V sbornik voshli luchshie skazki izvestnykh russkikh pisatelei XIX i XX vv.: A. Pogorelskogo, V.F. Odoevskogo, S.T. Aksakova, V.M. Garshina, A.N. Tolstogo, D.N. Mamina-Sibiriaka i E. Shvartca. eti udivitelnye, trogatelnye i poetichnye skazki volnuiut dushi mnogikh pokolenii iunykh chitatelei, a ikh personazhi prochno voshli v chislo samykh liubimykh skazochnykh geroev.