Item Summary

A flock of little yellow chicks defy their father's order not to venture out of their barn at night. After all the other animals have gone to sleep, the chicks sneak out, and initially revel in what they perceive to be a predator-free environment. Soon they encounter a flock of owls and a teeth-baring fox, from which they flee fearfully back to the barn. They cry for their mother and father to open the doors and let them in, and promise never to go out at night again.

Descriptive Information

Title
Беглецы / Николай Чуковский ; картинки А. Лаховского.
Transliterated Title
Beglet︠s︡y / Nikolaĭ Chukovskiĭ ; kartinki A. Lakhovskogo.
Call Number
Pams / NR 20 / Cyrillic / Box 44 153203
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcff365k95m
Publisher
[Leningrad] : Raduga, 1925.
[Leningrad] : Радуга, 1925.
Language
Russian
Date Created
1925
Format
Book
Extent
[14] p. : col. ill. ; 28 x 22 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Title and imprint from cover.
Pagination includes p. [2] and [3] of cover.
Printed p. [2] of cover looks like an alternative design for front cover, with identical text as printed on front cover, but variant design and style of lettering.
Binding Note
Pub. ivory pictorial wrappers, printed in red, yellow, black, and blue, with publisher's advertisement on lower wrapper.

Discovery Information

Subject
Illustrated children's books—Soviet Union
Children's poetry, Soviet
Fables, Soviet
Farm life—Juvenile poetry
Chicks—Juvenile poetry

Physical Characteristics

File Count
10

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton Slavic Collections
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/28829698-499c-4aae-a399-c8939a721c7c/manifest