 2000 “Darwin’s Blade”, 2001 "Hardcase", 2002 "A Winter's Haunting", 2002 "Hard Freeze", 2003 "Ilium", 2003 "Tough as Nails" "("Hard as Nails"), 2005 "Olympos", 2007 "The Terror", 2009 "Drood", 2009 "Black Hills" (V given time not yet published in Russia), 2011 “Flashback” (not yet published in Russia at this time).

The books will be educational for another 10-20 years.

Children's writers and their works.

On the shelves of bookstores today you can find great amount sentences, but not everything in 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.

Exactly in before school age erudition begins to develop: the child comes to school with an extensive and in many respects unique literary baggage. IN 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 big 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.

Astrid wrote the story “Pippi Longstocking” for her daughter when she was ill. 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 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.

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 literary circle, critic, wrote poetry and stories. Behind bold statements he was even arrested. 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, and fairy tales from different peoples of the world. 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 different ages with the surrounding world, 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 little character, who, after the bear has lost its paw, continues to play with him “because he is good.” So childish affection old toy the poet melted it into a beautiful property 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 am pulling a boat along a fast river...”, “No, it was not in vain that we decided to give the cat a ride in the car...”, “We’ll build the plane ourselves...”) and from a third person, when there are no active actions of the child or bad deeds child (“The mistress abandoned the bunny...”, “Our Tanya is crying loudly...”).

This example helps to affirm in young readers positive features 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 the beginning in the child’s soul moral attitude to 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 in the formative character appeared negative qualities, 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”, “Under New Year", "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 character trait, which, unfortunately, does not too often define the images of heroes in 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

Children's writer, from whose works adults can also 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 went 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? 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.

Anatoly Orlov - talented Russian writer, who in his works continues the traditions of Mikhail Prishvin and Konstantin Paustovsky. Attention to the life of nature (Anatoly Orlov is a forester by profession) is combined in his texts with attention to working with words, which is especially important for books aimed at children. One of his first stories, “Pim the Deer,” has already become a favorite of many readers: it tells about the very beginning of the life of the musk deer, the smallest deer-like animal living in Russia.

Grigory Oster still remains one of the most famous children's writers in Russia. His “Bad Advice” is still relevant today, despite the fact that it was written decades ago. The winner of numerous literary awards, the 69-year-old writer is actively involved in cultural life countries. We recommend reading his stories with your children and remembering the kitten named Woof, the funny monkeys and the curious baby elephant.

Children's writer, poet, screenwriter and playwright - Andrei Usachev, perhaps, is one of those authors who understand perfectly well that stories for children should be kind and cheerful at the same time. At the same time, the laughter in his books is never “evil,” which is especially important in our case. Short memorable stories with bright characters Andrey is doing great. Separately, we note that his books are always beautifully illustrated.

The talented young writer Maria Verkhistova writes easily, so her books will definitely appeal to children. The author's focus, of course, is on the guys themselves and their fictional fantasy worlds, where the domestic cat becomes a true friend with whom you can go on any adventure. An excellent option for evening reading.

The 79-year-old classic of children's literature, Eduard Uspensky, is familiar to every person in our country. There is hardly anyone who has not read his stories about the crocodile Gena and Cheburashka, about the cat Matroskin and Uncle Fyodor. Let us note that he continues to write in our time: for example, in 2011 his book “The Ghost from Prostokvashino” was published. If you haven’t read it yet, it’s worth reading with your children!

Anastasia Orlova wrote poetry since childhood, after which, already in adulthood, she took a significant break from creativity - until the birth of her second child. It was then that the writer again began to create stories and poems for children, and so successfully that she won an important Russian competition"New children's book." The Rosman publishing house is publishing her book about the adventures of a truck and its trailer - a funny story about strong friendship and mutual assistance.

The young and very talented writer has already published more than 20 books for children, each of which was eagerly awaited by many readers in Russia. Anna Nikolskaya is a master in creating adventure stories and romantic stories. Her books are always accompanied by excellent illustrations. It is also worth noting that she has a rich language: an abundance of epithets is what the writer’s texts are famous for.

An amazing Soviet writer who continues to create works for children, having crossed the eighth decade. Its subtle and smart good fairy tales not about distant kingdoms and worlds - they are about the fact that magic is nearby, it is all around us. The heroes of amazing adventures are either schoolchildren, or their grandmothers, and sometimes suddenly animated clouds. Sofia Prokofieva's books are a must read.

Not only cheerful and kind, but also very educational stories Olga Kolpakova will tell children about fairy-tale heroes and the life of nature, about incredible worlds and Russian life. The combination of fascination and very real knowledge is a distinctive feature of Olga’s texts. A mother of two children, she knows well how to make a child laugh and how to make him think about something.

Anton Soya's books regularly cause parental debates: is it worth reading to children or not? Many people are frightened by the abundance of slang expressions in the author’s stories, but many, on the contrary, like his language. It’s better to decide for yourself: for our part, we note that the undoubted advantage of Soya’s books is the skillfully created plots - they quickly captivate children, so at least the child will probably reach the end of the story, and will not abandon the book in the middle.

Despite the widespread computerization, parents continue to buy their children printed publications books. Of course, there is a greater demand for literature for very young children who cannot yet read. Older people prefer to download works on the Internet on their own and read them on their gadgets. But still the influence of literature on child development undeniable. Therefore, in this article we will look at what modern children's writers exist today. A review of famous authors will help you understand what children and their parents are interested in.

The influence of literature on children's development

Let's start from the very beginning. Namely, we will understand how books influence the development of children. It should be noted that the stories that loving parents read or tell are taken completely seriously by their children. Of course, this happens up to a certain point in time, but during this period the children’s system of perceiving the world is already somewhat formed. This all means that before you start reading a book by a new author to your child, you should read it yourself.

This required condition, because modern children's writers and their works are sometimes very innovative, and some fairy tales even show a system of values ​​from the individual point of view of the writer. Writers who create such books believe that this will help children adapt to the current world and understand it. Of course, parents should decide how to raise their child, but literature must be carefully chosen from childhood in order to instill in the child a taste for good books.

How to choose a book for a child by age

If you want to instill in your child a love of reading, then you need to choose the right books according to age. Let's just say that it is too early for a two-year-old child to read Nosov's books, since they will be difficult for him to understand, but the fairy tales of Korney Chukovsky are quite suitable. You can also read short nursery rhymes to your child and then memorize them together. Also suitable for this age are such fairy tales as “Ryaba Hen”, “Teremok”, “Kolobok” (although you can turn to them even earlier).

As the child grows up, you should start reading to him such works as “Three from Prostokvashino”, “Baby and Carlson”, “The Adventure of Pinocchio”. Next, include “Cinderella”, “Snow White” and similar fairy tales in the list of books. They are the ones who will teach the child to worry and sympathize, to think about justice, about what is good and bad.

Modern children's writers and their works can also take up residence on your children's book shelf. Of course, they should be selected more carefully, unknown texts must be read by the parent first. But if you already have a fairly adult child, then it’s difficult to keep track of him. But try to offer him something that he has not yet read from the classics, perhaps he will like it.

Children's writers and time-tested books

So, let's look at the best time-tested children's writers and books for children's development. These include the following.

• Poems by Agnia Barto. You can start reading them to your baby at the age of one, because she has both short and simple poems and longer and more serious ones.
• Quite popular among kids and its famous works Almost every child knows “Moidodyr” or “Tsokotukha Fly”.
• At an older age, children should read the works of the Brothers Grimm. These are, for example, “Blizzard”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Reasonable Hans”, “Rose Hood”.
• Lindgren Astrid and her most famous works “Pippi Longstocking” and “Baby and Carlson”.
• More complex, which means they need to be read when the child gets older. His most popular book is “The Malachite Box,” which contains many Ural tales. If your child is interested in folklore, then offer him this option.
• Quite an interesting series of books about the adventures of the girl Ellie in the Magic Land.
• Lewis Carroll writes no less fascinatingly. His most famous works are “Alice in Wonderland” and “Alice Through the Looking Glass”.
• The series of books “The Chronicles of Narnia” by Clive Lewis is very interesting, which opens up an amazing and magical world.

So, we looked at a very small list of children's books by author, but in fact it is much more extensive. Here you can add other works you know and love that you yourself read as a child. Your child will probably be interested in this.

Modern Russian fairy tale writers

Now let's look at a small list of modern children's writers (and their works), namely those who create fairy tales that are published in Russia.

• Natalya Gorodetskaya. A very interesting modern storyteller who has already written many works. For example, she wrote the “Fairytale Kingdom” series. By reading these books, you can truly be transported to a completely different world.
• Olga Kolpakova has already published more than a dozen books, including many interesting and instructive stories that your child will surely enjoy.
• Sofia Prokofief is the author of many magical stories and fairy tales for both very young children and schoolchildren. Among them we can note such as “Astrel and the Guardian of the Forest”, “Snow White in the Enchanted Castle”, “In the Land of Legends”.
• Valentina Oseeva. This writer has in her arsenal for children fairy tales, as well as short but instructive stories.

As you can see, many modern Russian children's writers and their works are quite popular, and can also have a positive impact on the development of your child, so that he becomes a harmonious person who knows what love and hate are, what is good and bad, where to stand for yourself, and where to support a loved one.

Contemporary foreign writers of fairy tales

Not only modern Russian children's writers and their works can be present on your children's bookshelf, but also foreign ones. Of course, here you need to select much more strictly, because sometimes they offer you to read absolutely incredible things, but there are also quite fascinating ones. Let's look at the list.

• Dick King-Smith. This English author is very popular for his fascinating stories about animals that can be reread by the whole family.
• Sven Nordqvist. who created a series of books about Peson and his kitten Findus. This work has been translated into many languages, cartoons and a computer game have been created based on it.
• Christine Nestlinger. This is an Austrian author who has published more than a hundred books during her career.

Of course, this is not the entire list, but just a few examples. Parents themselves must replenish it so that their child has the opportunity to read good books.

Famous children's authors who write poetry

On your child’s shelf, in addition to fairy tales, there should also be poetic works. This will significantly expand his horizons and also help develop his memory. Now let’s look at what modern children’s writers and books for children work in this style.

• Andre Giles. This is a modern English children's poet who published the already world-famous book “The Dancing Giraffe”.
• Marina Boroditskaya. She writes both poetry for adults and for children (of which there are many more). Here are some of the author’s poems - “The Last Day of Training”, “Forest Swamp”, “Chickenpox”, “Rybkin TV” and many others.
• Galina Dyadina. Her most popular book is “The Book in the Vest.” It is a collection of poems, which are arranged in alphabetical order. This will help your child learn the alphabet and read interesting works.

Aspiring young authors

It is sometimes very difficult for a modern parent to choose literature for their child from such a variety of new, fashionable and, most often, even unknown authors. Therefore, below we will consider the best children's writers and books for the development of children, which are not yet entirely known, but have already received well-deserved praise from critics. In 2015, the Debut Prize was awarded to three authors who received a special prize “For best work for children and teenagers.” This is Dmitry Akhmetshin from the city of Samara. The award went to him for the story “The Adventures of Denis in the Painted World.” It should be noted that this author is quite young and has several other similar works.

Also on this list is Dmitry Buchelnikov from the city of Sochi, he was noted for his story “Majara”. This is also a young author, whose real name is Dmitry Kungurtsev. Although he has been writing children's fairy tales and poems since his youth, his work was previously only published in one magazine. But now he has received an award and recognition.

As we see, modern world is very concerned about the availability of good literature for the younger generation, which is why this year the Debut Prize was established new nomination- “For the best work for children and teenagers.” Thus, if you want to add to your list of children's books, compiled by author, and are looking for young talents who write good and interesting works, then you can take note of the works of the above writers.

Developmental literature (encyclopedias, anthologies, etc.)

At a certain stage of a child’s development, so that he learns more about the world around him and absorbs the necessary knowledge in game form, separate literature is required. These are various encyclopedias and the like. Now let's look at what modern children's writers and their works can help you with this.

• A very interesting and talented author. Most often he creates educational literature that children really like. You can find various poems that will help your child learn the multiplication tables, as well as a number of tongue twisters, counting rhymes and many others.
• Julia Donaldson. This author wrote a “Rhyming Story” that is quite interesting for little ones.

As the child grows up, books such as large encyclopedias with colorful pictures should be purchased. Again, here you just need to focus on the age of your child and the contents of the book itself.

Teen literature

Separately, it should be said about It is at this age that the child begins to read what he wants. Therefore, sometimes you should wonder what your child is so passionate about, since not all modern children's writers and their works are suitable even for a teenager. Some are better not to be included in the reading list at all. Let's look at a few authors who are considered the best.

• Joanne Rowling. Perhaps this woman is one of the most popular in the world. It was she who wrote a series of books about the boy Harry Potter. Films have been made based on this work.
• Offer your teenager classics - Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird", Jerome Sellinger's "The Catcher in the Rye", Ray Bradberry's "Dandelion Wine".
• For those who love magic, there is quite interesting series books written by Dmitry Yemets. The two most popular are the parody “Tanya Grotter” and “Mefodiy Buslaev”.

And remember, at this age the child begins to experience adult feelings, as well as to comprehend what he wants in this life and what this world is. Therefore, you should be careful when choosing books, since many authors whose works claim to be teenage literature should be read at an older age, when the psyche and worldview have already been formed.

The most popular children's and teenage books

Now we should summarize and list the most popular modern children's writers and their works. Schoolchildren are often asked to write an essay on this topic, so let’s turn specifically to the rating of authors popular among children.

• Max Fry and his series “Echo Labyrinths” and “Echo Chronicles”;
• Dan Simmons - “Illion”, “Winter Ghosts”, etc.;
• Arkady and (these authors are considered classics of Russian science fiction);
• Diana Duane also writes fantasy;
• Donald Bisset is a popular children's author.