Who of us in childhood did not have a plush bear-cub or doggy? Whoever did like to see films heroes of that are animals? Whoever did use up parents endless requests to lead a domestic favourite or save some poor four-footed tramp?In life of many of us animals became family members - and how many with them it was constrained dramatic histories! Another cause sense of shame until now. And other - thankful smile.About our relationships with animals Marina Аромштам (already known to the readers on a novel "When angels" have a rest) and wrote a story in stories the "Shaggy child".First of all this book is addressed to the children that easily will find out the likeness with the heroes of stories. But she will be liked to the adults, that love animals and ready to confess in a lady-cat a "man becoming overgrown with a fur coat". So that this book can be read to all by family.In 2009 story the "Shaggy child" entered шорт-лист bonuses "The Cherished dream", in 2011 - in лонг-лист of the "Chekhov gift". In the same year the "Shaggy child" got the diploma of the Fourth international competition of child's and youth artistic and popular scientific literature the name of А. Н. Tolstoy and sign it "Likes to the children of the Leningrad area".