Works of Russian writers for children. Notable children's writers

After analyzing the personalities and work of most children's and youth writers of the 20th century, we present you a list of authors who are the best in terms of the quality of energy and the purity of their works.

In our opinion, the education of a child should begin with familiarization with their work.

The information contained in Bazhov's books will be developing for people for the next 100 years, the books of Lewis Carroll - the next 50 years. The rest of the works presented here will potentially carry an evolutionary message for about 20 more 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. The book of essays "The Urals were", the autobiographical story "The Green Filly", the author's collections of tales: "The Malachite Box", "The Key Stone", "Tales of the Germans". Some of the most famous tales are: “Mistress of the Copper Mountain”, “Malachite Box”, “Stone Flower”, “Mining Master”, “Fragile Twig”, “Iron Tires”, “Two Lizards”, “Kazakhchikov's Soles”, “Juicy Pebbles” , "Grass Trap", "Tayutkino Mirror", "Cat's Ears", "About the Great Snake", "Snake Track", "Zhabreev Walker", "Golden Dikes", "Fire Jumper", "Blue Snake", "Key land”, “Sinyushkin Well”, “Silver Hoof”, “Ermakov 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 Oz: The Wizard of Oz, Oorfene Deuce and His Wooden Soldiers, The Seven Underground Kings, The Fire God of the Marranos, The Yellow Mist, The Mystery of the Abandoned castle." His other works: “Architects”, “Wanderings”, “Two Brothers”, “Wonderful Ball”, “Invisible Fighters”, “Aircraft at War”, “Following the Stern”, “Travellers in the Third Millennium”, “The Adventures of Two friends in the country of the past", "Tsargrad captive", "Petya Ivanov's Journey to an extraterrestrial station", "In the Altai Mountains", "Lapatinsky Bay", "On the Buzha 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 Hunt for 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 the back desk", "Martyshkino tomorrow", "No one and others", "Who looks like whom", "Comrades for children", "School for chicks", "Counting", "My Imagination", " If they give me a boat", some works in prose: "Monkey's Tomorrow", "Kind Rhino", "Once upon a time there was Fip", fairy tales "Grey Star", "The Little Mermaid", "The Hermit and the Rose", "The Story of the Caterpillar", " Why are the fish silent”, “Ma-Tari-Kari”, “The Tale of Everyone in the World”.

Zakhoder is also well known as a translator of many masterpieces of foreign literature for children: fairy tales by A.A. Wonderland”, fairy tales by K. Chapek and the Brothers Grimm, the play by J.M. Barry “Peter Pan”, various poems.

June 22, 1922 - December 29, 1996 - poet, prose writer, screenwriter. Novels and stories: “He was a real trumpeter”, “Station Boys”, “The Secret of Fenimore”, “Where the sky begins”, “Sentry Petrov”, “Where the battery stood”, “Fence with a blue eye”, “Salute”, “I I'm going after a rhinoceros", "Semyon-striped", "Temporary tenant", "Playing the beauty", "Sretensky gate", "Heart of the earth", "The son of a pilot", "Self-portrait", "Ivan-Willis", "Company commander ”,“ Kingfisher ”,“ Ballerina of the political department ”,“ Girl, do you want to act in films? ”,“ Travesty ”,“ Persecution of redheads ”,“ Elephant driver ”,“ Passion for four girls ”,“ Difficult bullfight ”,“ Heavy blood”, “Lalya Bullet”, “Party”, “Teacher”, “Faithful friend of Sancho”, “Samantha”, “But Vorobyov didn’t break the glass”, “Ledum”, “Bambus”, “Game of beauty”, “Boy with skates”, “Boy with skates”, “Knight Vasya”, “Gathering clouds”, “Sons of Peshekhodov”, “History teacher”, “Girls from Vasilevsky Island”, “Friend of Captain Gastello”, “Naughty boy Icarus”, “ Memory", "Last Fireworks", "Sapper", "Goalkeeper", "Bavaklava", "Flower of Bread", "One Voice", "Change of Weather", "Letter to Marina", "Awakened by Nightingales", "Relic", " Violin", "Rider galloping over the city", "My friend hippopotamus", "Old horse for sale", "Sheared devil", "Umka", "Urs and Kat", "Visiting a dog", "Memories of a cow" , “Girl from Brest”, “Daughter of the Commander”, “Daughter of the Preferansist”, “We are Destined to Live”, “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. 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. ”, “About a puddle and a bun with raisins”, “About the policeman Arthur and about his horse Harry”, “Dot-mother and Dot-daughter”, “Fog”, “Wow”, “Breadcrumbs”, “Cupid and the Nightingale” , "Blackie and Reggie", "Down!", "Big Wave and Small Wave", "Philosopher Beetle and Others", "Gingerbread Cookie", "Quacking Mailbox", "Crow and the Sun", "About a Boy Who growled at the tigers", "Miranda the Traveler", "Mice in the Moon", "Nelson and the Hen", "Knols and the Juniper", "Baby Penguin Named Prince", "About the Little Bus Who Was Afraid of the Dark", "About Zzzzzzz", "Ernie the Parrot with Measles", "Olivia the Seagull and Rosalind the Turtle", "Joe's Journey", "Fish and Chips", "St. Pancras and King's Cross", "Olivia the Snail and the Canary ”, “Shhhhhh!”, “Yak”, “Mr. Kepi’s Three Hats”, “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 upside down ”,“ Ha-ha-ha! ”, “Komodo Dragon”, “Forgotten Komodo Birthday”, “Komodo Little Red Riding Hood”, “Grasshopper and Snail”, “Milkman's Horse”, “Rhinoceros and Good Fairy”, “Do you want, do you want, do you want ...”, “Eagle and lamb".

Born May 18, 1952, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. The following works are available in Russian:
Young Wizard Series: How to Become a Magician, Deep Magic, High Magic, Limitless Magic
Magical Cat Series: Book of the Moonlit Night, Visit to the Queen
Star Trek Series: Medical Prescriptions, 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 the 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, Wishton Valley Vish", "Bravo, or in Venice", "Heidenmauer, or the Benedictines", "The Executioner, or the Abbey of the Vineyards", "The Pathfinder, or the Lake-Sea", "Mercedes from Castile", "St. John's Wort, or the First Warpath", The Two Admirals, The Will-o'-the-Wisp, Wyandotte or House on the Hill, Land and Sea, Miles Wallingford, Satanstow, Surveyor, Redskins, Oak Clearings, or Bee hunter”, “Sea lions”, “Fantastic story of the eponymous brigantine “Sea Sorceress”.

August 28, 1925 - October 12, 1991, born April 15, 1933, Soviet writers, co-authors, screenwriters, classics of modern science and social fiction. Novels and stories: "Land of Crimson Clouds", "From Beyond", "The Way to Amalthea", "Noon, XXII Century", "Interns", "Attempt to Escape", "Distant Rainbow", "It's Hard to Be a God", "Monday Starts Saturday, Predatory Things of the Century, Anxiety, Ugly Swans, Snail on the Slope, Second Martian Invasion, Tale of the Troika, Inhabited Island, Hotel Climber", "Kid", "Roadside Picnic", "Guy from the Underworld", "Doomed City", "A Billion Years Before the End of the World", "A Tale of Friendship and Enemies", "Beetle in an Anthill", "Lame Fate ”, “Waves extinguish the wind”, “Weaved down with evil, or Forty years later”
Plays: "Jews of the city of St. Petersburg, or Sad conversations by candlelight", "Five spoons of elixir", "Without weapons"
Short stories: "Deep search", "Forgotten experiment", "Six matches", "SKIBR test", "Private assumptions", "Defeat", "Almost the same", "Night in the desert" (another name is "Night on Mars" ), "Emergency", "Sand fever", "Spontaneous reflex", "Man from Pacifis", "Moby Dick", "In our interesting time", "On the question of cyclotation", "The first people 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", the story "The Devil among people" and the story "Details of the life of Nikita Vorontsov".

Boris Strugatsky alone, under the pseudonym S. Vititsky, wrote the following works: "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 Hryullops Family”, “Kriktor”, “Adelaide. Winged kangaroo.

December 6, 1943 - April 30, 1992, poet and artist Published collections of poems: “Went forward - came back”, “Bird in a cage”, “Eccentrics and others”, “Hooligan poems”, author's collections: “Eccentrics”, “Talking Raven”, “Vitamin Growth”.

Born in 1952 - teacher, playwright, writer. He is the author of more than 20 books, the books The River Flowing Backward, The Winter Battle and Woe of the Dead King were published in Russian.

Born January 18, 1981, wrote two books: "Waffle Heart" and "Tonya Glimmerdal" Both of these books by Maria Parr have been translated into Russian.

Max Fry- literary pseudonym of the authors Svetlana Martynchik and Igor Stepin. Svetlana Yurievna Martynchik (born February 22, 1965, Odessa) is a contemporary writer and artist. Igor Stepin (b. 1967, Odessa) is an artist.
Books of the Echo Labyrinths series: "Labyrinth" ("Stranger"), "Volunteers of Eternity", "Simple Magical Things", "Dark Side", "Executor", "Glamours", "The Power of the Unfulfilled", "The Talkative Dead", " Menin Labyrinth. Books of the Chronicles of Echo series: "Chub of the Earth", "Tulan Detective", "Lord of Mormora", "The Elusive Khabba Han", "The Crow on the Bridge", "Mr. Gro's Woe", "Glutton Gull". Books outside the series: "My Ragnarok", "Encyclopedia of Myths", "Book of Complaints", "Nests of Chimeras", "Tales and Stories", "A Book for People Like Me", "Book of Vrak", "Book of Fictional Worlds", "Perfect Romance", "Yellow Metal Key".
Books will be developing 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 (unreleased 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 Crook Factory, 2000 Darwin's Blade, 2001 Hardcase, 2002 A Winter's Haunting, 2002 Hard Freeze, 2003 Ilium, 2003 Hard as nails "("Hard as Nails"), 2005 "Olympus" ("Olympos"), 2007 "Terror" ("The Terror"), 2009 "Drood, or the man in black" ("Drood"), 2009 "Black Hills" (not yet released in Russia), 2011 "Flashback" (not yet released in Russia).

Books will be developing for another 10-20 years.

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 fascinating stories and poems for them, about famous children's writers.

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

Agnia Lvovna Barto

Agnia Lvovna Barto - (1906-1981) It is from 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, this is 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, which was abandoned by the hostess. It is simply impossible to list all her creations, but they warm the soul, and together with them moments from childhood emerge in memory.

She also wrote scripts for films about children. Many do not realize that everyone's favorite film "The Foundling" was filmed according to her script, as well as several other equally famous films of those years. Her books are loved all over the world and read in different languages, they are close and understandable to all young readers, as this is the language of childhood.

Few people know that Agniya Lvovna helped in the search for relatives lost during the war. She hosted the program "Find a Man" on the radio.

Children grow and develop, learn about the world, read new books with other heroes and other authors, who 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 everything is simple and clear with A. Barto, then Chukovsky makes the children's brain work, put everything in its place, determine the good and the bad. His "Cockroach" is remembered by everyone even in adulthood and is no longer associated with childhood events. And a kind doctor who treats everyone and is not able to refuse to help anyone - this is the faith of children in goodness, and the hopes of adults in him. His poems such as "Crocodile", "Moydodyr", "Telephone" are loved by everyone. Reading them to kids, parents discover something new for themselves. It would seem that these are children's poems, but they contain a lot of things that are connected with adult life. Children can find useful advice in the poet's poems, learn how to behave 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 on 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 are sure to come true if they are made for the New Year. Many cartoons are based on his poems and poems.

From the category of well-known and Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (1887-1964) - a writer and poet for different generations. His stupid and smart little mouse is familiar to everyone. This poet, as well as the above, is a classic of children's literature. His works for children, such as "Mr. Twister", "The Story of an Unknown Hero" and others, are still being 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, pleases young readers with his stories, works on cartoon scripts. Who does not know his Cheburashka, the cat Matroskin and Uncle Fyodor. Children read his books and just love to watch cartoons about Prostokvashino.

One can recall H. 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 have become such thanks to the fact that children read their books and learn them by heart.

Parents should acquaint their kids from early childhood with their works, then they will develop correctly and become interested in discovering more and more new books for themselves.

Despite rampant computerization, parents continue to buy printed editions of books for their children. Of course, there is a greater demand for literature for very young children who do not yet know how to read. Older people prefer to download works on the Internet on their own and read them on their gadgets. Still, the influence of literature on children's development is undeniable. Therefore, in this article we will consider what modern children's writers exist today. A review of famous authors will allow you to understand what children and their parents are interested in.

The influence of literature on the development of children

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

This is a prerequisite, because modern children's writers and their works are sometimes very innovative, and some fairy tales even show the value system from the writer's individual point of view. The writers who create such books believe that this will help children adapt to the current world and understand it. Of course, here 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 kid a love of reading, then you need to choose the right books for age. Let's just say that it's too early for a two-year-old kid to read Nosov's books, as they will be difficult for him to perceive, 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 for this age, fairy tales such as “Ryaba the Hen”, “Teremok”, “Gingerbread Man” are suitable (although you can refer to them even earlier).

As the child grows up, one should start reading to him such works as “Three from Prostokvashino”, “The Kid and Carlson”, “The Adventure of Pinocchio”. Further include in the list of books "Cinderella", "Snow White" and similar fairy tales. It is they who will teach the child to experience and sympathize, to think about justice, about what is good and bad.

Modern children's writers and their works can also settle on your children's bookshelf. Of course, they should be selected more carefully, unknown texts must first be read by the parent. But if you already have a fairly adult child, then it is 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 take a look at what stand out the best children's writers and children's development books that have stood the test of time. 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 rhymes, as well as longer and more serious ones.
• It is quite popular among kids and almost every child knows his famous works “Moydodyr” or “Tsokotuha Fly”.
• At an older age, the works of the Brothers Grimm should be read to the child. These are, for example, “Snowstorm”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Reasonable Hans”, “Rosehip”.
• Lindgren Astrid and her most famous works "Pippi Longstocking" and "Baby and Carlson".
• More complex, and therefore you need to read them when the child is 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.
• A series of books about the adventures of the girl Ellie in the Magic Land is quite interesting.
• Lewis Carroll writes no less fascinating. His most famous works are Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass.
• A very interesting series of books "The Chronicles of Narnia" by Clive Lewis, which opens up an amazing and magical world.

So, we have considered a very small list of children's books by authors, but in fact it is much more extensive. Here you can add other well-known and favorite works that you yourself read as a child. Your child will surely enjoy it.

Modern Russian writers of fairy tales

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

• Natalia Gorodetskaya. A very interesting modern storyteller who has already written many works. For example, she wrote the Fairy Kingdom series. Reading these books, you can really 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 Prokofiefa is the author of many magical stories and fairy tales for both very young children and schoolchildren. Among them are 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 fairy tales in her arsenal for children, 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 you need to stand for yourself, and where to support a loved one.

Modern foreign writers of fairy tales

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

• Dick King Smith. This English author is very popular for his fascinating stories about animals that can be read by the whole family.
• Sven Nurdqvist. 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 over a hundred books during her career.

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

Notable children's poetry authors

On the shelf of your child, in addition to fairy tales, there should also be poetic works. This will greatly expand his horizons, and also help develop memory. And now let's look at what modern children's writers and books for children are working in this style.

• Andre Giles. This is a modern English children's poet who published the book “Dancing Giraffe”, already known to the whole world.
• Marina Boroditskaya. She writes both poetry for adults and for children (of which there are an order of magnitude more). Here are some of the author's poems - "The Last Day of Teaching", "Forest Swamp", "Windmill", "Rybkin TV" and many others.
• Galina Dyadina. Her most popular book is The Book in the Vest. It is a collection of poems 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 his 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 completely known, but have already received well-deserved critical acclaim. In 2015, the “Debut” award was awarded to three authors who received a special prize “For the best work for children and adolescents”. 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 more similar works.

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

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

Developing literature (encyclopedias, readers, etc.)

At a certain stage in the development of a child, in order for him to learn more about the world around him and absorb the necessary knowledge in a playful way, separate literature is required. These are various encyclopedias and the like. Now consider what modern children's writers and their works can help you with this.

• Very interesting and talented author. Most often creates developing literature, which is very popular with children. He can find various verses that will help your child learn the multiplication table, as well as a number of tongue twisters, counting rhymes and many others.
• Julia Donaldson. This author wrote "Rhymed Story" which is quite interesting for toddlers.

As the child matures, books such as large encyclopedias with colorful pictures should be purchased. Again, here you only 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 be interested in 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 left out of the reading list altogether. Consider 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 the cycle of books about the boy Harry Potter. Films have been made based on this work.
• Offer your teen 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 a rather interesting series of 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, one should be careful in choosing books, since many authors whose works claim to be literature for teenagers should be read at an older age, when the psyche and worldview are already formed.

Most Popular Children's and Teenage Books

Now we should sum up and list what are the most popular modern children's writers and their works. An essay on this topic is often asked to schoolchildren, so let's turn to the rating of authors popular with children.

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

Oleg Grigoriev.

I carried home
A bag of candy.
And then towards me
Neighbour.
Taken off beret:
- ABOUT! Hello!
What are you carrying?
- A bag of candy.
- How - candy?
Yes, candy.
- A compote?
- There is no compote.
- No compote
And it is not necessary…
Are they chocolate?
Yes, they are chocolate.
- Fine,
I am very happy.
I love chocolate.
Give me candy.
- For candy.
- And that one, that one, that one...
Beauty! Delicious!
And this one, and that one...
No more?
- No more.
- Well hello.
- Well hello.
- Well hello.

L. Mironova
- Where is the apple, Andryusha?
- Apple? I've been eating for a long time.
- You didn't wash it, it seems.
- I cleaned his skin!
- Well done you have become!
- I've been like this for a long time.
- And where are the cleaning cases?
- Ah... cleaning... also ate.

S.V. Mikhalkov Kittens.
Our kittens were born -
There are exactly five of them.
We decided, we guessed:
How should we name kittens?
Finally we named them:
ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE.

ONCE - the kitten is the whitest,
TWO - the kitten is the most courageous,
THREE - the kitten is the smartest,
And FOUR is the noisiest.

FIVE - similar to THREE and TWO -
Same tail and head
The same spot on the back
He also sleeps all day in a basket.

We have good kittens -
ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE!
Come visit us guys
View and count

Sing, great! B. Zakhoder
- Hello, Vova!
- How are your lessons?
- Not ready...
You know, bad cat
Doesn't let you do it!
Just sat down at the table
I hear: "Meow ..." - "What came?
Leave! I scream at the cat. -
I'm already... unbearable!
You see, I'm busy with science,
So shove and don't meow!"
He then climbed into a chair,
He pretended to fall asleep.
Well, he deftly pretended -
It's almost like he's sleeping! -
But you can't fool me...
“Oh, are you sleeping? Now you get up!
You are smart and I am smart!
Once by the tail!
- And he?
He scratched my hands
Pulled the tablecloth off the table
Spilled all the ink on the floor
All the notebooks smeared on me
And slipped out the window!
I'm ready to forgive the cat
I feel sorry for them, cats.
But why do they say
Like it's my own fault?
I openly told my mother:
“This is just slander!
Would you try it yourself
Hold the cat's tail!

Fedul, what pouted his lips?
-Caftan burnt.
- You can sew.
- No needles.
- How big is the hole?
-One gate left.

I caught a bear!
- So bring it here!
-Does not go.
- So you go!
- He won't let me!

Where, Thomas, are you going?
Where are you driving?
- I'm going to mow hay,
What do you need hay for?
- Feed the cows.
- What about cows?
-Milk milk.
- Why milk?
-Feed the kids.

Hello kitty, how are you?
Why did you leave us?
- I can't live with you
Tail nowhere to put
Walk, yawn
Step on the tail. Meow!

V.Orlov
Theft.
- Kra! crow cries.
Theft! Guard! Robbery! The missing!
The thief crept early in the morning!
He stole a penny from his pocket!
Pencil! Cardboard! Cork!
And a nice box!
- Stop, crow, shut up!
Shut up, don't scream!
You can't live without cheating!
You don't have a pocket!
- How? - jumped the crow
and blinked in surprise
Why didn't you say before?
Kar-r-raul! Kar-r-rman ukr-rali!

Who is first.

Who offended whom first?
- He me!
- No, he me!
Who hit whom first?
- He me!
- No, he me!
- Have you been friends like this before?
- I was friends.
- And I was friends.
What didn't you share?
- I forgot.
- And I forgot.

Fedya! Run to Aunt Olya,
Bring some salt.
- Salts?
- Salts.
- I am now.
- Oh, and Fedin's hour is long.
Well, it finally arrived!
Where have you been running, brat?
- Met Mishka and Seryozhka.
- And then?
- They were looking for a cat.
- And then?
- Then they found it.
- And then?
- Let's go to the pond.
- And then?
- Catching a pike!
Barely pulled out the evil one!
- Pike?
- Pike.
- But wait, where is the salt?
- What kind of salt?

S.Ya. Marshak

Wolf and fox.

Gray wolf in dense forest
Met a red fox.

Lisaveta, hello!
- How are you, toothy?

Nothing is going on.
The head is still intact.

Where have you been?
- On the market.
- What did you buy?
- Pigs.

How much did they take?
- Wool tuft,

skinned
right side,
Tail bitten off in a fight!
- Who gnawed?
- Dogs!

Are you full, dear kumanek?
- Barely dragged his legs!

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, a worldview and ideals are formed. Even at preschool and primary school age, young readers can already appreciate the dynamics of poetry or beautiful fairy tales, and at an older age they begin to read thoughtfully, so books should be selected accordingly. Let's talk about Russians and foreign children's writers and their works.

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

For the first time, books especially 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, 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", "The Hunt for the Snark" was born in a small village in Cheshire (hence the name of his character - the Cheshire Cat). The real name of the writer is Charles Dodgson, he grew up in a large family: Charles had 3 brothers and 7 sisters. He went to college, became a professor of mathematics, even received the rank of deacon. He really wanted to become an artist, he painted a lot, loved to take pictures. As a boy, he wrote stories, funny stories, adored 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 nevertheless 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 readers themselves can 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 farm work. As soon as Astrid learned to read and write, she began to write various stories and the first poems.

The story "Pippi Longstocking" Astrid composed for her daughter when she was sick. Later, the novels “Mio, my Mio”, “Roni, the robber’s daughter”, a trilogy about the detective Callie Blumkvist, a triology loved by many, which tells about 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, the literary prize in honor of Astrid Lindgren was approved - 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 reluctantly recalled her childhood: at the age of 3, the girl was paralyzed, she did not get out of bed, and the only consolation for her was the tales and stories told by her grandmother. At 9 years old, after treatment, the ability to move in Selma returned, she began to dream of a career as a writer. She studied hard, received her PhD, became a member of the Swedish Academy.

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

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973)

This English writer cannot be called exclusively for children, since adults also read his books with delight. The author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit: A Journey There and Back, the creator of the amazing world of Middle-earth, on which incredible films are made, was born in Africa. When he was three years old, his mother, who was an early widow, brought two children to England. The boy was fond of painting, foreign languages ​​\u200b\u200bwere easily given to him, he even became interested in studying "dead" languages: Anglo-Saxon, Gothic and others. During the war, Tolkien, who went there as a volunteer, catches typhus: it is in his delirium that he invents the "elvish language" that has become the hallmark of many of his heroes. His works are immortal, they are very popular in our time.

Clive Lewis (1898-1963)

Irish and English writer, theologian and scholar. 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 published his first works under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton. In 1950-1955, his "Chronicles of Narnia" was first published, telling about the adventure of two brothers and two sisters in a mysterious and magical land. Clive Lewis traveled a lot, wrote poetry, liked to discuss various topics and was a comprehensively developed 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, having arrived in St. Petersburg, he was faced with refusals from the editors of magazines. He became a member of a literary circle, a critic, wrote poems and stories. For 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 the works of foreign authors. The most famous works of Chukovsky are “Cockroach”, “Tsokotuha Fly”, “Barmaley”, “Aibolit”, “Wonder Tree”, “Moydodyr” 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' 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 learn foreign languages. Poetry books by Marshak, who moved from Voronezh to Petrograd, immediately enjoyed great success, and their feature is a variety of genres: poems, ballads, sonnets, riddles, songs, sayings - he was able to do everything. He has received many awards and his poems have been translated into dozens of languages. The most famous works are “Twelve Months”, “Luggage”, “The Tale of the Stupid Mouse”, “That's how absent-minded”, “Mustache-striped” and others.

Agnia Lvovna Barto (1906-1981)

Agniya 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 has been an active literary figure all her life, a member of the jury of the Andersen competition. In 1976, she received the G.H. Andersen Prize. The most famous poems are “Bull”, “Bullfinch”, “Tamara and I”, “Lyubochka”, “Bear”, “Man”, “I am growing” and others.

Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (1913-2009)

He can be considered a classic of Russian children's literature: a writer, chairman of the Union of Writers of the RSFSR, a talented poet, writer, fabulist, playwright. It is he who is the author of two hymns: the USSR and the 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 "Uncle Styopa - a policeman", "What do you have", "Song of friends", "Three little pigs", "New Year's Eve" and others.

Contemporary children's writers

Grigory Bentsionovich Oster

Children's writer, in 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 leading, talented author, cartoon screenwriter. "Monkeys", "A Kitten Named Woof", "38 Parrots", "Got Bitten" - all these cartoons were filmed according to his script, and "Bad Advice" is a book that has gained immense popularity. By the way, an anthology of children's literature has been published in Canada: the books of most writers have a circulation of 300-400 thousand, and Auster's Bad Advice has sold 12 million copies!

Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky

From childhood, Eduard Uspensky was a ringleader, participated in KVN, organized skits, then he first tried his hand at writing, later he began to write plays for children's radio programs, children's theaters, dreamed of creating his own magazine for children. The cartoon "Crocodile Gena and his friends" brought fame to the writer, since then the eared symbol - Cheburashka, has settled in almost every home. We also still love the book and cartoon “Three from Prostokvashino”, “Koloboks are Investigating”, “Plasticine Crow”, “Baba Yaga Against!” and others.

JK Rowling

Speaking of modern children's writers, it's simply impossible not to think about the author of the Harry Potter series of books, the wizard boy and his friends. It's the best-selling book series in history, and the movies made from it have been huge box office hits. Rowling had a chance to go from obscurity and poverty to worldwide fame. At first, no editors agreed to accept and publish a book about a wizard, believing that such a genre would be of no interest to readers. Only the small publishing house Bloomsbury agreed - and did not lose. Now Rowling continues to write, is engaged in charity and social activities, she is a self-fulfilled author and a happy mother and wife.