Znakomaia kazhdomu s detstva russkaia narodnaia skazka "Gusi-lebedi" v pereskaze A.N. Tolstogo prepodaet malyshu pervye uroki chelovecheskikh otnoshenii. A personazhi, narisovannye khudozhnikom Liuboviu Ereminoi, nadelennye iarkimi kharakterami i mimikoi, vvodiat samykh malenkikh chitatelei v volshebnyi mir russkogo folklora.