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Description
A little boy goes riding on a boat. He has been told many fearful stories of sea
monsters and strange sea creatures. But what really happens on the boat? Then
he is taken high up, far above the land in a tiny plane. The pilot loves to take
his plane up and down, diving and swooping. Is that fun? On a train, the boy
goes slowly up a hill, amidst piles of snow, through an amazing winterland.
But this is no ordinary train, for it is taking a whole load of schoolboys to their
boarding school. Can such a train ride really be exciting?
Find out in this set of stories where a young Ruskin Bond travels by train,
plane and boat, and tells us all the marvellous adventures from his childhood
days. Charmingly illustrated, written in simple language that will delight
younger readers, Hop On is the perfect introduction to the wonderful world of
Ruskin Bond's stories.
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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