কল্পতরু

by Korney Chukovsky, Noni Bhowmik (Translator), Inna Borisova (Illustrator)

Contents:
- "The Telephone" - translated by Dorian Rottenberg, illustrated by Inna Borisova
- "Doctor Powderpill" - translated by Dorian Rottenberg, illustrated by Olga Pushkareva
- Wash 'EM Clean - translated by Eugene Felganhauer, illustrated by Victor Kirillov
- The Stolen Sun - translated by Dorian Rottenberg, illustrated by Eduard Zaryansky
- The Muddle - translated by Dorian Rottenberg, illustrated by Fainna Larionova

68 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1983

About the author

Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (Russian: Корней Иванович Чуковский) was one of the most popular children's poets in the Russian language. His catchy rhythms, inventive rhymes and absurd characters have invited comparisons with the American children's author Dr. Seuss. Chukovsky's poems Tarakanishche ("The Monster Cockroach"), Krokodil ("The Crocodile"), Telefon ("The Telephone") and Moydodyr ("Wash-'em-Clean") have been favorites with many generations of Russophone children. Lines from his poems, in particular Telefon, have become universal catch-phrases in the Russian media and everyday conversation. He adapted the Doctor Dolittle stories into a book-length Russian poem as Doktor Aybolit ("Dr. Ow-It-Hurts"), and translated a substantial portion of the Mother Goose canon into Russian as Angliyskiye Narodnyye Pesenki ("English Folk Rhymes"). He was also an influential literary critic and essayist. (from: wikipedia)

For Russian version of same author:
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Reviews

[Grace B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am sure that the tales are great in Russian, but so much is lost in the translation! There is no way those poem-tales can be translated from Russian to English and still hold the same meaning. Pity... I recommend it to anyone, who can read it in the original language.