“Children's Library” is a series of excellent children's books with incredible stories, fairy tales and short stories. The twenty-third volume includes “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen” by R. Raspe, presented for children by Korney Chukovsky. The fantastic Adventures are based on the stories of someone who actually lived in the 18th century in Germany by Baron Munchausen. He was a military man, served for some time in Russia and fought with the Turks. Returning to his estate in Germany, Munchausen soon became known as a witty storyteller who dreamed up the most incredible adventures. It is not known whether he wrote down his stories himself or whether someone else did, but in 1781 some of them were published. In 1785, the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe revised these stories and published them. Subsequently, they were supplemented by fantastic stories from other writers about the adventures of Munchausen. But the author of the book is considered to be R. Raspe.