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Alexander Raskin is a very famous Russian author - these stories were about him when he was small. In the introduction it says that the author used to narrate his stories to his daughter when she was sick.
The stories are very interesting, realistic and funny. They go from when Alexander Raskin was a little boy to when he was a young pioneer. They contain everyday scenes of his childhood - like when Alexander had been elected as his school newspaper editor or how he started writing poetry, or how he was late for school, or even chopped a snake into eight pieces, etc, etc, etc.
The stories are not fantasy stories or fairy stories - they are about Alexander's day-to-day life - like when he was very late for school and got scoldings from his teachers. This book was given to my aunt by my mother and then it was passed on to me. This is a very rare book and you will find it very hard to get it because my mother bought ours in an exhibition of Russian books in 1994 and I think there will be hardly any copies left.
This is my very favourite book, with very interesting and delightful stories. Once you read this book you can form your own book by writing your or your parents' stories.