Kids how old? Look for adaptations of Peter & the Wolf for the younger crowd; Ivan the Fool and Baba Yaga for older. Russian folk tales are scary! And the Russian lit I’ve read is heavy. Chekhov & Gogol would be good for teens. They are funny and not too long.
Lev Tolstoy written small stories for kids of that age but I’m not sure if they were translated. Pushkin has a number of fairy tales in verse – The Tale of the Golden Cockerel, The Tale of Tsar Saltan and many more.
Turgenev’s “Sportsman’s sketches” is a possibility but as with most classic Russian literature skews older/more advanced. There are also a bunch of short Tolstoy works intended as primers for peasants learning to read so they’re moralising tales. Samuel Marshak is a name to look out for – wrote and translated children’s stories.
When you say kids…how old? x
4th grade
Sekret by Lindsay Smith or
Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire may be suitable x
Kids how old? Look for adaptations of Peter & the Wolf for the younger crowd; Ivan the Fool and Baba Yaga for older. Russian folk tales are scary! And the Russian lit I’ve read is heavy. Chekhov & Gogol would be good for teens. They are funny and not too long.
I haven’t read her, but Vera Brosgol writes about Russian-American characters I think. Graphic novels.
Lev Tolstoy written small stories for kids of that age but I’m not sure if they were translated. Pushkin has a number of fairy tales in verse – The Tale of the Golden Cockerel, The Tale of Tsar Saltan and many more.
Turgenev’s “Sportsman’s sketches” is a possibility but as with most classic Russian literature skews older/more advanced.
There are also a bunch of short Tolstoy works intended as primers for peasants learning to read so they’re moralising tales.
Samuel Marshak is a name to look out for – wrote and translated children’s stories.
Bryce Courtneys the family frying pan might work
Maybe for 12 and up, that’s when I read it: https://www.amazon.com/Roadside-Picnic-Rediscovered-Classics-Strugatsky/dp/1613743416/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
I just remembered Storynory, which my daughter and I adored when she was younger. https://www.storynory.com/category/myths/russian-stories/
Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10693803
Susan Jeffers’ Nutcracker picture book is a splendid celebration of Russian culture. The illustrations enchant.