The book includes two stories: “Cherymysh, Brother of the Hero” and “Be Prepared, Your Highness!”, as well as stories about the war. They were read and loved by children of several generations, because the heroes of these stories and stories are passionate patriots, people of honor, despising injustice and untruth. For middle school age. Artists Alexander Andreevich Vasin, Boris Anisimovich Markevich, Igor Mikhailovich Godin, Anatoly Zinovievich Itkin. Drawing on bound by Marina Evgenievna Fedorovskaya.