It is natural that many of the heroes of the book are familiar to all of us. Yes, it would be our contemporaries, our contemporaries who, with their free, instructive work, made their value, and, say, the value of the era and man, forever.

It is not for nothing that this collection is called "The Sacred Treasure". It summarizes the most famous works of Russian classical writers, which are addressed to you - to children. You are familiar with many of them, of course.