Children's New Year's illustrations for books
The Nutcracker and the Mouseking
"His build left much to be desired: aside from the fact that his stocky and somewhat long upper body didn′t quite fit his small and spindly legs, his head was much too large"
Kashtanka
"Kashtanka ran up and down and did not find her master, and meanwhile it had got dark. The street lamps were lighted on both sides of the road, and lights appeared
in the windows"
Chuk and Gek
"The suitcases were piled on the snow. The wooden platform was soon empty,
and my father did not come out to meet me"
and my father did not come out to meet me"
Twelve months