"The Soft Paw of the River" is a very funny and kind collection of stories for children and their parents about a healthy childhood without gadgets, fashionable political agendas and monsters. The Volga, dacha, summer, sun, loving grandparents, understanding parents and happy children await you. Sonya and Yegor are the main characters of the stories in the collection and real fidgets. They often find themselves in difficult situations, which their caring adults help them resolve. Welcome to the good old, happy childhood! The author of the collection, Ekaterina Sergeevna Bystritskaya, is a philologist, artist and practicing psychologist. All illustrations in the book were made by the author.