List of children's writers from the my school section. Famous children's writers and their works

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

SERGEY SEDOV

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

MARIA BERSHADSKAYA

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

STANISLAV VOSTOKOV

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

ARTHUR GIVARGIZOV

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

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

TAMARA MIKHEEVA

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

MARINA AROMSHTAM

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

MARIA BOTEVA

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

ASIA PETROVA

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

NINA DASHEVSKAYA

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

NATALIA EVDOKIMOVA

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

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Arkady Gaidar, Janusz Korczak, Lev Kassil, Mark Twain - all these are the names of famous children's writers whose works everyone has read. Their stories and stories are filled with kindness and humanity. What is known about the lives of these writers? Were they as kind and humane as their books?

There was little information about famous children's writers, especially domestic ones, in Soviet times. In anthologies and textbooks there were, of course, biographies of authors, but they were meager, stereotyped and often deceitful. A writer who created moralizing works for children could not have vices or weaknesses.

Today information about this or that famous person is open. We can find out what the popular author was like in his personal life, what he loved, what he suffered from, and how he spent the last days of his life. The biography of the most famous children's writers today, of course, is not without fiction, but much more reliable than thirty or forty years ago.

Below are interesting facts from the life of authors whose works are known to everyone. Or almost everyone. The names of famous children's writers are listed in alphabetical order.

Hans Christian Andersen

Perhaps this is the most famous children's writer. Who hasn't read Andersen's fairy tales? "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", "Thumbelina", "Wild Swans", "The Ugly Duckling" - everyone remembers the plot of these fairy tales.

The famous writer's childhood was spent in poverty. Andersen's father was a shoemaker, his mother was a shoemaker. The future storyteller was a very receptive and emotional child. Hans's mother appears to have been a kind and considerate woman. She sent her son to a charity school - one of the rare educational institutions at that time in which physical punishment was not practiced. At the age of 14, Hans Christian Andersen went to Copenhagen. He dreamed of becoming famous. As you know, his dream came true.

Agniya Barto

A woman who wrote many poems for children experienced a terrible loss - the death of her own child. Agnia Barto was born in Moscow, in the intelligentsia Jewish family. Since childhood, she studied at a ballet school and graduated from a choreographic school. The poetess's maiden name is Volova. She inherited "Barto" from her first husband, a poet and ornithologist. Son Garik died 4 days before the Great Victory - May 5, 1945.

According to some information, Agnia Barto, although the author of kind children's poems, was not known for her kindness in life. She took an active part in the persecution of Chukovsky’s daughter. Barto’s signature also appeared in a collective letter dedicated to one of Korney Ivanovich’s works, which the censors called “charlatan absurd nonsense.”

Arkady Gaidar

The works of this author used to be present in every home library. As a rule, a brief biographical information was contained in the introduction. However, the truth was not written about the famous children's writer. She was very unsightly.

Those born in the USSR remember such works as “The Blue Cup”, “Chuk and Gek”, “Timur and His Team”. Some of Gaidar's books were included in the school curriculum, many of them were included in the summer literature list. However, Soviet readers knew nothing about the fact that the famous children's writer was a mentally unstable person and a murderer.

Arkady Gaidar began his military career at the age of fourteen. At seventeen he was already leading a regiment. At twenty he was accepted into a special purpose unit and sent to Khakassia. Here he had to find and destroy the white officers who acted under the leadership of Kolchak. Gaidar failed to do this, and therefore he became angry and began to execute ordinary, innocent people. Even active participants in the “Red Terror” were shocked by these actions. Gaidar was removed from office. He spent some time in a psychiatric hospital.

Amadeus Hoffman

What works come to mind first? in the name of this famous children's writer? The list of Hoffmann's books is quite extensive, the most famous are The Golden Pot, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, The Sandman, and Elixirs of Satan. The last work, however, is not aimed at a children's audience.

Amadeus Hoffmann is the most famous German romantic writer. Several ballets have been created based on his works, and many films have been made. At the same time, Hoffmann, like many of his other colleagues, spent most of his life in poverty. All his attempts to make a living through literature led to poverty. Only in recent years has he managed to improve his financial situation thanks to receiving a small inheritance.

Lev Kassil

The famous Russian children's writer graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow State University. As a third-year student, he suddenly experienced an inevitable craving for literary creativity. First of all, this was expressed in lengthy letters that Cassil regularly sent to his relatives. Each of his messages was about thirty pages long.

The younger brother took the letters to the local editorial office, where they were happily published, about which the author knew nothing for a long time. When he learned that his messages had some artistic value (otherwise they would not have been published in the newspaper), he decided to make money by writing literary works. The most famous book by Lev Kassil is “Conduit and Shvambrania”.

Rudyard Kipling

The parents of the creator of The Jungle Book dreamed that their beloved son would become an officer. Rudyard himself was not against a military career. However, since childhood he suffered from myopia, and therefore had to take up literary creativity. Rudyard wrote short stories while still at military school. His real writing career began after several trips to Asia and the USA as a correspondent.

Janusz Korczak

According to one of the Polish musicians who lived in Warsaw at the end thirties, the writer was an amazingly noble man. For many years, Korczak was engaged in literary work, but during his lifetime he was not considered a prose writer of the first rank. The thing is that his work belonged to a rather specific area.

He wrote only for children and only about children. In his books one can see a deep knowledge of child psychology. But the main thing, perhaps, was not even how Korczak wrote, but how he lived. He devoted every minute to children. The teacher did not change this position even in the last hours of his life.

The writer organized several orphanages, collected donations, and hosted children's radio programs. In 1940, he ended up in the Warsaw ghetto along with his pupils. Korczak could have avoided death. He was a fairly famous person and had the opportunity, with the help of his admirers, to hide on the “Aryan” side. But, of course, he didn't. In August 1942, about two hundred children were sent to Treblinka. Korczak chose to stay with his students and die in the gas chamber.

Lewis Carroll

The creator of the famous series of works about the adventures of Alice was born into the family of a priest. Lewis Carroll, in addition, had outstanding mathematical abilities. He received a bachelor's degree, then won a competition to give lectures at an English university. Even when he became a famous writer, he continued to publish scientific works under his own name. Lewis Carroll's real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.

Mark Twain

The American prose writer, as you know, wrote not only for children. His work covers many genres. This is satire, philosophical fiction, and journalism. Mark Twain traveled a lot and spent most of his life working as a correspondent. The writer had an amazing sense of humor, while being a sensitive and romantic person. He fell in love with his future wife at first sight. Olivia became disabled after an injury she received in her youth. Twain took care of her until the end of her life.

Korney Chukovsky

The writer's childhood is known from the autobiographical book The Silver Coat of Arms. Chukovsky's mother was a servant in the house of a wealthy man named Emmanuel Levenson. From him she gave birth in 1882 year of the boy who subsequently became one of the best Soviet children's writers. The father decided to connect his life with a woman of his circle. The future poet and prose writer spent his childhood in Odessa. Here he studied for some time in a gymnasium, which he failed to graduate due to his low origin.

Real name writer - Nikolay Korneychukov. In his metric, like illegitimate, there was no middle name. He later took on a pseudonym and added a fictitious middle name. The writer had four children, three of whom he survived. He dedicated many of his poetic works to his daughter Murochka, who died at the age of 11.

And one more fact from the biography of Korney Chukovsky. His work was highly appreciated by critics and literary figures. He was a State Prize laureate. But like no one else he supported talented fellow writers who found themselves in disgrace, and therefore at the end of his life he acquired many ill-wishers.

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. The book of essays “The Ural 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: “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”, “Gill Walker”, “Golden Dykes”, “Lapping 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 the Back Desk”, “Monkey 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”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Hermit and the Rose”, “The Story of the Caterpillar”, “ Why are fish silent”, “Ma-Tari-Kari”, “A fairy 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 one”, “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 the 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 of hers are available in Russian:
“Young Wizards” Series: “How to Become a Wizard”, “Deep Magic”, “High Magic”, “Boundless Magic”
“Magical Cats” series: “The Book of Moonlit Night”, “A Visit to the Queen”
Star Trek Series: "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 science 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 "Hotel "At the Dead Man" 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”, “A 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 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”, 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”, “Vitamin of Growth”.

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 of the authors Svetlana Martynchik and Igor Stepin. Svetlana Yuryevna Martynchik (born February 22, 1965, Odessa) is a contemporary writer and artist. Igor Stepin (born 1967, Odessa) - artist.
Books in the “Labyrinths of Echo” series: “The Labyrinth” (“Stranger”), “Volunteers of Eternity”, “Simple Magical Things”, “The Dark Side”, “The Executor”, “Obsessions”, “The Power of the Unfulfilled”, “The 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”, “The Ideal Novel”, “The 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" (at this time not yet published in Russia), 2011 “Flashback” (at this time not yet published in Russia).

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

Art created for children is a diverse and extensive part of modern culture.

Literature has been present in our lives since childhood, it is with its help that the concept of good and evil is laid down, the worldview and ideals are formed.

Even at preschool and primary school age, young readers can already appreciate the dynamics of poems or beautiful fairy tales, and at an older age they begin to read thoughtfully, so books need to be selected accordingly.

Let's talk about Russian and foreign children's writers and their works.

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

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

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

The writer's real name is Charles Dodgson, he grew up in a large family: Charles had 3 brothers and 7 sisters. He studied at college, became a professor of mathematics, and even received the rank of deacon. He really wanted to become an artist, he drew a lot, and loved to take photographs. As a boy, he composed stories, funny stories, and loved the theater.

If his friends had not persuaded Charles to rewrite his story on paper, Alice in Wonderland might not have seen the light of day, but still the book was published in 1865.

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

Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002)

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

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

Astrid's works are staged in many children's theaters around the world, and her books are adored by people of all ages.

In 2002, a literary prize was approved in honor of Astrid Lindgren - it is awarded for her contribution to the development of literature for children.

Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940)

This is a Swedish writer, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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

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.

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973)

This English writer cannot be called exclusively for children, since adults also read his books with delight.

When he was three years old, his mother, widowed at an early age, moved her two children to England. The boy was fond of painting, foreign languages were easy for him, he even became interested in studying “dead” languages: Anglo-Saxon, Gothic and others.

During the war, Tolkien, who went there as a volunteer, contracted typhus: it was in his delirium that he came up with the “Elvish language” that became the hallmark of many of his heroes.

His works are immortal, they are extremely popular in our time.

Clive Lewis (1898-1963)

Irish and English writer, theologian and scientist. Clive Lewis and John Tolkien were friends, it was Lewis who was one of the first to hear about the world of Middle-earth, and Tolkien - about the beautiful Narnia.

Clive was born in Ireland but lived most of his life in England. He released his first works under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton.

Clive Lewis traveled a lot, wrote poetry, loved to discuss various topics and was a well-rounded person.

His works are loved by adults and children to this day.

Russian children's writers

Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (1882-1969)

Real name - Nikolai Korneychukov is known for children's fairy tales and stories in verse and prose.

He was born in St. Petersburg, lived for a long time in Nikolaev, Odessa, from childhood he firmly decided to become a writer, but when he arrived in St. Petersburg, he was faced with refusals from magazine editors.

He became a member of a literary circle, a critic, and wrote poetry and stories.

He was even arrested for his bold statements. During the war, Chukovsky was a war correspondent, editor of almanacs and magazines.

He spoke foreign languages and translated works of foreign authors.

Chukovsky’s most famous works are “The Cockroach”, “The Fly Tsokotukha”, “Barmaley”, “Aibolit”, “The Miracle Tree”, “Moidodyr” and others.

Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (1887-1964)

Playwright, poet, translator, literary critic, talented author. It was in his translation that many first read Shakespeare’s sonnets, Burns’s poems, and fairy tales from different peoples of the world.

Samuel's talent began to manifest itself in early childhood: the boy wrote poetry and had an ability for foreign languages.

The poetry books of Marshak, who moved from Voronezh to Petrograd, immediately enjoyed great success, and their peculiarity was the variety of genres: poems, ballads, sonnets, riddles, songs, sayings - he could do everything.

He has been awarded many prizes, and his poems have been translated into dozens of languages.

The most famous works are “Twelve Months”, “Luggage”, “The Tale of a Stupid Mouse”, “He’s So Absent-Minded”, “Mustachioed and Striped” and others.

Agnia Lvovna Barto (1906-1981)

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.

Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (1913-2009)

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 is a policeman”, “What do you have”, “Song of Friends”, “The Three Little Pigs”, “On New Year’s Eve” and others.

Contemporary children's writers

Grigory Bentsionovich Oster

A children's writer, from whose works adults can learn a lot of interesting things.

He was born in Odessa, served in the navy, his life is still very active: he is a presenter, a talented author, and a cartoon screenwriter. “Monkeys”, “A Kitten Named Woof”, “38 Parrots”, “Caught That Bitten” - all these cartoons were filmed according to his script, and “Bad Advice” is a book that has gained enormous popularity.

By the way, an anthology of children’s literature was published in Canada: the books of most writers have a circulation of 300-400 thousand, and Auster’s “Bad Advice” sold 12 million copies!

Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky

From childhood, Eduard Uspensky was a leader, participated in KVN, organized skit parties, then he first tried his hand at being a writer, and later began writing plays for children's radio programs, children's theaters, and dreamed of creating his own magazine for children.

The writer became famous thanks to the cartoon “Gena the Crocodile and His Friends”; since then the long-eared symbol, Cheburashka, has settled in almost every home.

We also still love the book and cartoon “Three from Prostokvashino”, “The Koloboks Are Investigating”, “Plasticine Crow”, “Baba Yaga Against!” and others.

JK Rowling

Speaking about modern children's writers, it is simply impossible not to remember the author of the series of books about Harry Potter, the boy wizard and his friends.

It is the best-selling book series in history, and the films based on them have grossed huge amounts of money at the box office.

Rowling had to go from obscurity and poverty to worldwide fame. At first, not a single editor agreed to accept and publish a book about a wizard, believing that such a genre would be uninteresting to readers.

Only the small publishing house Bloomsbury agreed - and it was right.

Now Rowling continues to write, is involved in charity and social activities, she is a realized author and a happy mother and wife.

Olga

Despite the widespread 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 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 children's development is 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 is a mandatory 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 first be read by the parent. 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.
He is quite popular among children and almost every child knows his famous works “Moidodyr” or “Mukha Tsokotukha”.
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 fairy tale writers

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.
Christina 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 the 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, the modern world is very concerned about the availability of good literature for the younger generation, which is why this year a new nomination was established for the Debut Prize - “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, 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 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 himself 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 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, 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.