Ernest Seton-Thompson, “Animal Stories.” State Publishing House of Children’s Literature, Ministry of Education of the RSFSR, Moscow, 1955. Author’s drawings. Translated from English by N. Chukovsky. Ernest Seton-Thompson (1860-1946) was a Canadian writer, animal artist, and naturalist. He incredibly accurately and truthfully describes the actions, behavior, and habits of animals, fearlessly portraying the life of forests, mountains, and prairies as it is, both beautiful and cruel. The sense of the mighty earthly life permeates all the work of this amazing writer.