Handful of Stars

by James Riordan (Translator), Vladimir Alexandrov, Arkady Gaydar

Contents: The Hot Stone (Russian Federation); Sultanmurat Goes to Town (Kirghizia); Two Toreadors from Vasukovka Village (Ukraine); Snowdrops (Moldavia); Gugutse Has a Plane Ride (Moldavia); Little Red Stars (Latvia); The Little Jockey (Kazakhstan); A Winter Tale (Georgia); Operation 'Skull Cap' (Lithuania); Little Artur's Sun (Armenia); Imagination (Russian Federation); The Old Wheel (Byelorussia); Good Luck, Little Hare (Byelorussia); Ramiz and His Grandmother (Azerbaijan); Secret of the Plane Tree (Uzbekistan); First Day Back from School (Estonia); Two Bad Marks (Tajikistan); Don't Put Off till Tomorrow (Tajikistan); The Sandstorm (Turkmenia); The Boy and the Camel (Turkmenia); The Little Steel Ring (Russian Federation).

161 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1983

About the author

Riōdan, Jeimuzu 1936-2012
Riordan, Dž.
Riordan, Džejms.
Riordan, James
Riordan, James William 1936-2012
Riordan, Jim, 1936-2012

James Riordan (10 October 1936 – 10 February 2012) was an English novelist, broadcaster, sports historian, association football player and Russian scholar.

Well known for his work Sport in Soviet Society, the first academic look at sport in the Soviet Union, and for his children's novels.