About the book: 1959 / "You can wander through the forest for a long time and not notice anything. There are trees, it’s shady, damp, some birds are flying, squeaking: that’s all. An empty walk! Thus begins the Forester’s essay “On Exploration,” which opens the collection “Forest Paths.” To avoid such empty walks, a naturalist writer helps the reader to see, understand, study the forest and its inhabitants. From the very first stories, from the first lines, you find yourself in a forest, on a lake, in a swamp and discover the amazing secrets of nature: its smells, its rustles, its incomprehensible beauty. It was not for nothing that Evgeny Vasilyevich Dubrovsky chose his pseudonym: The Forester is a man who knows and feels nature to the subtleties, who has walked along its innumerable paths. This book includes stories from the best collections of the Forester - “Forester Were”, “In the Forest” , "Distant Years". In them, the young reader will find useful practical advice (“Fishing”, “Living Clock”, “The Bogatyr Trap” and others), and naturalist observations (“Chicks”, “Mushroom Hunting”, etc.), and funny and sad stories from the lives of animals. Many of the stories date back to a long time ago - 50–60 years ago. When reading them, you need to keep this in mind. But, nevertheless, they will bring joy to anyone who loves nature: they will teach you how to be a scout and tracker in the forest, observe the habits of animals and the life of plants, and help you feel like the master of nature.