Aleksandr Melentevich Volkov (1891-1977) - russkiy pisatel, dramaturg, perevodchik, pedagog. Pervyy roman Volkov nachal pisat v dvenadtsat let, a pechatatsya - v 1916 godu. Skazochnaya povest «Urfin Dzhyus i ego derevyannye soldaty» (1963) - vtoraya ego kniga iz tsikla o Volshebnoy strane. Byvshiy pomoschnik zloy volshebnitsy Gingemy, stolyar Urfin Dzhyus sluchayno poluchaet poroshok, sposobnyy ozhivlyat predmety. On reshaet sozdat armiyu derevyannyh soldat i zahvatit Golubuyu stranu...