An essay based on the works of S. Mikhalkov. Five of the most famous works by Sergei Mikhalkov

Mikhalkov S.V. - writer, poet, fabulist, playwright, author of two hymns Soviet Union and one Russian Federation, during the Great Patriotic War worked as a war correspondent. The list of works for children includes fairy tales, short stories, fables, riddles, and epics. Mikhalkov’s work teaches the younger generation goodness, justice, honesty, care for the world and people around him; his works are taught in grades 1-2-3-4. Lightweight poetic form attracts children, the works are suitable for first independent reading.

What do you have?

Poem "What do you have?" talks about the importance of various professions. In the evening, in the courtyard, the children discuss the professions of their parents: cooks, tailors, pilots, engineers, carriage drivers, teachers, doctors, pilots, police officers. The work teaches to appreciate and respect any profession, including workers.

Badgers

The poem tells about the life of a family of badgers. Their mother hides them in a hole and does not allow them to get out of it during the day, for fear of hunters who need fur-bearing animal. The family goes out for a walk at dawn, the badger carries the babies in her teeth. Until noon they bask in the sun, and when it starts to get hot, the mother returns the cubs to the cool hole.

Fugitive

The work “Runaway” tells about a decorative dog Cheburashka with an arrogant character, living with an overly caring owner. The animal does not need anything, but she is not allowed to communicate with other representatives of her kind and is carried everywhere in a basket. One day Cheburashka meets a stray dog ​​and runs away with him to a landfill. Since then, her life and character have changed, but the fugitive does not want to return home; she likes freedom more.

True story for children

Mikhalkov’s work “True for Children” tells about a difficult time in the history of the country - the Great Patriotic War. The lines of the poem are permeated with patriotism, admiration for the Russian people, who stood up to defend their Motherland and liberated the world from fascist invaders. The author tells the children how the Urals, Moscow, Kuzbass, Baku, Altai, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and others united to fight the enemy. The poem describes the battles, victory and restoration of the country.

Cheerful tourist

The work tells the story of a fourteen-year-old tourist traveling light. He is inquisitive, and the world is open to him: wolves and bears do not attack the boy, bulls greet him, a cloud serves as a roof, thunder serves as an alarm clock. The tourist writes down what he sees in a notebook and charges those around him with his energy. People, hearing the boy's cheerful song, leave the house and follow him.

Danila Kuzmich

The work “Danila Kuzmich” tells about a boy who works at a factory together with adults. The author talks with admiration about the abilities of the young craftsman, observing his work. At the age of 14, Danila Kuzmich is on the honor board; people are proud of him and urge him to follow his example.

Uncle Styopa

The favorite work of many generations, “Uncle Styopa,” tells about a good-natured, tall man nicknamed “Kalancha.” The children empathize with the giant: it’s difficult to find clothes, dogs mistake him for a thief when he looks into the yard, and he doesn’t fit in the bed. However, Uncle Styopa - a real hero and a role model for the kids, he comes to everyone’s aid: he pulls a drowning boy out of the river, prevents a train crash, and saves birds from a fire. The giant goes to serve in navy, and after returning he tells the children many stories.

Uncle Styopa the policeman

Continuation known history about Uncle Styopa tells about his work as a policeman. As before, the good giant hurries to help people: he repairs the traffic light and restores traffic, helps a boy lost at the station find his mother, catches a bully, saves his grandmother from the river. Uncle Styopa tells the children about the importance and responsibility of the police profession.

Uncle Styopa and Egor

The work tells the story of the birth of Uncle Styopa's son Yegor. He is not as tall as his father, but he is very strong. Egor is a weightlifter, he wins 2 gold medals at once and wins the title Olympic champion. Uncle Styopa's son dreams of exploring the distance of the stars. He becomes a major, a military pilot, and one day he will definitely fly to Mars and say hello to the Moon from there.

Uncle Styopa veteran

The work tells the story of how Uncle Styopa becomes a pensioner. But the giant is still a favorite of the children, and not a single event takes place without him: he takes part in games, goes to the zoo with the kids, and helps Petya Rybkin quit smoking. Uncle Styopa goes to Paris, visits a museum, a restaurant, communicates with the population, who call him the “Russian giant.” Returning back, he says that better at home there is no place on earth. At the end of the work, Uncle Styopa meets his cosmonaut son and learns that his granddaughter was born.

Hare in hops

The fable tells about a drunken hare who boasts to his guests that he is not even afraid of a lion and goes alone through the dark forest. However, having fallen into the clutches of a predator, the scythe sobers up with fear. Thanks to toadying, the hare manages to avoid death. The fable makes fun of drunken brave men, cowardly people-pleasers, and narcissistic individuals.

How would we live without books?

In the poem, the author talks about the impossibility of life without literature. He invites the reader to imagine that all the books suddenly disappeared: textbooks, good fairy tales, Primer. How boring it would be if the children were abandoned by their favorite heroes: Cipollino, Gulliver, Gavroche, Robinson, Timur, Krosh. Mikhalkov admires and glorifies literature different countries world passing through centuries.

How the starling flew home

The work tells about a starling who flew home to the collective farm for 4 days. But the bird does not recognize the previous places: instead of a meadow, it sees a flooded river. In confusion, the starling flies over the water, the ducks tell him that the collective farm is now located further away. The bird sets off and finds native village, where the houses have become even better and bigger, and instead of a birdhouse she has a palace.

How an old man sold a cow

The work tells the story of an old man selling a cow at the market. But no one wants to buy her: the grandfather honestly says that she is sick and does not give milk. The young trader wants to help the old man and praises the animal to the people. Having listened to the seller enough, the grandfather decides that he himself needs such a cow, and he will not give it to anyone.

Cripples in the library

The poem tells about crippled books that are in the library in a special hospital room. These works have been “offended” by people: some have had their tables and illustrations removed, others have been drawn on and crumpled. The author condemns readers who “look at the book like predators.” Despite their titles and positions, such people will never justify themselves in the face of crippled works.

Map

The poem tells about a soldier who takes a map from an empty classroom, which he does not part with during battles. At a halt, he unfolds an image of the Motherland, and the fighters search and look at their home: Kazan, Ryazan, Kaluga, Baku, Alma-Ata. One day the map returns to class: torn by a shrapnel, with traces of blood. But the students put it in a place of honor.

Komar-Komarets

The work “Mosquito-Mosquito” tells about Bear, who works in a pharmacy. He is ready to help everyone: Petya-Cockerel, Goat, Goose, Barbos. But Mosquito breaks the rules of behavior and flies into the window. To Toptygin's indignation, the insect makes a scandal and does not want to use the door, like all animals. The evil mosquito is stopped by the Duck, opening his beak.

Lion and Label

The fable tells the story of a Lion, on whose tail a label was attached, identifying the king of beasts as a Donkey. He did not dare to tear down the document himself and called a meeting. However, not a single animal dared to remove the label and legally recognize the predator as a Lion. Since then, the king of beasts began to wither away, and one day a drawn-out “Eeyore” was heard from his lair.

Forest Academy

The work tells about the May Bug, who opened the Academy of Sciences for insects. The poem allows game form teach your child letters. Funny content and simple syllables arouse interest in young readers and contribute to quick memorization of the alphabet. The work is suitable for first independent reading.

Lift and Pencil

The poem is about a boy, Sasha, who writes with a pencil on the walls of an elevator. After this, the cabin refuses to carry the bully. As soon as Sasha enters it, the elevator gets stuck and does not move. The author notes that there are many guys whose pencils do not write properly.

Millionaire

The work tells the story of a rich old woman who left an inheritance to her dog, Bulldog. The author tells the story of the life of a millionaire dog: a servant takes him to races, rugby, running, and the chef prepares a variety of dishes. The dog lives in an apartment in the city center, goes to resorts, goes to the hairdresser, gives interviews, visits the rich people's club, and so on.

Misha Korolkov

The work tells about a brave boy Misha Korolkov, who sails on a steamship and ends up in foreign Japanese waters. The ship is forced to land. The Japanese are trying to extract information about Sakhalin from the boy, offering sweets and threatening to beat him. But Misha remains loyal to his homeland and does not disclose information. The steamer is returned from captivity, the brave boy is greeted by his mother and father.

Fashionable dress

The work tells about the dress that was given to Katya. There are dozens of words-names of cities written on it: London, Moscow, Tokyo, Tehran, Marseille, Copenhagen, Paris and others. However, the girl is constantly pestered to read what she has written, boys call her a textbook, and her friends ask her to wear her dress.

My puppy

The work tells about a girl whose puppy disappeared. In the morning he was still playing pranks: he turned over a jug of honey, tore up poems, fell down the stairs, and got into the glue. And then I got lost. The girl is very worried: she doesn’t eat, doesn’t read, doesn’t draw, and is waiting for her dog. And then the puppy returns: with a swollen nose, an eye, and a bee buzzing on its tail. The girl has to treat a naughty baby.

Nakhodka

The poem is about a boy who finds a wallet with nickels. At this time, a sad girl with a bowed head is walking along the pavement. The boy guesses that he found her wallet. But suddenly he notices that his pocket knife has disappeared from his pocket. The girl found the boy's loss and gave it to him. In response, he returns the wallet.

Klutz

In the work “The Klutz,” the mother shames her son for his lack of talent: other children dance and sing, have awards, and their drawings are published at exhibitions. The boy is silent, pursing his lips. He knows that he will grow up and go to the taiga to build railway and trains will rush along the rails towards the ocean. And mom will be happy and proud of her son!

Teetotal sparrow

The fable tells the story of a teetotaler sparrow who falls under the influence of bad company and shows weakness by giving in to his friends. As a result, the intoxicated bird ends up under the table. Since then, everyone has reminded the sparrow of the embarrassment, whispered and did not allow passage.

From carriage to rocket

The work tells about the rapid development of technology. Until recently, people traveled in carriages, balloons. And now the cities are filled with cars, and electric locomotives run on the rails. Giant steamships move on water, and airplanes move through the air.

Song of friends

The playful poem is popular with many generations of adults and young readers. The work tells about the journey fun company friends, which include: a cat, a siskin, a dog, Petka the Bully, a monkey, a parrot. The poem attracts children with its light syllable, repeated refrain of animal species, which makes it easy to remember. The work is suitable for first independent reading.

Let's play and guess

Mikhalkov’s work “Let’s Play and Guess” is presented in the form of funny riddles. The author invites children to guess the words hidden in the lines of poetry: turkey, dog, toadstool mushrooms, doctor, cat. The work is recommended for reading by adults to preschool children.

About a girl who didn't eat well

The poem is about a girl who refused any food. Then a doctor was called to Yulia, who told her how animals eat: A horse chews oats, a dog gnaws a bone, an elephant loves fruit, sparrows peck grain, a bear licks honey, a mouse loves cheese. After the doctor's visit, the girl asked her mother to feed her.

About mimosa

The poem tells about a boy Vita who does not want to do anything on his own. They put on his shoes, dress him, and serve him whatever he asks for. The author compares the boy with a mimosa in botanical garden, believes that he cannot become a pilot, sailor, or soldier.

Elephant painter

The fable tells the story of an Elephant who painted a picture and invited his friends to judge it. The crocodile was not happy that there was no Nile in the landscape, the Seal did not have enough snow and ice, the Mole needed a vegetable garden, and the Pig needed acorns. Then the Elephant took up his brush again, trying to please all the advisers. As a result, what he ended up with was not a painting, but a jumbled mess. The author encourages you to follow the advice wisely.

An incident during the winter

The work tells the story of a little bear cub who escaped from his den when the mother bear went hunting. The kid met the dog and they played happily. But other dogs smelled the bear and rushed to attack. The kid climbed onto a small rock. A passing hunter drove the dogs away and saved the bear cub.

Trezor

The work tells about the mischief of a puppy who was left at home alone. He tore the dress on the doll, tore out a tuft of fur from the hare, drove the cat under the bed, climbed into the coal and went to bed. The returning owners washed the dog and decided that they would no longer leave him alone.

Three piglets

The fairy tale tells the story of 3 little pigs who built their own houses for the winter. Nif-Nif made a dwelling from straw, Nuf-Nuf - from branches and thin sticks. And only Naf-Naf built a reliable house of stones and clay. The brothers laughed, made fun of him and became so noisy that they woke up the wolf. They fled to their homes. The wolf approached Nif-Nif’s dwelling, blew, and the straw scattered. The pig ran to Nuf-Nuf, but this house was also destroyed by a predator. Then the Brothers locked themselves in the safe home of Naf-Naf. The wolf was unable to destroy the house, and he climbed into the chimney, but fell into boiling water, got burned and ran away into the forest. And the 3 little pigs began to have fun and sing a song.

Fintiflushkin

The work tells the story of a family with an unusual surname. The Fintiflushkins had rare talented confectioners in their family. But Fedya does not recognize his last name and considers it a family tragedy. The guys tease the boy with tricks. The author encourages children to treat their family name with dignity and make it great themselves.

Thomas

The poem tells about a boy, Thomas, who doesn’t trust anyone. They tell him it’s raining outside, but he doesn’t put on galoshes, in winter he goes for a walk in shorts, and at the zoo he argues with the guide. One day he did not believe that there were crocodiles in the Nile River and went for a swim. Predators eat the boy, but it turns out that this is just a dream. Foma wakes up, but now he doesn’t believe that the alligator swallowed him for real.

Good comrades

The work talks about true friendship. The boy Misha stutters, it is difficult for him to pronounce words starting with the letter “K”. But his friends don't laugh at him, they help, set an example and wait patiently.

Crystal vase

The work tells the story of the purchase of a crystal vase by 3 schoolgirls for the teacher’s birthday. The girls take turns carrying something dear to them, but accidentally break it. Schoolgirls cry, a crowd gathers, everyone feels sorry for Zina, Tamara and Zhenya. People buy girls a new vase and they go to truck to give a gift to the teacher.

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The works of Sergei Mikhalkov are familiar and loved by every child from the very beginning. early childhood. Many generations have grown up on the famous works of Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov. Almost all children's works by Sergei Mikhalkov, starting from the 30s of the 20th century, are included in school and preschool education, in reading books, primers and anthologies. Children have been learning his poems and songs by heart for decades with great pleasure. Probably the secret is that Mikhalkov wrote his works in such a way that they became understandable to children both in content and in form. Moreover, the stories were not only exciting and interesting, but also very instructive. Well, the immortal “Uncle Styopa” has long been perceived not as a character in a poem, but as a long-time friend of all children and adults. He has firmly merged with the personality of Mikhalkov himself and is, perhaps, his main hero.

Mikhalkov's poems, cheerful and sublime, deeply humane and truly childish, entered our everyday life and became a part of the life of our country and our people. In his poems, Mikhalkov teaches us to distinguish between “good” and “bad”, good and evil. And we, who reject any teachings that adults try to “impose” on us, accept Mikhalkov’s good advice willingly and with joy.

I think that Mikhalkov does not make us laugh on purpose, but on the contrary, his narrative is serious, exciting, but we smile and laugh. This is especially noticeable in the poems “About Mimosa”. “Foma”, “If”, “Trezor”, “Thirty-six and five”, “Vaccination”, and in the same “Uncle Styopa”, who, by the way, is not very comfortable with his height: they ask him to go to the cinema sit on the floor, and in the shooting range he has to bend over. Uncle Styopa also appears as a hero, and in a comical situation: by raising his hand, he acts as a semaphore, preventing a disaster. And after the war, Uncle Styopa works as a policeman - a noble profession. Why do we love Uncle Styopa so much? Not for his gigantic height, but for his kindness, courage and help to everyone who needs it. Uncle Styopa is real example for imitation. He is honest, kind, brave, courageous.

All of Mikhalkov's children's poems are extremely simple and understandable. However, behind the external simplicity one can see the greatest talent, life experience, and hard work. From the first day of the Great Patriotic War, Mikhalkov worked as a military journalist - he knew firsthand what war was. He saw all its horrors with his own eyes. His children's poetry, kind, open, sunny, is a call for world peace, for friendship between nations, protection of human rights and in particular the child's rights. happy life without war and other disasters.

Sergei Mikhalkov is also known as a translator. Being an excellent master of verse, he excellently coped with the task of conveying to young Russian readers the works of the Pole Julian Tuwim and the Bulgarian Asen Bosev. Mikhalkov also translated poets from the republics former USSR. Mikhalkov's translations preserve the spirit of the original, while remaining independent works of art. It is curious that the famous story he retold in the 1930s English fairy tale about the three little pigs, which gained enormous popularity among us, was published in 1968 English translation with the authorship of S. Mikhalkov.

The work of S. Mikhalkov has long been known throughout the world and has been translated into many languages. He has been awarded many orders and awards, domestic and foreign, but the main award is national recognition, which he earned thanks to his talent and love for people.

What is Motherland?

This is your home yard where you kicked the ball, this is the path along which you ran to the river.

And also - this is the music of your childhood, the books of your childhood, and in the books there are pictures and poems of your childhood.

Before the Great Patriotic War I went to kindergarten, where we learned poetry:

There lived three friends and comrades

IN small town EN,

There were three friends and comrades

Captured by the Nazis...

In these verses there was a premonition of formidable changes in the life of the Motherland, in the life of the family, in the life of each of us.

We, kindergarteners, knew well that these lines were written by Sergei Mikhalkov, the author of such works as “Uncle Styopa”, “My Friend and I”, “Foma”, “Song of Friends” and others.

The war began, my father went to the front, my mother and I ended up in evacuation on the Volga, in the village of Krestovo-Gorodishche. A book with Mikhalkov’s poems also came with us to these Volga regions.

In the evenings, at the smokehouse, I read with my new friends:

In one lane

We were at home.

In one of the houses

Once upon a time there lived a stubborn Thomas...

My life has developed in such a way that I will never part with the work of Sergei Vladimirovich; for fifty years now I have been drawing pictures for his books.

I always draw with pleasure, since his humor and boundless invention are very close and understandable to me.

Victor CHIZHIKOV, artist,

member of the journal's editorial board

"Murzilka"

The site published poems by Sergei Mikhalkov “Trained Dogs”, “Kittens”, “Puppies”, “Woodpecker”, “White Poems”.

Works by Sergei Mikhalkov “It’s Your Own Blame”, “All Year Round” and “True Friends” from the magazine “Murzilka” 1962 (10th issue) and 2007 (3rd issue).

It's your own fault

The Hare and the Hare built themselves a small house in the forest. Everything around was tidied up, cleared and swept. All that remains is to remove the large stone from the road.

Let's push ourselves and drag him somewhere aside! - suggested the Hare.

Come on! - answered the Hare. - Let him lie where he lay! Whoever needs it will bypass it!

And the stone remained lying near the porch.

One day the Hare was running home from the garden. I forgot that there was a stone on the road, tripped over it and bloodied my nose.

“Let’s remove the stone,” Zaichnha suggested again. - Look how you crashed.

There was a hunt! - answered the Hare. “I’ll start messing with him!”

Another time, the Hare was carrying a pan of hot cabbage soup. I stared at the Hare, who was sitting at the table, knocking on the table with a spoon, and forgot about the stone. She flew into him, spilled cabbage soup, and was scalded herself. Woe, and nothing more!

Come on, Hare, let's remove this damn stone! - the Hare begged. “There’s no chance someone will break their head because of him.”

Let him lie where he lies! - answered the stubborn Hare.

Once the Hare and the Hare invited their old friend Mikhail Ivanovich Toptygin to a festive pie.

“I’ll come,” Mikhail Ivanovich promised. “The pie is yours, and the honey will be mine.”

On the appointed day, the hares came out onto the porch to greet the dear guest. They see: Mikhail Ivanovich is in a hurry, pressing a large tub of honey to his chest with both paws, not looking at his feet.

The Hare and the Hare's paws waved:

Stone! Stone!

The Bear did not understand that the hares were shouting to him from the porch, why they were waving their paws, and as fast as he could he ran into a stone. And he ran into him so much that he turned over his head and landed with his whole body straight into the hare’s house. He broke the jar of honey and destroyed the house.

The Bear grabbed his head. Hares cry from grief.

Why cry? The sleigh is to blame!

Mikhalkov
Sergey
Vladimirovich

A classic of Russian children's literature, state and public figure, first president of the Russian Children's Book Council (RBBY), Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov was born on March 13, 1913 in Moscow.

Early years writers were held in the North Caucasus, in the cities of Pyatigorsk and Georgievsk, where in 1928 it began literary activity. Subsequently, in 1966 and 1981, Sergei Mikhalkov was awarded the title of honorary citizen of these cities.

Poet, fabulist, playwright, storyteller, author of pedagogical works, loyal citizen of the Fatherland, veteran of the Great Patriotic War, author of two anthems of the Soviet Union and the anthem of Russia, author of the epitaph on the grave Unknown Soldier at Kremlin wall“Your name is unknown, your feat is immortal” - all this is about Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov, who for almost eight decades brightly and selflessly served Russian multinational literature and culture.

The first notable publications of Sergei Mikhalkov appeared even before the war. His poems and notes were published in the magazines “Ogonyok”, “Pioneer”, “Prozhektor”, in the newspapers “ TVNZ", "Izvestia", "Evening Moscow", "Pravda". In 1935, the favorite work of many generations of children was published - the poem “Uncle Styopa”. Over the decades creative life From the pen of Sergei Vladimirovich came many works that brought him fame as a children's poet, playwright, satirist, and screenwriter.
Everyone in our country knows Sergei Mikhalkov, from young to old. Every family has his books. The total circulation of Mikhalkov's books published in the world on different languages, is about five hundred million copies. His poems, plays, fairy tales and stories are based on true universal values: goodness and justice, brotherhood and love. Mikhalkov’s works for children are included in school and preschool anthologies, primers, are heard on the radio, films are made based on them, plays are staged, and cartoons are drawn. Literary heroes his works for children are alive and real. The same famous Uncle Styopa is perceived as a real person, a brave, kind and courageous person.

The works of Sergei Mikhalkov have become a part of national identity Russian people. And this applies not only to literary creativity for children - Sergei Mikhalkov is also well known as a satirist. He is the author of more than two hundred and sixty fables and satirical poems. Written in different years twentieth century, they still sound modern and relevant today. The whole country is famous for the unique autograph of Sergei Vladimirovich, which was laid out from a cartoon string in every issue of the satirical film magazine “Fitil”. Mikhalkov the satirist organized this collection of film feuilletons, which quickly became popular throughout the country, in 1962 and was its permanent editor-in-chief for more than forty years. In 2006, a book by Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov from the series “Anthology of Satire and Humor in Russia of the 21st Century” was published. Mikhalkov is the author of the satirical comedies “Kings Can Do Anything...” (1983), “What is Written with a Pen...” (1984), game scripts feature films“The Great Space Journey” (co-authored with Valentin Selivanov based on the play “The First Three, or the Year 2001”, 1974), “Three Plus Two” (based on the play “Savages”, 1962) and “The New Adventures of Puss in Boots” (1958 ). As a playwright, Sergei Mikhalkov wrote about forty plays for children and adults. He is the author of the plays “Special Assignment” (1945), “Red Tie” (1946), “I Want to Go Home” (1949). The performance of his play “Sombrero” (1957) was staged at the Central Children's Theater (now the Youth Theater) and gathered the audience one thousand six hundred times. The play based on the play “Balalaikin and Co” was successfully staged at the Sovremennik Theater for 20 years.

The total circulation of Mikhalkov's books published around the world in different languages ​​is about five hundred million copies.

Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov is well known not only as a writer, poet, playwright, but also as public figure. He was a member of the Commission on Stalin (1949), and then Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR in the field of literature and art under the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1976), and since 1988 - a member of the Commission on State Prizes of the RSFSR. Since 1997 S.V. Mikhalkov was a member of the Commission under the President of the Russian Federation for State Prizes of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art. He was also a member of the Board of the USSR Ministry of Culture, academician Russian Academy education, headed the Moscow Writers' Organization (1965-1970), was chairman of the board of the Union of Writers of the RSFSR and secretary of the board of the Union of Writers of the USSR (1970-1992), chairman of the executive committee International community Writers' Unions.

The many years of work of Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov were marked by high government awards of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation, prestigious titles, diplomas, prizes, personalized medals of domestic, foreign and international organizations. Sergei Vladimirovich - Hero of Socialist Labor (1973), laureate of State Prizes (1941, 1942, 1950, 1978), Lenin Prize for poetry for children younger age(1970), State Prize of the RSFSR (1977). Sergei Mikhalkov was awarded two military orders and six medals, four Orders of Lenin (1939, 1963, 1973, 1983), the Order October revolution(1971), Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree (1985), two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor (1967, 1988), Order of Friendship of Peoples (1993), Order of Honor (1998), Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh (1993), Order of the Holy Blessed Tsarevich Dmitry (1998), Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree (2003), Order of St. Apostle Andrew the First-Called (2008), orders and medals of socialist countries.

The works of Sergei Mikhalkov have become a part of the national identity of the Russian people

For forty years, Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov headed the Russian Children's Book Council (RBBY), created on his initiative as the national section of Russia in International Council based on a children's book (IBBY). First competition for the best piece of art for teenagers, organized by the Council, coincided with the writer’s 95th birthday, and Sergei Mikhalkov became the honorary chairman of the competition jury. Today, when Sergei Vladimirovich passed away, his work continues. The results of the Third competition for the best work of art for teenagers have already been summed up. The competition has become International and is named after Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov. His name will remain forever in world literature, and his work continues to serve as a model of understanding children's souls and minds for subsequent generations of writers.

Young Sergei Mikhalkov reads the poem Uncle Styopa

Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov

to the 100th anniversary of the writer

for younger readers

"Beauty! Beauty!

We are bringing a cat with us

Siskin, dog

Petka - bully"

And today we have a cat

I gave birth to kittens yesterday.

The kittens have grown a little

But they don’t want to eat from a saucer!”

Each of us has known these lines well since childhood. The author, one of the favorite children's poets, is Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov, his 100th anniversary, which we will celebrate on March 13, 2013.

How did he become a children's writer? Since childhood, he loved the fairy tales of Pushkin A.S., the poems of Lermontov M.Yu., the fables of Krylov I.A. His passion for literature turned out to be so strong that at the age of 8 Sergei began writing his own poems and publishing his own home literary magazine. And since 1933, his poems began to appear in newspapers and magazines.

“Once upon a time there lived a tall citizen,

Nicknamed Kalancha

By surname Stepanov

And named Stepan

From the regional giants

The most important giant"

("Uncle Styopa")

"I have sad look -

My head hurts

I'm sneezing, I'm hoarse

What's happened? It's the flu!

("Flu")

But Sergei Mikhalkov not only composed himself, he also translated poems by foreign authors for children.

The most famous work, the words for which were composed by Sergei Mikhalkov, is the Russian anthem. And Mikhalkov’s words “Your name is unknown, your feat is immortal” are engraved on the granite of the Eternal Flame near the Kremlin wall.

Sergei Mikhalkov was a war correspondent during the Great Patriotic War. He visited all fronts, wrote essays, notes, poems, humorous stories, leaflets, and proclamations.

Sergei Vladimirovich for his entire long life He wrote for both children and adults. And these were not only poems, but also stories, tales, fairy tales, plays, fables, scripts for animated and feature films. For many years he was the author and editor-in-chief of the film magazine “Fitil”.

More than one generation of children has grown up reading the poems of their beloved poet, and today’s children happily repeat:

What's happened? What's happened?

The alphabet fell off the stove!”

We're going, we're going, we're going

To distant lands,

Good neighbors

Happy friends.

We have fun,

We sing a song

And the song says

About how we live."

List of works by S. V. Mikhalkov

What do you have?/ S. V. Mikhalkov. – M.: Eksmo, 2002. – 48 p. : ill. - (Ladybug).

Storks and frogs: fables / S.V. Mikhalkov. – M.: Det. lit., 1989. – 29 p. : ill. - (We read it ourselves).

Cheerful tourist: poems / S.V. Mikhalkov. – M.: Det. lit. , 1989. – 16 p. : ill. - (My first books).

For children/ S. V. Mikhalkov. – M.: Omega, 2005. – 160 p. : ill. – (For the little ones).

Uncle Styopa/ S.V. Mikhalkov. – M.: Onyx, 2008. – 40 p. : color ill.

Bunny-Arrogant: a fairy tale in 2 acts / S.V. Mikhalkov. – M.: Det. lit., 1988. – 48 p. : ill.

Favorites/ S. V. Mikhalkov. – M.: Raduga, 1988. – 160 p. : ill.

How the bear found the pipe: fairy tale. – M.: Det. lit., 1981. – 20 p.

Carousel: poems / S.V. Mikhalkov. – M.: Planet of Childhood, 1998. – 8 p. : ill.

Cats and mice: fables / S. V. Mikhalkov. – M.: Sov. Russia, 1983. – 79 p. : ill.

Favorite pages: poems / S. V. Mikhalkov. – Smolensk: Rusich, 1999. – 250 p. : ill.

We go, we go, we go...: poems / S. V. Mikhalkov. – M.: Samovar, 2003. – 108 p. : ill. – (Children's classics).

My friend and I: poems, fairy tales, riddles / S. V. Mikhalkov. – M.: Det. lit., 1977. – 287 p. : ill.

Don't sleep! : poems, fairy tales, fables / S. V. Mikhalkov. – M.: AST: Astrel, 2010. – 352 p. : ill. – (Favorite reading).

Festival of disobedience: poems, story-fairy tale / S. V. Mikhalkov. – M.: Onyx, 2008. – 160 p. : ill.

The best poems: favorites / S.V. Mikhalkov. – M.: AST, 2010. – 160 p. : color ill.

The Three Little Pigs and Other Tales/ S.V. Mikhalkov. - Rostov-on-Don, : Phoenix, 1999. – 319 p. - (Gold chain).