The Essential Collection for Young Readers
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Ruskin Bond has been writing stories for children for over six decades now delighting and enchanting each new generation of readers with his heart-warming tales of friendship love and coming-of-age. Curated in this essential collection are some of his best-loved stories designed to introduce the young reader to Ruskin's cast of beloved characters - from the irrepressible Rusty with his constant thirst for adventure to his Grandfather with his overflowing kindness towards all creatures great and small from the resolute Bina who braves a leopard to walk to school to Suraj and Sunder Singh who become unlikely friends. Including classic tales such as 'The Girl on the Train' 'Coming Home to Dehra' 'The Room of Many Colours' and 'The Blue Umbrella' in turns funny touching whimsical and nostalgic this collection is a must-read for children and adults alike.
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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