Folk tales include wisdom and everyday experience accumulated by mankind over many centuries. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of fairy tales for the development of a child: a fairy tale teaches courage, honesty, kindness, develops a sense of beauty. Here is a Russian folk tale "Seven Simeons" edited by I. Karnaukhova, with beautiful illustrations by A.G. Slepkov. Seven Simeons are seven siblings. Russian folk tale tells about the wonderful skills of the brothers. Each of them owns an outlandish craft, Each talent, if correctly directed, will come in handy for a good cause.