The Live Bead

Stories and Fairy Tales by Nina Pavlova.Dr. Nina Mikhailovna Pavlova was a Russian botanist plant breeder and children's literature author. As a botanist she is noted for developing cultivars of berry plants including 24 new varieties of currant and gooseberry. As a children's literature author she popularized scientific topics for children as fairy tales. She was a recipient of the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Badge of Honour. The standard author abbreviation Pavlova is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.Stories and Fairy Tales Translated by James Riordan and illustrated by Valery Alfeyevsky.