The title of the book is “Ours for you with a brush!” was invented by Inna Filippovna Skorokhodova, the literary editor of this series, who worked for many years at the Children's Literature publishing house. I liked the title because the entire book is based on drawings, and the brush is the artist’s main tool. So, dear readers, “Ours for you with a brush!” From the preface “The Artist Tells...”

“Once I conceived the story “Sharik and Vaska against the Mouse King.” For many years the sheets of sketches lay on my desk, and only in the summer of 1995 did I bring the work to completion. She composed the first part of the book.

I called the second part “A mouse and a cat under one cover.” About ten years ago, the magazine “Funny Pictures” published my drawings about cats from issue to issue. Judging by the letters that came to the editor, children liked these cat pages, although they were not in color.

For the new book, I redid all the drawings, made them color and more detailed.

The third part of the book is “About the girl Masha and the doll Natasha.” The drawings appeared back in the late fifties and also on the pages of “Funny Pictures”. They are designed for preschool children, children about seven years old. Often in elementary school textbooks one could see the following assignment: “Come up with a story based on this picture.” Here is the same task, but not one at a time, but several consecutive pictures. This makes it easier and more interesting to come up with a story. This series of drawings was at one time reprinted in children's magazines in Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Germany and other countries.

And, finally, the last part - “Good-for-nothing rascals.” As a matter of fact, the idea of this part is in the title itself.

CONTENTS

The artist tells... Sharik and Vaska against the Mouse King A mouse and a cat under one cover About the girl Masha and the doll Natasha Good bastards