Универсальная хрестоматия для начальной школы. 1-4 классы

This is a reader for children in grades one to four of primary school. It gathers many classic works for literary reading lessons. It meets the Russian federal school standard (FGOS). The compilers drew on several different primary school programs. So the book can sit beside any literary reading textbook.

The collection opens with folk tales, songs and other oral folk art. It then moves to poems by Russian poets. Pushkin appears with "To My Nanny" and "By the Curved Seashore". Lermontov appears with "Borodino". There are also poems by Mayakovsky and by Yesenin, including "The Birch" and "Bird Cherry". The book also holds fairy tales and prose by Russian and foreign writers.

Pupils can use it to prepare for class. They can also read it on their own. The aim is to build a taste for good books and a reading habit. It also helps children get ready for out-of-class reading lessons. The book is part of the Svetlyachok (Firefly) series of readers.