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# A little girl in boots is weeping: The poor mite has lost her mother!
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/plachet-devochka-v-sapozhkakh-poteriala-mamu-kroshka/
- Published: 2024-12-13T06:31:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T09:18:13.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Society, Pop Culture

*A little girl in boots is weeping:* 
*The poor mite has lost her mother!* 
*Enough of tears and sobbing,* 
*We must go and find her mother.*

*Literal translation*

Do you know whose verses these are? Those of Elena Ulyeva, the most frequently published author in Russia after Korney Chukovsky, and more frequently published than Pushkin in 2024\. Chukovsky's print runs came to 750 thousand books, Ulyeva's to 490 thousand, Pushkin's to 460 thousand.

The Russian Association of Book Distributors has presented its list of the most popular children's books of the current year. The bestseller was the fictional adaptation of the screenplay of the film "Cheburashka", created by Anna Maslova.

Among the frequently purchased works were J. K. Rowling's fantasy novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and Neil Gaiman's children's novella "Coraline".