Bayky Hryhoriya Skovorody — tse filosofsʹki miniatyury, rozmysly pro srodnu pratsyu, shchastya ta vdyachnistʹ, yaka maye napovnyuvaty kozhnu mytʹ zhyttya mudroyi lyudyny. Ale nasampered tse dobri y kumedni opovidky pro tvaryn, yaki khytruyutʹ, ledaryuyutʹ, boyatʹsya i derutʹ nosa, yak spravzhnisinʹki lyudy. Heroyi bayok pokazhutʹ, yak vazhlyvo bachyty ne tilʹky zovnishnyu, a y vnutrishnyu sutʹ rechey, bratysya za tu spravu, do yakoyi mayesh zdibnosti, ne obmanyuvaty inshykh i tsinuvaty chas. «Bayky» uporyadkuvav i dbaylyvo adaptuvav dlya malyat odyn iz naykrashchykh znavtsiv tvorchosti Hryhoriya Skovorody — profesor Leonid Ushkalov, a proilyustruvav Inokentiy Korshunov, yakyy vdalo poyednav starovynu y suchasnistʹ, ozhyvyvshy personazhiv. Obrazy, stvoreni khudozhnykom, neodminno vyklychutʹ u chytacha usmishku.