The most famous work of Jan Leopoldovich Larry (1900-1977) is the story "The Extraordinary Adventures of Karik and Vali". At first it was published in separate chapters in the magazine "Koster", and only then the book appeared. The fabulous plot and scientific information about plants and insects are so organically intertwined in the story that you read it in one breath. Brother and sister, Karik and Valya, drank the elixir invented by Professor Enotov and shrank to the size of a grain of sand. Having discovered the missing children, the professor goes in search of them, having previously reduced himself. On their way there is a grassy forest, huge insects and many dangers ... The way home will be not only scary, but also interesting.For middle school age.