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One of the first works of Vera Ermolaeva in the “Stateizer "was illustrations for the poem by N. Aseev" Top-Top ". The unpretentious story of how a kind and conscious policeman blocks a lively street movement to help a little girl cross the road, the artist turns into a whole parade of expressive characters - people, animals, cars. Experts said that this book is “perceived as the development of an image in time”. At the same time, the constructive clarity of the general solution is not striking, does not distract attention from funny, expressive types of passers -by, cabmen, and police officers. V. Ermolaeva avoids sharp and straightforward comparisons of attributes of old and new life, organic and mechanical. Tired horses and their chariots arouse no less interest among the artist and, perhaps, much more sympathy than the unified world of trams, trucks, bicycles. And N. Aseev’s perky poems create the image of a bright and fascinating book