Among Ukrainian writers and poets there are not so many who have made an outstanding contribution to children's literature. Among them, the name of Platon Voronko is undoubtedly in the front row. This collection includes two of his large cycles of children's poems and three tales in verse. The bulk of the poems were translated into Russian by Samuil Marshak and Zinaida Alexandrova. One work was translated by Heinrich Sapgir and Tatiana Volgin.