"Library of world literature for children" - a popular book series of the publishing house "Children's Literature". It is published in 50 volumes and 58 books. It was produced from 1976 to 1987. This publication includes a golden list of the best works of foreign and domestic classics, world folklore, folk and literary tales, prose and poems by children's writers.
About Edition
The series "Library of World Literature for Children" stands out against other similar publications in that it was illustrated by the best domestic graphic artists. All books were printed on quality paper with vivid and memorable illustrations.
The publication "Library of World Literature for Children" has won many awards, including the diploma "Golden Literature of the Most Beautiful Book" at the book art exhibition in Leipzig, which took place in 1979.
Today this series remains valuable, attracting a large number of real fans of literature.
This unique publication should interest not only children, but also their parents, as well as everyone involved in the upbringing of the younger generation. The series "Library of World Literature for Children" was released with interesting and fascinating introductions prepared by specialists. For many, these are not just books to read, but real collectibles.
How to buy?
Today, the books "World Literature Libraries for Children" can be bought by hand or at the publisher itself.
On popular free classified sites, the entire 1979 series is in good condition. From the hands of the collection can be purchased for 28 thousand rubles.
You can buy a gift edition, which will be custom-made in accordance with your wishes. In this case, the editions of the "Library of World Children's Literature for Children" are made in five-color genuine leather bindings, which are manually made by masters. The covers are gold and embossed. All books have an original bookend, combined with the color of the skin itself.
The cost of such a set of "Library of World Literature for Children" in 50 volumes will be 590 thousand rubles.
Content
The publications issued in this series introduce young readers to the best examples of world literature that have ever existed in the world.
In this article, we will describe in detail what works each of the volumes is dedicated to, so that you will have a full understanding of the full content of the "Library of World Literature for Children".
The first volume opens with domestic folklore - Russian folk tales, epics and Old Russian tales. The second volume includes the works of Nizami “Leili and Majun”, Firdousi “Shah-name”, Shota Rustaveli “The Knight in the Tiger Skin”, Alisher Navoi “Farhad and Shirin”. All this gives young readers the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the work of medieval Asian writers and poets.
The third volume consists entirely of the works of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, the fourth is devoted to the work of Mikhail Lermontov. The fifth volume includes the selected works of Ivan Krylov, the play "Woe from Wit" by Alexander Griboedov, poems and poems by Nikolai Nekrasov.
The sixth volume of the Library of World Literature for Children in 58 volumes is an anthology of Russian poets of the 18th-19th centuries. Selected works are collected here, ranging from Mikhail Lomonosov to Ivan Bunin. In this volume, “Libraries of World Literature for Children,” Fonvizin, Karamzin, Dmitriev, Zhukovsky, Batyushkov, Glinka, Ryleyev, Kyukhelbeker, Vyazemsky, Baratynsky, Delvig, Languages, Aksakov, Koltsov, Ogarev, Maykov, Fet, Kozma Prutkov and many others.
Volume number 7 - tales of Russian writers.
19th century classics
From the eighth volume begins the acquaintance of the younger generation with the classics of Russian literature, primarily with prose writers. The eighth volume contains the works “Fathers and Sons” and “Notes of the Hunter” by Ivan Turgenev, “The Enchanted Wanderer”, “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Uyezd”, “The Dumb Artist” and “Lefty” by Nikolai Leskov, plays by Alexander Ostrovsky.
The ninth volume includes Dead Souls, The Examiner and The Overcoat of Nikolai Gogol, the novel Lord Golovlev by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin.
Volume No. 10 - chapters from the book "Past and Thoughts" by Alexander Herzen, a novel by Nikolai Chernyshevsky "What to do?"
In the 11th volume - the novels and stories of Leo Tolstoy, in the 12th - "Humiliated and Offended" by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the play "The Cherry Orchard" and the stories of Anton Chekhov.
XX century
Further in the list of "World Literature Libraries for Children" works of the 20th century begin. They open with the 13th volume, in which collected works of Maxim Gorky are collected. In the 14th volume - stories and tales of Alexander Kuprin, Ivan Bunin, Alexei Nikolayevich Tolstoy. All these are mainly works that were written at the very beginning of the century, even before the October Revolution.
Volume No. 15 - "Childhood Themes" by Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky, "Childhood years of Bagrov-grandson" by Sergei Aksakov, stories by Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak and Konstantin Stanyukovich.
In the 16th volume, poems of poets of pre-revolutionary Russia are presented, and in the 17th - stories and tales of the classics of the peoples of Russia at the beginning of the 20th century.
Soviet period literature
Acquaintance with the literature of the Soviet period begins with the 18th volume. It included the novels “Chapaev” by Dmitry Furmanov and “How Steel Was Tempered” by Nikolai Ostrovsky, directly related to the revolution and the Civil War.
Volume No. 19 is the work of Mikhail Sholokhov. In particular, "Nakhalenok", "Virgin Soil Upturned" and "The Fate of Man." The 20th volume is devoted to the poets of that period - Sergey Yesenin, Alexander Blok, Vladimir Mayakovsky. Volume 21 includes The rout and Young Guard by Alexander Fadeev.
For young readers
If before this, most of the works, although compulsory for study at school, are addressed primarily to adult readers, then from the 22nd volume begins a series of books devoted specifically to children.
For example, these are songs, tales, riddles and poems by Samuel Marshak, as well as a collection of his memoirs, “At the Beginning of Life”. Just the 22nd volume is divided into four books. The rest included tales and poems by Korney Chukovsky, Sergei Mikhalkov, Agniya Barto.
In the 23rd volume of the work of Arkady Gaidar - "Military Secret", "School", "Timur and his team", as well as "Conduit and Swabber" by Lev Kassil. Volume 24 consists of “The Northern Tale” by Konstantin Paustovsky, “The Lone Sail Whitens” by Valentin Kataev, “The Tale of a Real Man” by Boris Polevoy. In Volume 25 - “Golden Meadow” by Mikhail Prishvin, “Tales of Animals” by Boris Zhitkov, the tales of Vitaly Bianchi and Pavel Bazhov.
Volume 26 - Leonid Sobolev’s Sea Soul, Iron Stream by Alexander Serafimovich. Volume 27 contains Ivan Vasilenko’s Artemka in the Circus, Tashkent is the bread city of Alexander Neverov, and Victor Maleev at school and at home "Nikolai Nosov.
Soviet classic
If the 28th volume is the civil lyrics of Soviet poets, then on the 29th their prose begins. In particular, it contains the works of Aleksin, Aitmatov, Dubov, Likhanov, Kuznetsova, Astafiev, Voskresenskaya, Panteleev, Zheleznikov, Fraerman, Alekseev, Dragunsky, Prilezhayeva, Medvedev, Yakovlev. This volume is divided into three books.
Of the four books is the 30th volume. It contains novels and novels by Bondarev, Bykov, Bogomolov, Vasilyev, Karim, Rybakov, Sotnik, Sladkov, Troepolsky, Uspensky Baruzdin, Gonchar, Krapivin, Mezhelaitis, Tokmakova, Alekseev, Amlinsky, Baklanov, Dumbadze. Korinets.
Foreign literature
The remaining volumes are devoted to acquaintance with foreign literature. In the 31st, an antique epic and medieval European works of Virgil, Homer, Dante are collected. In the 32nd volume - tales of the peoples of the world starting with "A Thousand and One Nights."
In the 33rd collected dramaturgy of Western Europe. These are the works of Shakespeare, de Vega, Goldini, Moliere, Goethe, Sheridan, Schiller. In the 34th - "Adventures of the ingenious hidalgo Don Quixote of Lamanch" Cervantes, "Tradesman in the nobility" and "Tartuffe" Moliere.
The basis of the 35th volume is Swift's Travels of Gulliver, Gargantua and Pantagruel Rabelais, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Raspe. The 36th volume is the Spartak novel by Raffaello Giovagnoli, and in the 37th the Gadfly by Voynich and Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Beecher Stow.
In the 38th, fairy tales of foreign authors are combined - here are the works of Hoffmann, Perrault, the brothers Grimm, Andersen, Gauf, Wilde, Lagerlef. In the 40th volume of Kipling’s tale, “Alice in Wonderland” by Carroll, “Winnie the Pooh and All-All-All” by Milne, “Peter Pan” by Barry.
From the 41st volume, acquaintance with the classic examples of adventure literature begins. This is “Around the World in 80 Days” and “Children of Captain Grant” by Jules Verne, in the 42nd volume includes “Three Musketeers” by Alexander Dumas, and in the 43rd “Ivanhoe” by Scott, “The Legend of Ulenspiegel” de Coster. The 44th volume of the series is based on the novels "Tramps of the North" and "In the Wilds of the North" by James Oliver Kerwood, "The Last of the Mohicans" by Fenimore Cooper. 45th - “Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe, “The Adventures of Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens.
Next is a series of works addressed exclusively to children. 46th volume: “Baby and Carlson” by Astrid Lindgren, “The Adventures of Cipollino” by Gianni Rodari, “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, “Mary Poppins” by Pamela Travers. Volume 47: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, as well as his famous novel The Prince and the Pauper.
48th volume - Jack London, beloved in the Soviet Union, with stories and short stories “White Fang”, as well as “Bambi” by Felix Salten and “Tales of Animals” by Ernest Seton-Thompson. The penultimate volume includes tales and stories of modern foreign writers, mainly from the countries of the socialist camp. The series ends with the 50th volume with the poetry of the peoples of the world, starting from ancient times and ending with the works of Camoens, Baudelaire and Verharn.