Old man

The name of Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl, the author of the “Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language”, everyone knows in our country. In the Dahl collection, there are more than a thousand folk tales for children and adults recorded from the words of ordinary peasants and literally processed by the writer.
The most famous tales for children were included in the book "Old Man-Code": "Snegurochka Girl", "Crane and Heron", "War of mushrooms with berries", "Fox and Bear", as well as games, proverbs, riddles, puzzles, puzzles Songs and castens selected by the famous historian of literature Ivan Khalturin. The collection is unusual in structure: fairy tales alternate with riddles and proverbs, next to the foster and tongue twisters - folk games, then again fairy tales. And in all wisdom, judgment, irony of ordinary people. The book undoubtedly develops the speech instinct of a small child, introduces into his consciousness important moral concepts of good and evil, spiritual generosity, responsibility for the entrusted work.
In illustrations for the collection, artist Vladimir Mikhailovich Konashevich comes from the murals of Russian dishes and embroideries. Pages with riddles, proverbs and sayings resemble village trays that decorated the walls of the houses. The text lies right on large flowers, sweepingly painted with watercolors. The old man-coward himself in a superbly painted fur coat with huge bells of the sleeves, depicted throughout the page, is picturesque. Every three months, he waves birds with a wave of his hand, the color of which is different everywhere: cold blue - winter, pale pink - spring, yellow -orange - summer, gloom -purple - autumn.
It is recommended for children of preschool and primary school age for reading and re -reading a wonderful text and considering excellent illustrations