Kolka the American, apparently, did not know this, and therefore walked importantly along the road with the dog. The people they met just grinned. Having caught up with the log (here we whiled away almost all the evenings), he only glanced sideways in our direction and then, seeing me (he must have recognized me), waved his hand in a friendly manner. Of course, I waved too. And the boys, who did not expect such a situation, quietly pushed me in the back to go and invite him here to the company. The American did not refuse. Dragging along the four-legged animal, which, crazy with joy, was still rushing with strength into the unknown, Kolka came up to us. I formally introduced everyone sitting in order. I'm not sure he remembered. But then, everyone already knew his name. Kolka did not sit down in the proposed place (maybe he considered the log not clean enough), but continued to stand, towering over us, like the Statue of Liberty.
Before we noticed the American, the conversation was about treasures. Our Vitalka was very interested in this topic. And even, to tell the truth, ahead of time, he shared in his mind the good that he had been chattering about endlessly. He said that the place where you can probably find valuables is not so far from our village. And if we, as a friendly crowd, go out early in the morning and each take a shovel, then we will definitely be able to find valuables in a day.
The American listened to the conversation with interest, and then asked if we had a metal detector.
- What? – Vitalka didn’t understand, and we didn’t understand either. “ Well, a metal detector ,” the American repeated, “ it’s a thing to find out the exact location of treasures.” You walk and hold it above the ground. And if there is something metallic in the depths, the device begins to beep. Our guys sighed dreamily. If there were such a device, we probably wouldn’t be sitting here now, but driving around in expensive cars. True, in Russia it’s not like in America; you can’t get a driver’s license so easily at the age of thirteen.
Then the American stunned everyone and said that they couldn’t drive there at the age of thirteen. And the device can be arranged, if necessary. Upload the program to his iPad and that’s it.
From that very second, Vitalka realized that his life had been going downhill before, but now it was starting to get better. He hugged the American like a brother and said that he needed to leave no later than tomorrow morning. To be sure, each of us had to take a shovel from home, regardless of progress. Heavy!
Russian folk tales
Russian folk children's fairy tales are very wise and convey a specific lesson to readers. The author of such tales is the Russian people. They were passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth.
There are three types: tales about animals, about magic and everyday tales.
Vladislav Krapivin. "Children of the Blue Flamingo"
Old tales often begin with a stranger asking a brave knight for help. This story is no exception. Only instead of a mighty hero there is a boy with a wooden dagger. He rides not on a mighty horse, but on a regular bus. And the stranger does not at all look like a “crosswalker” - in his hands he has a device that is very reminiscent of a tablet. However, he also asks for help and calls the boy to the mysterious island of Dvid to defeat the ancient monster. Nothing in this book is what it seems. But you definitely need to read it, and preferably at the age of about ten years.
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Animal Tales
Such tales appeared many years ago. In fairy tales, animals are given human characteristics. In them, animals and birds talk to each other, make peace, swear, get offended, and so on. Here man is on the same level as animals or lower.
Sofia Prokofieva. "The Mystery of the Crystal Castle"
Princess Alfiora is young and beautiful. The only thing that darkens her face is unpleasant thoughts about old age. Alfiora heard a legend that somewhere on a high mountain there is a magical Crystal Castle. Anyone who gets into it will gain eternal youth and fulfill all his desires. So the princess sends two knights on a search who ask for her hand.
Sofia Prokofieva, known for her wonderful everyday tales, will capture the reader’s imagination in this romantic, even courtly story.
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Tales of magic
Such tales are based on a miracle. Everything here is fantastic and unreal. A person talks to fantastic characters who do not exist in everyday life. Among the fantastic characters, the following stand out:
- Baba Yaga
- Dragon
- Koschei the Deathless
- Giants and so on.
In a fairy tale, a person deals with unusual things:
- Self-assembled tablecloth.
- Glomerulus
- Needle.
These objects with magical properties do not exist in real life.
Yuri Magalif. "Success-grass"
Katya Karamelkina is a C student. She doesn't like studying, but she wants fame and honor. In such cases, a fairy is needed, and in this book she appears. The little naughty kikimora lives in the teachers' room, in an old TV. She has to hide from people, and that's boring. Kikimora decides to have fun with the help of C-grade student Katya. She gives her a magical blade of grass that can fulfill Katya’s three wishes. And while the girl gets into various troubles, the kikimora quietly giggles and has fun.
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Tales about everyday life
These tales illustrate everyday life. They contain both truth and fiction. These tales contrast opposites: rich and poor, young and old, good and evil, weak and strong.
Dina Sabitova. "Circus in a Box"
Little Marik is an orphan. He lives in an orphanage, and every day he and the other children are reminded that they are a heavy burden on the city's budget. Marik dreams of working in a circus, but doesn’t know how to get there. And then one day he sneaks into a circus van standing in a vacant lot. And he ends up in a very interesting family of the Carousel circus, where touching, funny and good people live.
This is a fairy tale about friendship and mutual assistance, about making dreams come true. Dina Sabitova is a laureate of the National Children's Literary Award “Treasured Dream”. Her deep, subtle tales are very modern.
Foreign children's fairy tales
The best fairy tales for children are written by foreign writers. The most popular are the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, G. Andersen, O. Wilde, C. Perrault, D. Rodari, V. Hauff. In foreign fairy tales, good always triumphs over evil.
You can listen to such tales online or read them. Children really like to read foreign writers.
The most popular foreign fairy tales:
- Winnie the Pooh. This story was written by Alan Milne. Popular all over the world. This fairy tale teaches you to be brave, kind, friendly, and optimistic.
- The Adventures of Carlson. The story was written by Astrid Lindgren. Here, a little boy befriends an unusual creature with a propeller on its back. A fairy tale teaches that one must always believe in a miracle. Reading this fairy tale, the child understands that in life it is better to approach everything with humor.
- Alice in Wonderland. This piece was written by Lewis Carroll. For a long time it has been in first place in popularity among children all over the world. There is no person who does not love and does not read this fairy tale. Alice travels to amazing places, talks with magical animals. In the process of reading a fairy tale, a child finds himself in a magical world full of mysteries.
Jan Brzechwa. "Pan Blob's Academy"
Every country has its own Ole Lukoje - the keeper of fairy tales. The Poles call him Pan Klyaksa. This eccentric old man is actually the director of a school where twenty-four students study. There are many doors leading from the academy courtyard. After passing through them, you can find yourself in different fairy tales. This is what the main character, Adam Disagreement, does. This boy has a telling name. He can never properly carry out the instructions of the school director; everything always turns out the other way around for him.
Jan Brzechwa is a classic of children's literature. Many of his poems are known in Russia in wonderful translations by Boris Zakhoder.
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Small children's tales
Short fairy tales for children are very popular among kids. The child becomes familiar with them from infancy. After all, small children cannot keep their attention on one thing. Long fairy tales are not yet interesting for them.
For kids, it is important that a book with fairy tales has pictures in a hard cover. Such fairy tales can be read to children on the road. Fairy tales teach us to distinguish good from evil, make fun of bad people, teach friendship, and so on.
The most famous short tales are:
- The Tale of the Chicken Ryaba. This fairy tale can be told to children from an early age. It's about how my grandparents couldn't break an egg for days, but the mouse did it with the help of its tail.
- Masha and the three bears. This tale is about a little girl who went into the forest with her friends and got lost. I saw a house in the forest and went there. There she ate porridge and went to bed. And the bears came home and saw that the chair of the smallest bear was broken, the porridge had been eaten. Then he saw Masha sleeping in his bed and screamed. Masha woke up and ran out the window. This fairy tale teaches children not to go into the forest without permission. He says that you can get lost there and get into unpleasant situations.
- Turnip. This fairy tale is about how grandfather planted a turnip. Then she grew and he began to pull her out. His grandmother, granddaughter, cat, and dog helped him drag it. But only with the help of the mouse was he able to pull it out. This fairy tale shows children that they can cope with problems together rather than alone. After all, it is unknown whether he would have been able to pull out the turnip if they had not come to his aid.
III. Halt
After about two hours the air finally and irrevocably warmed up, as is usually the case in our latitudes. It became more difficult to walk. So we started looking for a place to stop. About a hundred and fifty meters from the route, on a balding hill, there were several frail trees. Vitalka commanded, and we walked together into the long-awaited shadow.
Having placed our belongings on the grass, we plopped down next to them and began to extract the saving moisture from our backpacks. Having carefully examined the grass, Kolka took out a mat from his backpack, the kind that is usually placed on top of stools (probably women's utensils) and sat down on it cross-legged. He looked at us with interest. Still would! I would probably, if I were there with them, also look wide-eyed. No one knew what was going on in his head at that moment. Our boys pulled out a cigarette from somewhere (one for everyone) and, clumsily smoking, began passing it from hand to hand. They probably thought they were very cool. When the tobacco package reached Kolka, he politely refused. Vitalka and the other guys didn’t understand: “ What do you mean? Why do they not smoke in your America? We heard something stronger there too . “ Yes, ” the American nodded in agreement. – Some types of soft drugs can be easily bought in a store. - Nice! – our people hummed in unison. – This is a land of opportunity! “ But... ” Kolka hesitated. - But what? — the boys asked excitedly. “ But it’s mostly those who are poorer who smoke.” Well, cigarettes, how can I put it, slow down brain activity. That is, those who want to go to a good college and have achievements in school will never do this. Well, then, cancer... - What? – I asked again. — Honestly, I don’t know this word in Russian. The disease is so terrible. - Like, lung cancer, or what? – Vitalka inserted with a grin. - Yes, something with the lungs. Or with a throat. Or something else. Well, a very unpleasant treatment. And the mortality rate is high. The boys suddenly became quiet. It’s not that our ears at school weren’t already buzzing about such harmful things. It was just somehow strange to hear something like this from the lips of someone his own age. And even on such a sunny day. After sitting a little longer, we took our backpacks and headed further along the route. A half-smoked cigarette remained on the grass...
Bedtime Stories
A bedtime story for children is read by parents before bed. It helps the child calm down. Such tales are very kind and instructive. There is no cruelty in them.
Fairy tales teach us to distinguish good from evil, show what is good and bad.
The most popular bedtime stories for babies over one year of age are:
- Swan geese
- Teremok
- Masha and the Bear
- turnip
- The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish
- Ryaba hen
- The wolf and the seven Young goats
- sleeping Beauty
- Puss in Boots
- Zayushkina's hut.
Antonina Delvig. "Witch Sapphire"
This story was probably inspired by Antonina Delvig’s tales from Pavel Bazhov. Deep underground, hidden from the eyes of people, there is a city where lizards live. People don't have access to it. The lizards are afraid that people, delighted with the riches of the underground people, will ruin everything. Only the main character, the girl Senya, gets this opportunity. She has to help her little friends - break an ancient spell.
Librarians say that this book very rarely returns to its shelf; it constantly wanders through the hands of readers and is read to its core.
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Interesting children's audio tales
Online fairy tales for children have become popular lately. On the Internet you can listen to various fairy tales online.
It is not necessary to buy collections of fairy tales, because interesting children's fairy tales can be found for free on the Internet.
The most popular children's audio fairy tales:
- Mermaid
- Cars
- The Snow Queen
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Three from Prostokvashino
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Aladdin
- Cinderella
- History of toys
- Winnie the Pooh.
You can listen to these tales at any time. Some fairy tales can be included for children at night. Such tales are voiced by announcers, famous actors and singers. Fairy tales have interesting and captivating music. Children love such fairy tales. In them, the heroes of fairy tales come to life, and kids find themselves in a world of magic.
Kate DiCamillo. "The Wonderful Journey of Edward Rabbit"
The girl Abeline was given a charming porcelain rabbit Edward. He was unusual, alive. But he just didn’t love anyone but himself. While traveling on a ship, he fell overboard and fell to the bottom. There, in the darkness and loneliness, his heart began to thaw. Caught by an old fisherman, the rabbit begins to experience the world anew, falling into the hands of different people, and learns to love.
By the way, after reading a fairy tale, it would be nice to go to a theater performance of the same name - children really like it.
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Types of online fairy tales
- Russian folk tales.
- Foreign fairy tales.
- For children under three years old.
- Audio fairy tales from four to five years old.
- Long and short online fairy tales.
Fairy tales teach children that good always triumphs over evil. Fairy tales teach that you should never give up. You need to persistently pursue your goal. They help develop creativity.
With their help, the child learns to fantasize, think, and analyze. A fairy tale helps a child find answers to questions of interest.
You don't have to buy fairy tales. You can read and listen to fairy tales online. Younger children love short stories. And children from three to four years old prefer long fairy tales.
Roald Dahl. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
The fairy tale-parable about the amazing owner of a chocolate factory is not as simple as it seems at first glance. Five happy children win a tour of the “sweet shops” in the lottery. In this adventure they will learn a lot about themselves, but not everyone will be able to complete it to the end. Because they interfere with themselves - through gluttony, greed, whims, selfishness... “The Chocolate Factory,” for all its sweetness, may seem to Orthodox Christians an allegory of going through ordeals.
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