Item Summary

A cockroach is the villain of this nonsense poem, a classic of twentieth-century Russian children's literature. It tells how the animals set out to enjoy themselves picnicking, but were stopped by a cockroach who threatened them with dire consequences if they dared approach the hill. Not even the large animals were brave enough to challenge the six-legged tyrant. But he is defeated ignominiously when a sparrow hops up and swallows him down whole. During the victory celebration, the elephants stomp so hard dancing that the moon must be nailed back up in the sky.

Descriptive Information

Title
Tarakanishche / K. Chukovskiĭ ; s kartinkami S. Chekhonina.
Call Number
Pams / NR 20 / Cyrillic / Box 43 153265
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcdj52wj912
Publisher
[Leningrad] : Raduga, [1927]
Language
Russian
Date Created
1927
Extent
24 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Cover illustration bears the date of the first edition (1922).
Binding Note
Pub. white color-printed pictorial wrappers.

Discovery Information

Subject
Children's literature—Soviet Union
Stories in rhyme
Cockroaches—Juvenile poetry
Despotism—Juvenile poetry
Fear—Juvenile poetry
Animals—Juvenile poetry
Fiction

Physical Characteristics

File Count
15

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton Slavic Collections
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e42425aa-8d0d-425a-9d07-f3f66963c254/manifest