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Bilingual Bedtime: Twenty Stories in Russian and English: Stories By Leo Tolstoy, Share Aloud or Learn Word by Word, with Every Russian Word Marked fo

Bilingual Bedtime: Twenty Stories in Russian and English: Stories By Leo Tolstoy, Share Aloud or Learn Word by Word, with Every Russian Word Marked fo

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Tolstoy, Leo Nikolayevich, 1828-1910
Kovalyov, Ivan

Paperback

Russian

ISBN13: 9798191058443
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 6 2026
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Learn Real Russian with Leo Tolstoy's Classic Stories for Beginners

When Leo Tolstoy founded a school for the village children on his estate, he couldn't find a single reading primer simple enough for them. So, he wrote his own.

These twenty stories come directly from Tolstoy's original primer, including The Three Bears, Filipok, Little Boy Thumb, and classic Aesop fables retold in his clean, spare Russian. These are not artificial, invented textbook sentences. This is authentic Russian by one of world literature's greatest writers, written deliberately simple because his own pupils were beginners, too.

A Dual-Language Format Designed for Natural Learning

  • Paragraph-by-Paragraph Alignment: Every spread features Russian on the left page and English on the right, mapped paragraph to numbered paragraph.
  • Word-for-Word Glosses: Beneath every word sits a small gloss in the opposite language. The two pages share one vocabulary: the Russian you meet on the left is identical to the Russian printed under the English on the right.
  • Full Stress Marking: Every Russian word of two or more syllables is marked for stress-in the main text, in every gloss, and in the back glossary. Never guess how a word is pronounced again.
With a total vocabulary of just 870 unique words, this collection is designed to build confidence without overwhelming you. Over 65% of the words you read are among the top 1,000 most common words in the Russian language.

Inside You'll Find:

  • 20 Complete Stories: Ranging from one-paragraph fables to longer, engaging tales.
  • 40 Original Illustrations: Beautiful artwork marking the beginning and end of every story.
  • A Guided Reading Path: A where-to-start index designed to guide readers to the easiest stories first.
  • Complete Back Glossary: Every single one of the 870 words listed with its stress mark and meaning.
Whether you are an adult learning Russian, a parent raising bilingual children, or a teacher looking for authentic reading material, this book makes reading real Russian accessible, achievable, and enjoyable.

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