A famous Russian folk tale with splendid illustrations by Nikolai Ustinov. A famous Russian folk tale about a dodgy Fox who manages to fool everyone around. First, the Fox pretends to be dead and steals all the fish from a peasant's sleigh. Then the Fox teaches the Wolf how to fish so the Wolf's tail gets freezed in the iced river and the Wolf is severely beaten by angry villagers. Rights sold: Germany

A long time ago the Dog lived all alone. Once it decided to find himself a strong and faithful friend. He tried to make friends with the Hare, but the Hare was afraid of the Wolf. The Dog came to the Wolf, but found out that the Wolf was afraid of the Bear. Then the Dog came to the Bear who confessed that he was afraid of the Man. So the Dog made friends with the Man who fed him, built him a kennel and allowed to stay.

The Hen asks the Rooster not to eat crude currants, not to drink cold water, not to skate over thin ice. “Wait, Rooster, she says. It takes time for currants to ripen, for water to get warm and for ice to become thicker”. But the Rooster doesn’t listen to her and gets into a lot of trouble.

A bull, a sheep. a pig, a goose and a rooster are looking for a nice place to spend a winter. They get together and build a wood cabin where they are safe and warm. However a fox, a bear and a wolf tormented by hunger want to attack the cabin and eat the animals, but fail of course.

Collection of 23 best Grimm’s fairy tales including Hansel and Grethel •The Brave Little Tailor • The Bremen Town Musicians • Old Mother Frost • The Six Swans • Hans in Luck • Little Brother and Little Sister • Thumbling • The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean • Little Red Cap and others. The artwork by Boris Diodorov remind of ancient colored engravings and create a very special atmosphere.

One of the most well-known Grimm's fairy tales. A tailor is preparing to eat some jam, but when flies settle on it, he kills seven of them with one blow of his hand. He makes a belt describing the deed, reading "Seven at One Blow". Inspired, he sets out into the world to seek his fortune. The tailor meets a giant who assumes that "Seven at One Blow" refers to seven men. The giant challenges the tailor many times but the tailor does every task without difficulties and it makes the giant very angry. One day he decides to get rid of the tailor. He doesn’t accomplish his goal because the tailor outsmarts him one more time.

A well-known fairy tale about a young brother and sister kidnapped by a witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery.

Three funny German folk-tales about fools, boasters and liars.

This title was first published in 1978. It tells about the author's trip to Chukotka (The Chukchi Peninsula), the everyday life of local native people, the nature and wildlife of Tundra. Black and white sketches on every page.

A perfect guide to exploring the tempered zone forest and all its creatures.Twelve colorful double pages featuring the animal life in the forest month by month are accompanied by neat descriptions and intriguing facts. Written and illustrated by outstanding artist and naturalist Piotr Bagin. Rights sold: China, South Korea

A very first book of vehicles for boys. Cars in the street are boasting. «I’m the best one», the passenger car says. «Because I’m so common and popular». “No, I’m the best”, the racing car says. “Because I’m the fastest”. “I can stop any fast car for exceeding speed”, the police car boasts. “So, I’m the most important”. “I’m never stopped by the police”, the ambulance car says. “All vehicle give me way, so I’m the best”. The discussion goes on involving a tow truck, a timber truck, a fire truck, a motorbike, a bus, an off-road car etc. So, which car is the best? “I know which car is the best of all”, the little boy says in the end. “That’s my favorite toy car!”

This very first book of dinosaurs for children from 4 to 8 years old features spectacular scenes from the dinosaurs everyday life, a large variety of fun facts and stunning details and a splendid activity part. Rights sold: China

A collection of 6 short stories for children from a renowned Uruguayan author with beautiful illustrations by Piotr Bagin. Rights sold: Bulgaria

An encyclopedia of water transports in pictures for children 3+. It shows everything that sails on water: from canoe and surf boards to giant icebreakers and cruise liners. It shows everything that sails under water: from bathyscaphes to submarines. It shows everything that flies over water: from firefighter seaplanes to vertical takeoff planes. It has double pages explaining how harbor and shipbuilding yard work. It has a profile cross-section of a modern ship. It introduces all those involved in navigation: sailors, engineers, divers, oceanologists etc. Rights sold: China

A wordless book of short stories in pictures first published in 1937 in black and white. It was reprinted in USA in 1938 under the title The cautious carp and other fables in pictures and was shortlisted among the best children's books of the year by the Horn Book Magazine. Now Stories in Pictures are available in color.

Two funny tales by Yury Koval under one cover: “Ignat the Old Man and Yevstifeyka the Wolf”, and “Ignat the Old Man and Kuzma Mikitich the Goat”. The first one is about a hungry wolf called Yevstifeyka who wants to eat an old woman, Ignat’s wife. Ignat doesn’t want his wife to be eaten. He offers the wolf a cat, a dog, a sheep and a cow. The greedy wolf eats all of them and swallows Ignat in the end too. However Ignat and his pet animals raise a riot in wolf’s tummy. The tummy bursts and everybody gets free. The second tale is about a goat and a sheep who decide to leave their lazy master and live on their own in the forest. Yury Koval (1938-1995) was a famous Russian children’s writer, poet, screenwriter and artist.

A graphic novel about Vitus Bering’s Great Northern Expedition (1734-1743), exploring the north-eastern coast of the Asian continent and the western coast on the North American continent. Vitus Bering: a Danish cartographer and explorer in Russian service, and an officer in the Russian Navy. He was selected by the Tsar to captain an expedition to find out whether Asia and America shared a land border and map the new areas. The Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, the Bering Glacier and the Bering Land Bridge were all named in his honor.

A beautifully designed ecological picture book about a Mountain who lived in a remote peaceful place among beautiful lakes and woods. One day people came there to build a busy city right on top of the Mountain. The Mountain felt uncomfortable and left. It wandered the world searching for a quiet spot: it went North and South, under the Earth, under the sea and to the desert. But people always came next to make a mess out of these places. So finally the Mountain ended up living on another planet far away from the Earth hoping that people will never reach it.

This is a collection of three Russian folk tales under one cover: The Fox and the Wolf, The Fox and the Cat, and The Fox and the Hare. The Fox is the main trickster character of Russian fairy tales. A cheater, a liar, a thief and a breaker of rules the Fox always plays a special role teaching the victims not to trust blindly the strangers and to use one’s own head. That’s why the fox tales are not only entertaining and funny but also cautionary.

Funny scenes from everyday school and family life featuring the schoolchildren, their parents and teachers. Stories written by Arthur Givargizov can never be boring. He turns the ordinary situations inside out revealing their hidden comic meanings and proving that the adults and the children have much more things in common than they expect. Sample English translation is available.

A graphic novel celebrating one of the finest epics of Polar exploration. In August 1933 a party of scientists sailed in the Chelyuskin through the Arctic Ocean. The ship was trapped by the ice pack, then crushed and sank. The expedition camped on the ice and reported its fate by wireless. The rescue was effected in March-April 1934 by a group of 7 Soviet airmen. They had to fly a distance of 150 km either way over ice-fields where landing was impossible, through temperatures down to 40 degrees Celsius of frost and through blizzards or thick frozen fogs all the way. As a result, every single soul was rescued, even the dogs and nothing of value was left behind. For their heroism the Soviet Government awarded special decorations to all 7 pilots.