★A select collection of Folktales from Alexei Tolstoy, a recognized master of Russian literature and language - a classic redrawing!
★Won the 2016，2017 and 2019 All-Russian competition "Images of Books" - the best illustrated work for children and adolescents!
★Yana Sedova, an illustrator who has won many awards in the All-Russian and International Book Illustration Contests and an internationally renowned young artist, created illustrations for this book!
★This collection series consists of 3 books: “The Folk Tales", “The Magpie’s Fairy Tales" and “The Mermaid’s Fairy Tales“.

Alexei Tolstoy strives to show young readers the beauty of the richness of folk tales and art. As early as 1910, the author published his essay on fairy tales as a separate book. Originally, the "Magpie Tales" collection consisted of forty-one fairy tales, each containing the bright and expressive language of Russian folklore. Until 1923, when A. Tolstoy republished his early works, that the stories were divided into two parts: "The Mermaid Tale" with a magical mythological plot, and the "Magpie Tale" about animals.
There are 22 short fairy tales about animals in this book: there is a greedy magpie, a thief dreams of a fox, a cat has no tail but teeth, a wise rooster, a pig artist's story, a gelding that got a wolf's tail, a fairy tale of a scary camel, and more.

【Illustrator】Yana Sedova
Yana Sedova is an illustrator who has won many awards in the Russian and International Book Illustration Contests and an internationally renowned young artist, graduated from the Moscow Arts and Industry Academy named after S.G. Stroganov (workshop of A.A. Koshkin). She like travelling, it helps her in collecting material for creating her unique fairy world of illustrations. Yana Sedova is the laureate of Russian and international illustration competitions, she is member of The Moscow Artists Union from 2011. Her art and book illustrations have been widely exhibited and acclaimed. Her works have been licensed to China, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France, Denmark and other countries!
【Awards, prizes】
2020 BIBF Ananas International Illustration Exhibition/ Finalist (for “The Little Prince”)
Nami Island Concourse/Finalist (short list) (for “The Little Prince”)
The 2019 winner of the book illustration competition “Image of the Book” (for “Alexei Tolstoy -The Folk Tales”)
The 2017 winner of the book illustration competition “Image of the Book” (for “Alexei Tolstoy –The Magpie’s Fairy Tales”)
The 2016 winner of the book illustration competition “Image of the Book” (for “Alexei Tolstoy – The Mermaid’s Fariy Tales”)
The 2015 winner of the book illustration competition “Image of the Book” (for “The Snow Queen”)
The 2012 winner of the book illustration competition “Image of the Book” - Diploma in the nomination “The Best Illustrations to Books for Children and Teenagers” for illustrations to the book “Fairy Tales of Ingushetia”.
The 2009 winner of the book illustration competition “Image of the Book- Diploma in the nomination “New Names in Book Illustration” for illustration to “Nevsky Prospekt” by N.V.Gogol.
2010 – The International Contest in Korea “CJ Picture Book Festival”. Illustrations to “Caliph Stork” by W. Hauff were among 50 works included in the finals, and were also demonstrated at the final exhibition in Seoul.
2009 – The International Contest in Korea “CJ Picture Book Festival”. Illustrations to “Ruslan and Ludmila” by A.S. Pushkin were among 50 works included in the finals, and were also demonstrated at the final exhibition in Seoul.
Winner of the XIIIth edition of the FSU contest of the Book Arts (“Искусство книги”) for the “Russian birds encyclopedia”;
2008 – House of Graphic Art named after Rovinsky. “Traditional Block Print”. Illustrations to “The Story of Little Muck” by W. Hauff were included in the final exhibition of the contest.
2007 – Charity Foundation “Cherished Dream”.“Artists of Cherished Dream”, 1st Prize.

Magpie
mouse
Goat
Hedgehog
Fox
Hare
Cat Vaska
Owl and cat
Sage
Gander
Mushrooms
crayfish wedding
Portochki
Ant
Petushki
Gelding
Camel
Pot
chicken god
Painting
Masha and mice
Firebird