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Malenʹkiĭ vimmelʹbukh, priglashenie proguli͡atʹsi͡a po gorodu Zverinogradu v vykhodnoĭ. Ego obitateli - zhivotnye, no oni zani͡aty tem zhe, chem i zhiteli li͡ubogo drugogo goroda. Oni khodi͡at na rynok, v kafe, v basseĭn i na katok, otkryvai͡ut vystavki i ustraivai͡ut premʹery filʹmov. I, konechno zhe, prazdnui͡ut dni rozhdenii͡a. Kniga otkryvaetsi͡a razvorotom s planom goroda, i dli͡a malenʹkogo chitateli͡a ėto pervyĭ opyt abstraktnogo predstavlenii o deĭstvitelʹnosti. A potom, slovno navedi͡a zum, chitatelʹ rassmatrivaet otdelʹnye lokat͡sii. Na kazhdom razvorote poi͡avli͡ai͡utsi͡a novye personazhi, oni vstupai͡ut vo vzaimodeĭstvie drug s drugom, a v kont͡se sobirai͡utsi͡a na denʹ rozhdenii͡a. Mozhno prosleditʹ, chem kazhdyĭ iz nikh zanimalsi͡a v ėtot denʹ, a potom naĭti ego v prazdnichnoĭ tolpe na poslednem razvorote.

Little Wimmelbuch, an invitation to walk around the city of Zveringrad on a weekend. Its inhabitants are animals, but they do the same thing as the inhabitants of any other city. They go to the market, to cafes, to the pool and to the ice rink, open exhibitions and arrange film premieres. And, of course, they celebrate birthdays. The book opens with a spread with a city plan, and for a young reader this is the first experience of an abstract representation of reality. And then, as if zooming in, the reader examines individual locations. New characters appear on each page, they interact with each other, and at the end they gather for a birthday party. You can track what each of them was doing that day, and then find him in the festive crowd on the last page.