Children, this is his first book for pupils. It included samples of ancient Kazakh poetry, folklore, as well as original poems and stories by Y. Altynsarin himself. Ybrai Altynsarin's “Kyrgyz chrestomathy” is composed of his translations, his own poems, articles, stories written in excellent Kazakh language. The circulation of the book (two thousand copies!), Very large for those times, testified that it was intended not only for several hundred Kazakh schoolchildren, but also for the mass of adult readers and listeners. In Altynsarin's textbooks in a simple form, scientific, artistic, journalistic material. The hard work on the book, fairly recognized as the first creation of the written artistic culture of the Kazakhs, lasted about three years. The chrestomathy consisted of four parts: “ 1. Small stories from the lives of children; 2. Stories from the life of big people; 3. Kyrgyz songs; 4. Kyrgyz proverbs and sayings." |