V knigu voshli stikhotvoreniia poeta serebrianogo veka Sashi Chernogo (1880-1932), proilliustrirovannye zamechatelnym russkim khudozhnikom Aleksandrom Azemshei. Poet ochen liubil detei i pisal dlia nikh dobrye, ostroumnye i veselye stikhi! Sasha Chernyi. Kakoe prostoe, detskoe, i v to zhe vremia zagadochnoe imia! Takoe zhe, kak ego stikhi - smeshnye, neozhidannye i nemnogo grustnye, kak legkii vzdokh posle zalivistogo khokhota.