About the book: 2017 / “You're Walking on the Carpet" - a new collection of stories by the young talented writer Maria Boteva.... Before you know it, your friend She has matured, but for some reason she considers you very small. Will your friendship end because of this? “You Walk on the Carpet” is a story about the friendship of two girls, about rural everyday life, about the first teenage rebellions and sincere support...One day, dad brings home a puppy. Well, like a puppy - one misunderstanding: so small that it fits in the palm of your hand, sleeps and eats, but does nothing else. It’s a shame to go out with someone like that. They will see and laugh. But it turns out that when you have someone to care about, life changes. And not only yours - the whole family. The story “A few shots for grandfather” is about this. Maria Boteva is a journalist, author of stories, poems, fairy tales, and plays. She became a laureate of the Triumph youth award (2005) and a finalist for the National Children's Literary Award “Treasured Dream” (2005–2006). Her works were also included in the short list of the Debut Prize in the category “Large Prose” (2005). The collection of stories “Ice cream in waffle cups” was published by the publishing house “KompasGid” in 2013, after which it was awarded several significant literary awards: the All-Russian competition for the best literary work for children and youth “Kniguru”, the International Literary Prize named after. V. Krapivina, a list of outstanding children's books in the world “White Crows”, compiled by the Munich International Children's Library.