THE LOST GIRL AND THE SCALLYWAGS

The Lost Girl And The Scallywags by Galina Demykina
Within this book there dwells a little girl with pigtails. Her name is Zoya. And she is very fond of drawing. She always keeps a pencil and a sketchbook handy in her pocket, and paints and a painting book on the table. W e shall also meet Zoya ’s Mother and Aunt Janina. Aunt Janina
is the one in glasses: she doesn’t wear them all the time, only when she’s nervous. She has put them on now so that you won’t mix her up with Mother. We must make the acquaintance, too, of Luba Vilkina, who has short hair. Try to remember her for later. That’s all for the moment. Other characters will appear in due course. It all begins very simply.

The Lost Girl And The Scallywags was translated from Russian by James Riordan and was illustrated by Vasily Shulzhenko. The book was published in 1977 by Progress Publishers.