Famous children's writers. Writers of children's stories

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 in preschool and junior 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, " silver Age”, and we read many books by writers of that time to this day.

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 big family A: 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 loved the theatre. 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 Nobel Prize on 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. Author of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit: A Round Trip, Creator wonderful world 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 delirium that he invents the "elvish language" that has become calling card 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 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 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 widely, wrote poetry, liked to debate on various topics and was comprehensive 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 Petersburg, for a long time lived 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 literary circle, critic, wrote poems and short 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 works 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 a talented author. It was in his translation that many first read Shakespeare's sonnets, Burns' poems, fairy tales different peoples peace. Samuel's talent began to manifest itself in early childhood: the boy wrote poetry, had the ability to foreign languages. The poetry books of 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 stupid little mouse”, “That’s how scattered”, “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 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 is a policeman”, “What do you have”, “Song of friends”, “Three little pigs”, “Under New Year" 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, at the same time he first tried his hand at writing, started later 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, does charity work and social activities She is a self-fulfilling author and a happy mother and wife.

Despite rampant computerization, parents continue to buy printed editions of books for their children. Certainly, more demand exists on 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. However, the influence of literature on child development undeniably. 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 required condition, because modern children's writers and their works are sometimes very innovative, and some fairy tales even show the system of values from the individual point of view of the writer. 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 child a love of reading, then you need to choose the right books by 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 some of the best time-tested children's writers and child development books that stand out. 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 “Moidodyr” 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 Long Stocking” and “Kid 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, among which there are many interesting and instructive stories that your child will surely love.
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 very popular for its fascinating stories about animals that can be re-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 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 modern English children's poet, who released the already world-famous book “Dancing Giraffe”.
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 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 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 the child, so that he learns more about the world around him and absorbs the necessary knowledge in game form, 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 grows older, books such as big encyclopedias with colorful pictures. 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 - Popular children's writer.

Children's literature extremely important in the upbringing of a child. It is worth paying a lot of attention to reading, as it greatly affects the character of the baby. Books allow a child to enrich his vocabulary, explore the world and learn how to solve possible life issues. offers you a list of the best children's authors.

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Astrid Lindgren

It's hard to imagine your childhood without Baby with Carlson and Pippi Longstocking. In addition to the fairy tales you already know, there are also such as "Emil from Lenneberg" - about a little tomboy who fed drunken cherries to a piglet and set fire to all the firecrackers in the burgomaster's garden. Lindgren was excellent at composing fascinating stories. When asked how she manages to guess children's desires so accurately, she replied that she writes in such a way that it would be interesting for her to read herself.

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Janusz Korczak

A successful doctor, teacher and writer, founded an orphanage for Jewish orphans in Poland, developed the basic principles for raising children. His book "King Matt the First" at one time struck many children and parents - it tells about little boy, who suddenly began to lead the whole state. Of the pedagogical works, the most famous book“How to love a child.”

Charles Perrault

It is impossible to acquaint a child with literature and at the same time not read Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast and Little Red Riding Hood. These fairy tales seem to be inscribed in our DNA, we remember them by heart and retell them to children. Perrault is considered the founder of the genre of fairy tales for children, although he himself was shy and at first published the collection Tales of Mother Goose under a pseudonym, taking the name of his son.

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Lewis Carroll

The English writer Lewis Carroll was very fond of children. He wrote famous works for children, in which adults find many allusions and veiled meanings. These are fairy tales " ", "Alice in the Wonderland", humorous poem "The Hunt for the Snark".

Hans Christian Andersen

The famous storyteller wrote children's stories, skillfully incorporating elements of comedy and satire, social criticism and philosophy into them, addressed primarily to adults. Andersen is the author of numerous fairy tales, which continue to be filmed to this day. In his fairy tales, good always triumphs over evil, the main characters are endowed with intelligence, kindness, courage. But there are also sad stories like "Girls with matches" and "Mermaids" to show the child that the world not ideal.

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Alan Alexander Milne

Alan Milne became famous for his teddy bear books. Winnie the Pooh and various poems for children. For more than 70 years, readers around the world have known a character with sawdust in his head, who, nevertheless, has worldly wisdom and genuine kindness. For many children, Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Owl, Eeyore the donkey and other heroes of Milne's fairy tale became good friends. Like the characters of Lindgren, who began to write stories for her daughter, and Andersen, who amuses familiar children, Vinnie was created for one child - the son of a writer named Christopher Robin.

Korney Chukovsky

“Fedorino grief”, “Moydodyr”, “Aibolit”, “Fly-sokotuha”, “Phone”, “Cockroach”- poems that do not lose their meaning to this day and teach good deeds. Emotional, rhythmic, they are so easy to remember that many adults remember them to this day. In addition, Chukovsky translated fairy tales from other countries and recorded his observations of children, which were reflected in the book From Two to Five.

Arkady Gaidar, Janusz Korchak, Lev Kassil, Mark Twain - all these are the names of famous children's writers, whose works everyone read. Their stories and stories are filled with kindness, humanity. What is known about the life 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 the authors, but they were meager, formulaic and often false. A writer who created moralizing works for children could not have vices and weaknesses.

Today information about this or that famous person open. We can find out what a popular author was like in his personal life, what he loved, what he suffered from, how he spent last days 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 all. Or almost everyone. The names of famous children's writers are listed in alphabetical order.

Hans Christian Andersen

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

Childhood famous writer passed in need. Andersen's father was a shoemaker, his mother was a couple. The future storyteller was a very receptive, emotional child. Hans' mother, apparently, was a kind and considerate woman. She sent her son to a charity school - one of the rare ones at that time. educational institutions 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 intellectual Jewish family. Since childhood, she has been involved in ballet school, graduated from the choreographic school. Maiden name poetess - Volova. "Barto" she inherited from her first husband, a poet and ornithologist. Son Garik died 4 days before the Great Victory - May 5, 1945.

According to some reports, Agniya Barto, being the author of good children's poems, did not differ in kindness in life. She took an active part in the persecution of Chukovsky's daughter. Barto's signature was also in a collective letter dedicated to one of the works of Korney Ivanovich, which the censors called "charlatan awkward nonsense."

Arkady Gaidar

The works of this author used to be present in every home library. Usually short curriculum vitae included in the introduction. About the famous children's writer, however, the truth was not written. She was way too ugly.

Those born in the USSR remember such works as Blue Cup, Chuk and Gek, Timur and his team. Some of Gaidar's books were included in school curriculum, many of them were included in the list of literature for the summer. However, Soviet readers did not know anything about the fact that the famous children's writer was a mentally unbalanced person and a murderer.

Arkady Gaidar began his military career at the age of fourteen. At seventeen he was already at the head of a regiment. At twenty he was accepted into the special purpose unit and sent to Khakassia. Here he had to find and destroy the white officers who acted under the leadership of Kolchak. This Gaidar did not succeed, and therefore he became angry and began to execute simple, innocent people. Even the active participants in the "Red Terror" were shocked by these actions. Gaidar was removed from his post. 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, Elixirs of Satan. Last piece However, it is far from being aimed at a children's audience.

Amadeus Hoffmann is the most famous German romantic writer. Several ballets have been created based on his works, many films have been shot. At the same time, Hoffmann, however, like many of his other colleagues, spent most of his life in poverty. All his attempts to make a living from literature led to poverty. Only in last years he managed to improve his financial situation thanks to the receipt of 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 irresistible craving for literary creativity. First of all, this was expressed in lengthy letters that Kassil 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 became aware that his messages had some artistic value(otherwise they would not have been published in the newspaper), I decided to earn money by writing literary works. The most famous book by Lev Kassil is "Konduit 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 opposed to a military career. However, since childhood he suffered from myopia, and therefore had to do literary creativity. Rudyard wrote short stories while still in military school. Real writing career began after several trips to Asia and the United States as a correspondent.

Janusz Korczak

According to one of the Polish musicians who lived in Warsaw at the end thirties, the writer was a surprisingly noble person. For many years Korczak was engaged in literary creativity, but during his lifetime he was not classified as 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 you 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 the 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 well-known personality 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 preferred to stay with his pupils and die in the gas chamber.

Lewis Carroll

The creator of the famous series of works about the adventures of Alice was born in the family of a priest. Lewis Carroll, in addition, had outstanding mathematical abilities. He received a bachelor's degree, then won a competition for lecturing at one of the English universities. Even when it became famous writer, he continued to publish scientific papers under 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, and philosophical fiction, and journalism. Mark Twain traveled a lot, worked for correspondents for most of his life. The writer had an amazing sense of humor, while being a sensitive, romantic person. In my future wife he fell in love at first sight. Olivia became disabled after an injury she received in her youth. Twain took care of her until the end of his life.

Korney Chukovsky

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

Real name writer - Nikolai Korneichukov. In the metric he has like illegitimate, there was no patronymic. He later took on a pseudonym and added a fictitious middle name. The writer had four children, of whom he survived three. He dedicated many 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 laureate of the State Prize. But like no other, he supported talented fellow writers who fell into disgrace, and therefore, at the end of his life, he acquired many ill-wishers.

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", autobiographical story"Green filly", author's collections of tales: " Malachite Box”, “Key-stone”, “Tales about the Germans”. Some of the more famous tales are: copper mountain Hostess”, “Malachite Box”, “Stone Flower”, “Mining Master”, “Fragile Twig”, “Iron Tires”, “Two Lizards”, “Kazanchikov's Soles”, “Sochneva Pebbles”, “Grass Trap”, “Tayutkino pocket mirror", "Cat's ears", "About the Great Snake", "Snake trail", "Gill walker", "Golden dykes", "Fire-jump", " blue snake”,“ Key of the earth ”,“ 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 the Emerald City: The Wizard of the Emerald City, 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 tomorrow”, “Good Rhino”, “Once upon a time there was Fip”, fairy tales “ gray star”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Hermit and the Rose”, “The Story of the Caterpillar”, “Why the Fish Are Silent”, “Ma-Tari-Kari”, “The Tale of Everyone in the World”.

Zakhoder is also well known as a translator of many masterpieces foreign literature for children: fairy tales by A.A. Milne "Winnie the Pooh and All-All-All", P. Travers "Mary Poppins", L. Carroll "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", fairy tales by K. Chapek and the Brothers Grimm, plays 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 with Vasilyevsky Island”,“ Friend of Captain Gastello ”,“ Naughty Boy Icarus ”,“ Memory ”,“ Last Fireworks ”,“ Minesweeper ”,“ Goalkeeper ”,“ Bavaklava ”,“ Flower of Bread ”,“ One Voice ”,“ Change of Weather ”, "Letter to Marina", "Awakened by Nightingales", "Relic", "Violin", "Rider Galloping Over the City", "My Familiar Behemoth", "Old Horse for Sale", "Corned Devil", "Umka", "Urs and Kat”, “Visiting a Dog”, “Memories of a Cow”, “Girl from Brest”, “Daughter of the Commander”, “Daughter of a 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 More", "Gingerbread", "Quacking Mailbox”, “Crow and the Sun”, “About the 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", "About Ernie the Parrot Who Got Measles", "About Olivia the Seagull and Rosalind the Turtle", "Joe's Journey", "Fish with fried potatoes”, “St. Pancras and Kings Cross”, “About Olivia the Snail and the Canary”, “Shhhh!”, “Yak”, “Mr. About a pig that learned to fly”, “About a tiger cub”, “About a tiger cub who loved to take a bath”, “Daisy's trip 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 - American writer science fiction and fantasy. The following works are available in Russian:
Young Wizard Series: How to Become a Magician, Deep Magic, High Magic, Limitless Magic
Series "Magical Cats": "Book moonlit night”, “Visit to the Queen”
Series " Star Trek»: "Doctor's 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 on Saturday", "Things of the Age of Predation", "Anxiety", "Ugly Swans", "Snail on the Slope", "Second Martian Invasion", "The Tale of the Troika", " inhabited island”, “Hotel“ Hotel “At the Dead Climber”, “Kid”, “Picnic on the Roadside”, “Guy from the Underworld”, “Doomed City”, “A Billion Years Before the End of the World”, “A Tale of Friendship and Enmity”, "The Beetle in the Anthill", "Lame Fate", "The Waves Quench the Wind", "Burdened by 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", "Pacific Man", "Moby Dick", "In Our interesting time”, “On the issue 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 - pseudonym authors Svetlana Martynchik and Igor Stepin. Svetlana Yurievna Martynchik (born February 22, 1965, Odessa) - contemporary writer and an artist. Igor Stepin (b. 1967, Odessa) is an artist.
Books in the Labyrinths of Echo series: "Labyrinth" ("The Outsider"), "Volunteers of Eternity", "Simple Magical Things", " Dark side”,“ Arbiter ”,“ Delusions ”,“ The Power of the Unfulfilled ”,“ Chatty Dead Man ”,“ Menin’s 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", " complaint book"," Nests of Chimeras", "Tales and Stories", "A Book for People Like Me", "The Book of Vrak", "The Book of Fictional Worlds", " Perfect Romance”, “Key of yellow metal”.
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" (" The Fall of Hyperion), 1990 Entropy's Bed at Midnight (unreleased in Russia), 1991 Summer of Night, 1992 The Hollow Man ) (not published in Russia), 1992 Children of the Night (Children of the Night), 1995 Fires of Eden (Fires of Eden), 1996 Endymion (Endymion), 1997 Endymion Rising ("The Rise of Endymion"), 1999 "The Bell according to Ham" ("The Crook Factory"), 2000 "Darwin's Blade" ("Darwin's Blade"), 2001 "Shallow Grave" ("Hardcase"), 2002 "Winter Ghosts "("A Winter's Haunting"), 2002 "Frostbite" ("Hard Freeze"), 2003 "Ilion" ("Ilium"), 2003 "Strong as a nail" ("Hard as Nails"), 2005 "Olympus" ( "Olympos"), 2007 "Terror" ("The Terror"), 2009 "Drud, or the man in black" ("Drood"), 2009 "Black Hills" (in given time not yet released in Russia), 2011 "Flashback" (not yet released in Russia).

Books will be developing for another 10-20 years.