Frontmatter

A Hundred Years of Childhood is a unique anthology of Russian children's literature both in its temporal scope and in its selection of poetic and prose texts.High-quality translation considers all the nuances of the realities the Englishspeaking reader will encounter as they become familiar with these texts.The editors of the collection were able to show what tasks-genre, aesthetic, and social-the literature set for itself throughout the centuries.The anthology is a priceless resource for researchers-historians, cultural studies scholars, and literary scholars-but it is equally interesting to a wide circle of readers, for whom the translation serves as a bridge to understanding another culture."