The children’s non-fiction texts 20-30’ s of XX century were analyzed. Especially we were interested in special tools, which helped to authors to speak with a young readers of all ages and to activate their mental cognitive processes: attention, imagination, memory, thinking.
Keywords: children’s non-fiction, mental cognitive processes, popularization of knowledge, children’s reading.
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