Alimzhanov B.: Kind Askar

Kind Askar’ is a fairy-tale about an adventurous boy from a Kazakh village. On his travels he saves a Golden Fish, and revives the Steadfast Tin Soldier. He makes friends with Akka the Goose and the Snow Queen, and even beats Baron Munchausen at lying. Askar gets to know characters from stories by Alexander Pushkin, Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, Selma Lagerlöf and others. By the end of the tale, characters from fairy-tales from all over the world have made friends with the kind-hearted Kazakh boy.