The Red Plymouth Rock Cockerel

This book presents the vast expanses of Russia stretching between the Kuban and Siberia not only in three dimensions, with their steppes, mountains, rivers, taiga and the nature of these regions so finely depicted by the author, but also in many other dimensions of the non-physical order besides, such as the author's imaginative perception of them, his memory, vision, philosophical musings, and kindness. The principal heroes of this book are children and wild and domestic animals, a bear, a cockerel, a young bull called Stew, a flock of cranes, but the most important and constant hero of all is Kindness. You see, one is either born kind or has to learn it. Especially now, when we are so concerned about our natural environment and so conscious of the fact that man is an integral part of nature and that we must all work together to ensure that irreparable harm is not done to nature and thus to ourselves. Nemchenko's stories are lessons in kindness. That is why they will be of interest not only to children but also to adults, especially if they were not perhaps so fortunate, as to learn about kindness in childhood.

Author: Gari Nemchenko

Publisher: Raduga

Released Date: 1985

ISBN: 5050000440