Mehul Rojasara Rojasara itibaren Ozhogina, Tyumenskaya oblast', Rusya, 625016
This is a nice story and my children (especially my daughter) loved it. I found the writing style a little clunky, such that sometimes in reading aloud I got tripped up by sentences. My son complained that it had too many similes! This book wasn't out yet when my kids were in that first-read-aloud-chapter-book stage that is the purpose of this bookshelf, but I think it would work well. It might require some background explanations, but the story is very appropriate for kids of a wide range of ages.