About the book: 1977 / Sofia Prokofieva has long been a true master: "The Unknown with a Tail" is her second book. In it, the writer’s talent was revealed to its full potential, and this is the special charm of the book. It was published for the first time in 1963, over the years Prokofieva wrote many more books, including her best work, “The Patchwork and the Cloud,” and yet “The Unknown Man with a Tail” is still perceived today as one of the author’s main successes. Sophia’s Tale Prokofieva is full of gentle and kind humor. Its imagery is somehow conspiratorial. By the very structure of her phrase, the writer seems to be agreeing with the little reader that a magical “make-believe” is invisibly present here and draws the child into an exciting game. A modern fairy tale teaches us to see today’s world as strange, surprising. Teaches the future person to perceive the environment as an enduring miracle. Once again I read this fairy tale and again with each new page I wait: what new unexpected situation will the stuffed tiger with the kindest buttons instead of eyes find himself in? I would like all children to read the book Sofia Prokofieva and became friends with the charming “Unknown Man with a Tail.” Yu. Timofeev