Read the stories of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy for children with brief description and illustrations. Tolstoy's stories for a school diary.
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jumping fireball
Bazhov P.P. 
A fairy tale about a magical girl - a fabulous Fire Girl, she appeared to the workers of the mine from the fire, began to dance, and then disappeared near the tree. And there was such a sign where it will disappear - there you have to look for gold. Firefly-jumping read Sat ...
Stone Flower
Bazhov P.P. 
One day, a student of Danila appeared at the noble master carver. He was an orphan, thin and sickly, but the master immediately noticed in him talent and a faithful eye. Danila matured, learned the craft, but wanted to know the secret of beauty, so that in stone ...
Malachite Box
Bazhov P.P. 
The girl Tanya inherited from her father a malachite box with women's jewelry. Mom put them on several times, but she could not walk in them: they are tight and crushed. The jewels were magical, they made another Mistress of the Copper Mountain out of Tanyusha. Malachite Box …
mountain master
Bazhov P.P. 
A story about loyalty and love close person. The girl Katerina was left alone, her fiancé Danila disappeared to no one knows where. Everyone told her that she should forget him, but Katerina did not listen to anyone and firmly believed that he ...
How a man divided geese
Tolstoy L.N. 
A tale about a clever and savvy poor peasant who went to the master to ask for bread, and in gratitude roasted the master a goose. The master asked the peasant to divide the goose into all members of his family. How a man divided geese to read U ...
About the elephant
Zhitkov B.S. 
How an elephant saved its owner from a tiger
Zhitkov B.S. 
One Hindu went to the forest with his elephant for firewood. Everything was going well, but suddenly the elephant stopped listening to the owner and began to listen to the sounds. The owner became angry with him and began to hit him on the ears with a branch. …
Zhitkov B.S. 
Once the sailors were resting on the shore. Among them was one hefty sailor, he was bearish in strength. The sailors decided to go to the local circus. At the end of the performance, a kangaroo was brought into the arena in boxing gloves. Kangaroo read On a sailing ...
What is everyone's favorite holiday? Certainly, New Year! On this magical night, a miracle descends to earth, everything sparkles with lights, laughter is heard, and Santa Claus brings long-awaited gifts. A huge number of poems are dedicated to the New Year. V …
In this section of the site you will find a selection of poems about the main wizard and friend of all children - Santa Claus. Many poems have been written about the kind grandfather, but we have selected the most suitable for children aged 5,6,7. Poems about…
Winter has come, and with it fluffy snow, blizzards, patterns on the windows, frosty air. The guys rejoice at the white flakes of snow, get skates and sleds from the far corners. Work is in full swing in the yard: they are building a snow fortress, an ice hill, sculpting ...
A selection of short and memorable poems about winter and the New Year, Santa Claus, snowflakes, a Christmas tree for junior group kindergarten. Read and learn short poems with children 3-4 years old for matinees and New Year's holidays. Here …
1 - About the little bus that was afraid of the dark
Donald Bisset 
A fairy tale about how a mother-bus taught her little bus not to be afraid of the dark ... About a little bus who was afraid of the dark to read Once upon a time there was a little bus in the world. He was bright red and lived with his mom and dad in a garage. Every morning …
2 - Three kittens
Suteev V.G. 
A small fairy tale for the little ones about three restless kittens and their funny adventures. Small children love short stories with pictures, that's why Suteev's fairy tales are so popular and loved! Three kittens read Three kittens - black, gray and ...
3 - Hedgehog in the fog
Kozlov S.G. 
A fairy tale about the Hedgehog, how he walked at night and got lost in the fog. He fell into the river, but someone carried him to the shore. It was a magical night! Hedgehog in the fog read Thirty mosquitoes ran out into the clearing and began to play ...
Leo Tolstoy "Bird" True story
It was Seryozha's birthday, and many different gifts were given to him: tops, horses, and pictures. But more than all the gifts, Uncle Seryozha gave a net to catch birds.
The grid is made in such a way that a plank is attached to the frame, and the grid is thrown back. Pour the seed on a plank and put it in the yard. A bird will fly in, sit on a plank, the plank will turn up, and the net will slam itself shut.
Seryozha was delighted, ran to his mother to show the net. Mother says:
- Not a good toy. What do you want birds? Why would you torture them?
I'll put them in cages. They will sing and I will feed them!
Seryozha took out a seed, poured it on a plank and put the net into the garden. And everything stood, waiting for the birds to fly. But the birds were afraid of him and did not fly to the net.
Seryozha went to dinner and left the net. I looked after dinner, the net slammed shut and a bird beats under the net. Seryozha was delighted, caught the bird and carried it home.
- Mum! Look, I caught a bird, it must be a nightingale! And how his heart beats.
Mother said:
- This is a siskin. Look, do not torture him, but rather let him go.
No, I will feed and water him.
Seryozha chizh put him in a cage and for two days he sprinkled seed on him, and put water on, and cleaned the cage. On the third day he forgot about the siskin and did not change his water.
His mother says to him:
- You see, you forgot about your bird, it's better to let it go.
— No, I won't forget, I'll put water on and clean the cage.
Seryozha put his hand into the cage, began to clean it, but the chizhik was frightened, beating against the cage. Seryozha cleaned out the cage and went to fetch water.
The mother saw that he had forgotten to close the cage, and she shouted to him:
- Seryozha, close the cage, otherwise your bird will fly out and be killed!
Before she had time to say, the siskin found the door, was delighted, spread his wings and flew through the upper room to the window. Yes, he did not see the glass, he hit the glass and fell on the windowsill.
Seryozha came running, took the bird, carried it to the cage.
The chizhik was still alive, but lay on his chest, spreading his wings, and breathing heavily. Seryozha looked and looked and began to cry.
- Mum! What should I do now?
“Now you can’t do anything.
Seryozha did not leave the cage all day long and kept looking at the chizhik, but the chizhik still lay on his chest and breathed heavily. When Seryozha went to sleep, the chizhik was still alive.
Seryozha could not fall asleep for a long time, every time he closed his eyes, he imagined a chizhik, how he lies and breathes.
In the morning, when Seryozha approached the cage, he saw that the siskin was already lying on its back, tucked up its paws and stiffened.
Since then, Seryozha has never caught birds.
Leo Tolstoy "Kitten" True story
There were brother and sister - Vasya and Katya; and they had a cat. In the spring, the cat disappeared. The children looked for her everywhere, but could not find her.
Once they were playing near the barn and heard something meowing in thin voices above their heads. Vasya climbed the stairs under the roof of the barn. And Katya stood below and kept asking:
- Found? Found?
But Vasya did not answer her. Finally, Vasya shouted to her:
- Found! Our cat... and she has kittens; so wonderful; come here soon.
Katya ran home, got milk and brought it to the cat.
There were five kittens. When they grew up a little and began to crawl out from under the corner where they hatched, the children chose one kitten, gray with white paws, and brought it into the house. Mom gave away all the other kittens, and left this one to the children. The children fed him, played with him and put him to bed with them.
Once the children went to play on the road and took a kitten with them. The wind stirred the straw along the road, and the kitten played with the straw, and the children rejoiced at him. Then they found sorrel near the road, went to collect it and forgot about the kitten.
Suddenly they heard someone shouting loudly: “Back, back!” - and they saw that the hunter was galloping, and in front of him were two dogs - they saw a kitten and they want to grab it. And the stupid kitten, instead of running, sat down on the ground, hunched his back and looked at the dogs. Katya was frightened by the dogs, screamed and ran away from them. And Vasya, with all his might, set off to the kitten and at the same time with the dogs ran up to him. The dogs wanted to grab the kitten, but Vasya fell on the kitten with his stomach and covered it from the dogs.
The hunter jumped up and drove the dogs away, and Vasya brought the kitten home and no longer took him into the field with him.
Leo Tolstoy "The Lion and the Dog"
They showed wild animals in London and took money or dogs and cats to feed wild animals for watching.
One man wanted to look at the animals; he grabbed a dog in the street and brought it to the menagerie. They let him watch, but they took the little dog and threw it into a cage to be eaten by a lion.
The dog tucked its tail between its legs and snuggled into the corner of the cage. The lion walked up to her and sniffed her.
The dog lay on its back, raised its paws and began to wag its tail. The lion touched her with his paw and turned her over. The dog jumped up and stood in front of the lion on its hind legs.
The lion looked at the dog, turned its head from side to side and did not touch it.
When the owner threw meat to the lion, the lion tore off a piece and left it for the dog.
In the evening, when the lion went to bed, the dog lay down beside him and laid her head on his paw.
Since then, the dog has lived in the same cage with the lion. The lion did not touch her, ate food, slept with her, and sometimes played with her.
Once the master came to the menagerie and recognized his little dog; he said that the dog was his own, and asked the owner of the menagerie to give it to him. The owner wanted to give it back, but as soon as they began to call the dog to take it out of the cage, the lion bristled and growled.
So the lion and the dog lived for a whole year in one cage.
A year later, the dog fell ill and died. The lion stopped eating, but kept sniffing, licking the dog and touching it with his paw. When he realized that she was dead, he suddenly jumped up, bristled, began to whip his tail on the sides, threw himself on the wall of the cage and began to gnaw the bolts and the floor.
All day long he fought, rushed around the cage and roared, then lay down beside the dead dog and calmed down. The owner wanted to carry away the dead dog, but the lion would not let anyone near it.
The owner thought that the lion would forget his grief if he was given another dog, and let a live dog into his cage; but the lion immediately tore her to pieces. Then he hugged the dead dog with his paws and lay like that for five days. On the sixth day the lion died.
Leo Tolstoy "Hares"
Forest hares feed at night on the bark of trees, field hares - on winter crops and grass, bean gooses - on grain on the threshing floors. During the night, hares make a deep, visible trail in the snow. Before hares, hunters are people, and dogs, and wolves, and foxes, and crows, and eagles. If the hare walked simply and straight, then in the morning he would now be found on the trail and caught; but the hare is cowardly, and cowardice saves him.
The hare walks at night through the fields and forests without fear and makes straight tracks; but as soon as morning comes, his enemies wake up: the hare begins to hear either the barking of dogs, or the screech of sleighs, or the voices of peasants, or the crackling of a wolf in the forest, and begins to rush from side to side with fear. It will jump forward, be frightened of something - and run back in its wake. He will hear something else - and with all his might he will jump to the side and gallop away from the previous trace. Again something will knock - again the hare will turn back and again jump to the side. When it becomes light, he will lie down.
The next morning, the hunters begin to disassemble the hare's trail, get confused by double tracks and long jumps, and are surprised at the tricks of the hare. And the hare did not think to be cunning. He's just afraid of everything.
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Children's stories
The boy guarded the sheep and, as if seeing a wolf, began to call:
Help, wolf!.Wolf!
The men come running and see: it's not true. As he did so two and three times, it happened - and a wolf really came running.
The boy began to scream:
Come here, come quick, wolf!
The peasants thought that he was deceiving again, as always, - they did not listen to him.
The wolf sees, there is nothing to be afraid of: in the open he cut the whole herd.
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HOW AUNT TOLD ABOUT HOW SHE LEARNED TO SEW
When I was six years old, I asked my mother to let me sew. She said: “You are still small, you will only prick your fingers,” and I kept pestering.
Mother took a red piece of paper from the chest and gave it to me; then she threaded a red thread into the needle and showed me how to hold it.
I began to sew, but could not make even stitches; one stitch came out large, and the other fell to the very edge and broke through. Then I pricked my finger and wanted not to cry, but my mother asked me: “What are you?” I couldn't help but cry. Then my mother told me to go play.
When I went to bed, I kept dreaming of stitches; I kept thinking about how I should learn to sew as soon as possible, and it seemed to me so difficult that I would never learn.
And now I've grown big and I don't remember how I learned to sew; and when I teach my girl to sew, I wonder how she can't hold a needle.
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HOW A BOY TOLD ABOUT HOW A STORM FOUND HIM IN THE FOREST
When I was little, they sent me to the forest to pick mushrooms. I reached the forest, picked mushrooms and wanted to go home. Suddenly it became dark, it began to rain and thundered. I got scared and sat down under a big oak tree. Lightning flashed, so bright that it hurt my eyes, and I closed my eyes. Above my head something crackled and thundered; then something hit me in the head. I fell down and lay there until the rain stopped. When I woke up, trees were dripping all over the forest, birds were singing and the sun was playing. The large oak tree was broken and smoke was coming from the stump. All around me lay fragments from the oak. My dress was all wet and stuck to my body; There was a bump on my head and it hurt a little. I found my hat, took the mushrooms and ran home. There was no one at home; I got some bread from the table and climbed onto the stove. When I woke up, I saw from the stove that my mushrooms had been fried, put on the table, and they were already hungry. I shouted: “What are you eating without me?” They say: “Why are you sleeping? Go ahead and eat."
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BONE
Mother bought plums and wanted to give them to the children after dinner. They were still on the plate. Vanya never ate plums and kept sniffing them. And he really liked them. I really wanted to eat. He kept walking past the plums. When no one was in the room, he could not resist, grabbed one plum and ate it. Before dinner, the mother counted the plums and saw that one was missing. She told her father.
At dinner, the father says:
And what, children, has anyone eaten one plum?
Everyone said:
Vanya blushed like a cancer, and said too:
No, I didn't eat.
Then the father said:
What any of you have eaten is not good; but that's not the problem. The trouble is that there are seeds in plums, and if someone does not know how to eat them and swallows a stone, he will die in a day. I'm afraid of it.
Vanya turned pale and said:
No, I threw the bone out the window.
And everyone laughed, and Vanya began to cry.
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GIRL AND MUSHROOMS
Two girls were walking home with mushrooms.
They had to cross the railroad.
They thought that the car was far away, so they climbed the embankment and went across the rails.
Suddenly a car roared. The older girl ran back, and the younger one ran across the road.
The older girl shouted to her sister:
"Don't go back!"
But the car was so close and made such a loud noise that the smaller girl did not hear; she thought she was being told to run back. She ran back across the tracks, stumbled, dropped the mushrooms and began to pick them up.
The car was already close, and the driver whistled with all his might.
The older girl shouted:
“Drop the mushrooms!” and the little girl thought she was being told to pick the mushrooms and crawled along the road.
The driver could not keep the car. She whistled with all her might and ran over the girl.
The older girl was screaming and crying. All the passers-by looked out of the windows of the carriages, and the conductor ran to the end of the train to see what had become of the girl.
When the train passed, everyone saw that the girl was lying head down between the rails and was not moving.
Then, when the train had already gone far, the girl raised her head, jumped to her knees, picked mushrooms and ran to her sister.
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HOW A BOY TOLD ABOUT HOW HE FOUND QUEEN BEE TO GRANDFATHER
My grandfather lived in a bee garden in the summer. When I visited him, he gave me honey.
Once I came to the bee-keeper and began to walk between the hives. I was not afraid of bees, because my grandfather taught me to walk quietly around the forest.
And the bees got used to me and did not bite. In one hive, I heard something quacking.
I came to my grandfather in the hut and told him.
He went with me, listened to me and said:
One swarm has already flown out of this hive, a pervak, with an old queen; and now the young queens have hatched. This is what they scream. They will fly out tomorrow with another swarm.
I asked my grandfather:
What are the uterus?
He said:
Come tomorrow; God willing, it will open up - I'll show you and give you honey.
When I came to my grandfather the next day, he had two closed swarms with bees hanging in his hallway. Grandfather told me to put on a net and tied it around my neck with a handkerchief; then he took one closed swarm with bees and carried it to the bee-keeper. The bees hummed in it. I was afraid of them and hid my hands in my trousers; but I wanted to see the uterus, and I followed my grandfather.
At the osek, grandfather went up to an empty log, adjusted the trough, opened the swarm and shook the bees out of it onto the trough. The bees crawled along the trough into the deck and trumpeted, and the grandfather stirred them with a broom.
And here is the mother! - Grandfather pointed to me with a broom, and I saw a long bee with short wings. She crawled with the others and disappeared.
Then my grandfather removed the net from me and went to the hut. There he gave me a large piece of honey, I ate it and smeared my cheeks and hands.
All kids like to read Tolstoy's bedtime stories. It is at this time, before going to bed, that children want something kind and fabulous, to find themselves in a completely different world, where magic and celebration reign. Children need fairy tales. These are their small steps into adulthood, which vivid stories really help to learn. In addition, it is in this form that children are best taught morality, life principles and good. This is a very important process in the formation of their personality. Therefore, the presence of fairy tales in childhood is simply necessary.
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We offer you Tolstoy's fairy tales, which are great for reading to children at night, or at another free time. Leo Tolstoy made a huge contribution to children's literature, writing such original masterpieces. This writer tried very hard to make the stories so fascinating and informative that the children were not only interested, but also had pleasant impressions after reading.
Plunging into a serene world, without unsolvable problems, will be interesting not only for young readers, but also for adults along with them. Fairy tales for Tolstoy's children are filled with instructive stories, exciting plots, funny but illustrative characters, as well as bright representatives of good and evil. The writer tried very hard to fit everything beautiful into these small works that show the reality of that time, but in a fabulous form and with a ray of hope.
Among the huge list of beautiful works there is also the famous "Golden Key" - everyone's favorite fairy tale, which can not leave anyone indifferent. The difficult adventures of Pinocchio and his circumstances make you deeply empathize with the hero in your imagination. The help of his faithful friends and a happy ending show the victory of good. This tale remains in the priority of the most impressive.
Also on the list are "Magpie Tales", which consist of many small and long stories about various animals, people, good, evil, victories and defeats. They are filled with instructive meaning and will be very interesting for children. There are many other equally interesting tales of Tolstoy, which you can read on our website.
You can choose for your child any suitable work of this author that he likes, and go with him to a world filled with goodness and wonder.
You can find fairy tales for every taste and with any plot in this section of our website andis freeread them to your child at any time. Hopefully reading fairy talesonlinewill bring you and children only pleasure.
Perhaps such a title will confuse some parents, saying that she has gone crazy, stuffing a small child with such complex works, even Leo Tolstoy. But no, it didn’t :) More than a century ago, the famous Russian writer Leo Tolstoy wrote stories for peasant children, whom he taught to read and write in his estate Yasnaya Polyana. In those days, there were practically no children's books, because Tolstoy himself wrote many simple and understandable stories for children, which to this day have not lost their relevance and significance. From an early age, they develop a sense of goodness and justice, teach them to treat the world around them with love and respect. Therefore, I simply could not help but purchase at least a couple of books by this wonderful writer for my three-year-old son.
I adore Leo Tolstoy, not only his works, but his whole philosophy and outlook on life. He was incredibly wise and highly moral. His views and attitude towards life resonate very much with the way I understand our existence. Of course, I am far from such awareness, but Lev Nikolaevich inspires me! And his works breathe an incredible lively atmosphere, they are simply magnificent!
That is why I decided to start introducing Tolstoy's books from the very childhood. Moreover, Lev Nikolaevich wrote quite a few children's stories, fables and fairy tales, the adapted texts of which will also help the child to successfully join the magical world of Russian classical literature.
"Little Stories"
The first thing I bought was this wonderful book.
It's called Little Stories. The name speaks for itself. The main part of the book is made up of short stories. About kindness, about justice, about honesty, about work, about friendship, about love, and other qualities that characterize the high personality of a person. Reading stories like this little child you let him know the right things. What qualities in life are respected and valued, and what only disfigure a person. Here is one such short story.
Most of the stories are even shorter, just a couple of sentences, but they contain great wisdom! Leo Tolstoy's talent to invest deep meaning v simple words priceless and unique. And with his books, undoubtedly, you can acquaint children from a very young age. In our case, this is three years.
But this book is great for older kids too. It has 183 pages and 65 works. There are also longer ones, like "Filipok", for example, which can be read from the age of five.
So, the book "Little Stories" will not be out of place in the children's library. Of course, it is better to read such stories with the mother, so that she comments and discusses with the child what the author wanted to say. Moreover, this book has a convenient format, good quality thick sheets and hard covers, and sooo soulful pictures, real, conveying the atmosphere of that time. I'm really glad I bought this book :)
"Lion and Dog"
I'm quite aware that it's simple but crazy dramatic work, too early for three years. But I just really wanted it to be in our home library. I myself read The Lion and the Dog before school, I just had this book in the house, and I picked it up and read it. Words cannot express the pain and compassion this story caused in my little heart. I was very worried. I believe that this book will not leave anyone indifferent. It awakens compassion, teaches you to empathize and sympathize with the pain of others.
There are cheaper versions of this book, but I chose this one - from the Rech publishing house. The illustrations in this style are very appealing to me. It was as if an artist was making strokes with his brush right in the book.
The drawings are very concise, they contain only the main sketches, but this makes them clearer to the child, and most importantly, in an amazing way they allow you to feel literally every page deeper.
The book brought by the courier just blew me away! She turned out bigger size than I imagined: the format is larger than A4; the quality is just excellent, in general, a real decoration of the children's library! Well, the story itself, I think, in 4.5 years we will try to read it. I’ll see if my son is ready to perceive this work, if not, then we’ll wait, but sooner or later the hour of this book will undoubtedly come for us =)
Leo Tolstoy was not only a great writer known to the whole world, but also an outstanding teacher and philosopher. His books will allow us to get acquainted with his works of art written for education, education and upbringing of children. They contain works for elementary reading, mainly from two large cycles of Tolstoy - "Russian Books for Reading" and "Folk Stories".
The books are ideal for family reading, since the great Russian writer and thinker addressed his fairy tales, fables and parables not only to children, but also to the widest range of readers of all ages, teaching moral lessons of kindness, diligence and spirituality.
Download books by Leo Tolstoy for children
Below the links you can download several children's collections, authored by Leo Tolstoy. Among them there are fairy tales and fables and epics, in general, several dozen of the most famous and best works of Leo Tolstoy for children.
A selection of other children's books by Leo Tolstoy
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