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"Baggage" by S. Marshak is considered one of the most famous and frequently quoted children's poems.
The poem's heroine, a thrifty lady, sets off on a long journey and checks in many different items, including a small dog. However, during the journey, the dog suddenly grows and turns into a "huge, disheveled dog." The poet cheerfully lists the same items on each page: "a sofa, a suitcase, a travel bag, a painting, a basket, a cardboard box"—as if the train wheels rhythmically clatter on their joints, "carrying" this impressive baggage throughout the book. This list also resembles a children's counting rhyme, instantly memorable.
Following Marshak, Vladimir Vasilyevich Lebedev, the first illustrator of "Baggage," lists these items in his drawings.
The creative partnership of Samuil Marshak and Vladimir Lebedev lasted for many years. In this collaboration, both participants were full-fledged co-authors. The names of the poet and the artist always appeared side by side on the book covers. "Baggage," with Lebedev's illustrations, was reprinted as a separate book fourteen times, and each time the artist revised previous versions, gradually moving away from the early images, which were close in style to satirical and caricatured, toward realistic ones, executed in a soft watercolor technique.
In the final, revised edition of 1956, each character is presented with a detailed portrait: a lady dressed in a fashionable manner, a porter counting luggage on his fingers, a mustachioed railway worker, a young man in a padded jacket, and even a dog with the word "baggage" written on its collar. The lady's luggage is shown from all sides, and the luggage carts are drawn in detail, with all technical accuracy.
It was this edition that became the textbook and most recognizable. It was his Melik-Pashayev publishing house that included him in the series of subtle masterpieces “The Best for Children”.
The poem's heroine, a thrifty lady, sets off on a long journey and checks in many different items, including a small dog. However, during the journey, the dog suddenly grows and turns into a "huge, disheveled dog." The poet cheerfully lists the same items on each page: "a sofa, a suitcase, a travel bag, a painting, a basket, a cardboard box"—as if the train wheels rhythmically clatter on their joints, "carrying" this impressive baggage throughout the book. This list also resembles a children's counting rhyme, instantly memorable.
Following Marshak, Vladimir Vasilyevich Lebedev, the first illustrator of "Baggage," lists these items in his drawings.
The creative partnership of Samuil Marshak and Vladimir Lebedev lasted for many years. In this collaboration, both participants were full-fledged co-authors. The names of the poet and the artist always appeared side by side on the book covers. "Baggage," with Lebedev's illustrations, was reprinted as a separate book fourteen times, and each time the artist revised previous versions, gradually moving away from the early images, which were close in style to satirical and caricatured, toward realistic ones, executed in a soft watercolor technique.
In the final, revised edition of 1956, each character is presented with a detailed portrait: a lady dressed in a fashionable manner, a porter counting luggage on his fingers, a mustachioed railway worker, a young man in a padded jacket, and even a dog with the word "baggage" written on its collar. The lady's luggage is shown from all sides, and the luggage carts are drawn in detail, with all technical accuracy.
It was this edition that became the textbook and most recognizable. It was his Melik-Pashayev publishing house that included him in the series of subtle masterpieces “The Best for Children”.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series The best for children