Works about nature and animals occupy an important place in the work of Victor Potievsky. The book “The Magician Leads the Flock” includes novels and stories that were widely published back in Soviet times in the magazines “Young Naturalist”, “Pioneer”, “Science and Life”, “Young Guard”, in “Roman-Gazeta”, and other publications . The book also includes new works by the author. The adventure story captivatingly reveals the life of the wild forest world. The peculiarity of these works is that they are biologically reliable and provide true information to the reader about wild animals.