About the book: 2017 / Boris Stepanovich Zhitkov (1882–1938) - Russian writer, teacher, traveler and researcher, author of popular adventure stories and novellas, works about animals, a classic of children's literature. The main character of the cycle of children's stories “What I Saw” is a funny, inquisitive boy Alyosha-Pochemuchka, whose prototype was the writer’s little neighbor in a communal apartment Alyosha. Short stories tell about vivid childhood experiences: a train trip to Moscow, a visit to the zoo, a boat trip, new friends and much more. A lot of time has passed since the stories were written, but both children and adults still read them with pleasure. And some of the author’s stories formed the basis of animated films: “Buttons and Men”, “Why Elephants?”, “Pudya».