Collection of fairy tales. Illustration on the cover and internal illustrations by Alexey Shelmanov. Table of Contents Alan Alexander Milne. Once upon a time, a long time ago... (fairy tale, translation by I. Moskvina-Tarkhanova), pp. 9-248 Alan Alexander Milne. Memoirs of Miss Waterlow (fairy tale, translation by I. Moskvina-Tarkhanova), pp. 249-252 Alan Alexander Milne. Twins (fairy tale, translation by I. Moskvina-Tarkhanova), pp. 253-257 Alan Alexander Milne. Poor Anne (fairy tale, translation by I. Moskvina-Tarkhanova), pp. 253-257 Alan Alexander Milne. Moskvina-Tarkhanova), pp. 258-261 Alan Alexander Milne. Children on the sand (fairy tale, translation by I. Moskvina-Tarkhanova), pp. 262-266 Alan Alexander Milne. Children's competition (fairy tale, translation by I. Moskvina-Tarkhanova), pp. 267- 270 Alan Alexander Milne. Travel to India (fairy tale, translation by I. Moskvina-Tarkhanova), pp. 271-274 Fairy tale “Once upon a time, long ago...” - the first book by A. A. Milna for children. However, the writer doubted whether his book was for children or adults: of course, everything in it is fairy-tale - princesses, kings, dragons, magical transformations, but on the other hand, it is so firmly connected with real life, as if it was written about us, or about our friends... “There is only one way to compose a children’s book - write it for yourself... No matter who it is read to, no matter what age the readers are, one of two things: either you will like it or not,” asserted Alan Milne himself wrote exactly this way: adult things - for the public, and children's things - for himself and, probably, about himself, because he remained a child at heart. Childhood memory and the experience of an adult are intertwined in surprisingly subtle and lyrical stories from the book "Children's Gallery". A. A. Milne reflects on how difficult it is to be parents, and how difficult it is to be children, and... how exciting it is to live! The heroes of the stories, solid, respectable people, lose their heads when they hear their son’s first words, and write alarming letters to newspapers if their daughter’s hair color suddenly changes. But it is precisely these experiences that make them (and us) real people! Source: