At number 85 in the Golden Children's Books series, "Tales of the Slavic Peoples" is published, retold by Angel Karaliychev and Nikolay P. Todorov. Among the favorite titles included in the volume are:
The Star-Faced Hero (Bulgarian folk tale)
Ivan the Peasant Son and the Miracle Judo (Russian folk tale)
The Horse of the Horse (Russian folk tale)
The Golden Apple (Polish folk tale)
The Flying Ship (Ukrainian folk tale)
Yanko and the Evil Queen (Czech folk tale)
A Blue Robe Sewn Inside Out (Belarusian folk tale)
Cunning Peter and the Dragon (Bulgarian folk tale)
The Magic Box (Bulgarian folk tale)
The Enchanted Frog (Russian folk tale)
The Golden Girl (Bulgarian folk tale)
Goldfinch (Czech folk tale)
A Flock of Swans (Russian folk tale)
A Lime Girl (Bulgarian folktale)
The Voivode's Children (Bulgarian folktale)
Newcomers in the Forest (Ukrainian folktale)
He Who Doesn't Work Shouldn't Eat (Bulgarian folktale)
The Three Hunters (Russian folktale)
A Mill for Snakes and Lizards (Bulgarian folktale)
The Cunning Young Man (Russian folktale)
The Wisdom of the Old Men (Bulgarian folktale)
How the Poor Man Had Lunch with the Master (Belarusian folktale)
The Boiled Eggs (Slovak folktale)
The Peasant and the Merchants (Czech folktale)
A Hundred-footed Man (Bulgarian folktale)
The Four Brothers (Bulgarian folktale)
A Pot of Gold (Russian folktale)
A Gift from the Heart (Bulgarian folk tale)
The Tale of the Barrel (Bulgarian folk tale)
The Beloved Daughter (Bulgarian folk tale)
Poor Truth (Bulgarian folk tale)
Three Tips for Three Gold Coins (Bulgarian folk tale)
Angel Karaliychev (1902–1972) is a writer and translator, one of the most widely read children's authors, whose works have been translated into over 50 languages. He worked as an editor and contributor to several periodicals, including the children's "Venet", "Detska radost", "Svetulka". He wrote stories, travelogues, fairy tales, authorized fairy tales and legends from Bulgarian and foreign folklore. In 1974 he received the H. K. Andersen Diploma of Honor.
Nikolay P. Todorov (1907–1988) was a journalist, translator and author of fairy tales, son of the writer Petko Yu. Todorov. He worked together with A. Karaliychev and together they published a series of fairy tales of the Slavic, Soviet and Balkan peoples.
Cover – Prof. Viktor Paunov.
