The book “The Magic Rug” includes five fairy tales, which are wonderful examples of folk art of Uzbekistan: a heroic tale, a tale about animals, a magical, lyrical, and philosophical tale. Each of them contains the originality and spirit of the East: they vividly and figuratively reflect eastern customs, traditions, and way of life. Fairy tales in the literary adaptation of Alena Karimova are decorated with illustrations by Olga Monina. On the endpapers of the collection, readers will also find fascinating maps of the Great Silk Road and that part of it that passed through the territory of modern Uzbekistan, the authors of which are Dmitry Makhashvili and Yulia Panipartova. The book is intended for family reading.