Seven Must Read Nature Stories

by Ruskin Bond

26 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 1, 2017

About the author

Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist. He wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen which won John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novellas, over 500 short stories, as well as various essays and poems, all of which have established him as one of the best-loved and most admired chroniclers of contemporary India. In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing, for his short stories collection, "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra", by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature. He now lives with his adopted family in Landour near Mussoorie.

Reviews

[Srikar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Time to pack bags and migrate to Uttarakhand/Himachal Pradesh.

[T]

Simple,rustic and should be appealing to people of any age. can be even read out to kids as a bedtime story.Mirrors a lot about life and people in general. The theme of original book is nicely adapted and very good for Kids.Vivid description of forests, life in villages. The book also consists of some interesting fact about ferns,fruits,saplings and many more parts of nature

[A_Chirping_Aquarian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple and elegant read .

[Namita Das · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had already read all of these stories in another collection of stories by Ruskin Bond. Nonetheless, it was still a good re-read.

All the stories are beautiful and it is like a walk in nature. Indeed I felt good.

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[Surabhi Panda · Rating 4 out of 5]

7 🅼🆄🆂🆃 🆁🅴🅰🅳 🅽🅰🆃🆄🆁🅴 🆂🆃🅾🆁🅸🅴🆂
🅰🆄🆃🅷🅾🆁- ᖇᑌSKIᑎ ᗷOᑎᗪ
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"ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ꜱᴛᴀy ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴜꜱ, ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴜꜱ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ yᴇᴀʀ."

🌼ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴꜱ 7 ꜱʜᴏʀᴛ ꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ..
Author has penned down some of his beautiful memories in this book. When we grow up, we become happy remembering all the beautiful things of our childhood.
When we remember those beautiful days of our life, we feel butterflies in our stomach.

"ᴀ ᴄᴏᴄᴋ ᴄʀᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴅᴀᴡɴ. ʜᴀʀʙɪɴɢᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴩᴛɪᴍɪꜱᴍ. 'ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴅᴀy! ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴅᴀy!' ɪᴛ ꜱᴇᴇᴍꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴀy."

There are so many positive things to learn from this book...
🌼Author's love for flowers, Animals, Birds..
🌼He wants to tell people that not all snakes are poisonous. People killed them without any reason. Most of fhe snakes that are killed in this way are perfectly Harmless specimens.
🌼The author also said that how birds used to come to the pool near his house to drink water and take bath.
🌼when you feel discouraged,low depressed, spend time with Nature. Go for walk ,watch the sea waves,feel the wind. Explore Nature,give time to yourself....

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At last we knew Author's love for plants...

"ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪʟʟꜱ , ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀᴇꜱᴛꜱ. ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴩʟᴀɪɴꜱ,ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ꜱɪɴɢʟᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴇꜱ. ᴀ ʟᴏɴᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴇ ᴏɴ ᴀ ᴡɪᴅᴇ,ꜰʟᴀᴛ ᴩʟᴀɪɴ- ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪꜰ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴛʜɪɴ, ᴄᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ, ɴᴏɴᴅᴇꜱᴄʀɪᴩᴛ ᴛʀᴇᴇ ɢᴀɪɴꜱ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛy ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏʙɪʟɪᴛy ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɪᴛꜱ ɪꜱᴏʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴩʀᴇᴄᴀʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ɪᴛꜱ ᴇxɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ..

[Bancha Dutta · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first Ruskin Bond book I read and I am delighted to find a new favorite author. The seven stories would have been poetry if the words rhymed. But nobody would want to make the words rhyme because they are beautiful and dreamy as it is. Ruskin Bond makes us travel to scenic corners of the world - from places as regular as a stream created from a leaking tap to the orchards of a hill station. There's equal beauty in all and without doubt I would want to revisit them through the beautiful words of Ruskin Bond.

[Harish P · Rating 5 out of 5]

Only Ruskin Blnd can write like this:

"for a forest stream without ferns would be like a maiden whose loveliest tresses have been shorn."

"Time, place and emotion must coalesce, hence the rarity of these occasions. Delight cannot be planned for—she makes no appointments!"

[Saurabh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not exactly stories, but the observations, thoughts, and memories of the writer about nature around him. People who like Ruskin Bond's books will find the stories mesmerizing and somewhat insightful. But for others, it may seem like random ramblings.

[Neeraj Singhvi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice versions of childhood memories

The short stories are nice and sweet and take you to your childhood days which we all miss today. Doesn't require much time to read and at the end you just feel there wereca few more of them.

[Manali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stories that make you fall in love with nature and its beauty, especially the one in the mountains.

My rating: 4.5/5
A collection of nice and sweet stories which take you to your childhood days and make you nostalgic. We all miss those carefree days when there's nothing to do but observe and absorb the beauty of nature, but sadly most of us don't have the time to do this. These stories make us miss all those moments.

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[Naresh Bangaru · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a nice book for children

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[Vimala Thangavel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Feel good Short Read about nature and the little things we missed in our daily life

[Somya Meena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Connects us more to nature

A forest stream without ferns would be like a maiden whose loveliest tresses have been shron".
This novel is full of short stories which connects us more to the nature.

It explains about Beautiful nature we have like you are standing in the middle of nature and exploring, experiencing it by yourself, smiling at the first ray of sunshine.

" The moment when we feel deeply moved or inspired, moments when time seems to stand still... They come but rarely, as small miracles , like the fragrance of the first summer ram on parched earth, or the song of the whistling-thrush emerging like a sweet secret from a dark forest; moments when heaven is here, compensating for the irritations and petty disasters that we create around ourselves each day."
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[Vinay Leo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review at A Bookworm's Musing

It's not just fiction, but a mix of fiction and observations. The book is quite useful if one is in a reader’s block and wants to restart reading. It’s quick to read, and also easy on the pocket. It’s like one of those books you get in trains during a journey. For a reader who loves this author’s writing, I think it will be value for money.

[Meenakshi Rajashekar · Rating 1 out of 5]

So nostalgic!!