All Creatures Great and Small
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'Samuel was a snail of some individuality. Some considered him to be the
bad snail in the family, but that was because he did not listen to his elders
and liked to do things on his own... Birds and butterflies recognized no
man-made borders, so why should snails?'
If there is one thing that never gets old or boring or repetitive, it is stories
that detail the shenanigans of animals. Often extremely entertaining, animals
act in certain ways that are intriguing, wondrous and fascinating.
In All Creatures Great and Small, Ruskin Bond brings us stories and personal
essays that speak to this animal-human equation. He takes us into the world
of ambitious snails, conniving eagles, monkeys that love hot baths, humans
who befriend them and many other exciting tales!
Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond is one of India's most well-known writers. Born in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, in 1934, he grew up in Jamnagar, Dehradun and Shimla. In the course of a writing career spanning over seventy years, he has published over a hundred books, including short-story collections, poetry, novels, essays, memoirs and journals, edited anthologies and books for children. The Room on the Roof was his first novel, written when he was seventeen. It received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. He has also received many other awards, including the Sahitya Akademi award in 1992, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. Many of his stories and novellas including The Blue Umbrella, A Flight of Pigeons and Susanna's Seven Husbands have been adapted into films.
Ruskin lives in Landour, Mussoorie. His other books with HarperCollins include These are a Few of My Favourite Things, Koki's Song, How to Be a Writer, The Enchanted Cottage and How to Live Your Life.
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