Ruskin Bond's treasury of stories for children

by Ruskin Bond

Book by Bond, Ruskin

318 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2000

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

[Soumyaneel Manna · Rating 4 out of 5]

There were a lot of stories. 37 of them. Most of them were very innocent, what else can you expect from a children's book! His writing is very simple, he writes small sentences that are easily understood. Some of the stories were kinda boring, ngl and the stories had a lot of variation in the length of the stories, some stories were as small as 3 pages and some were as long as 25! That kind of bothered me, but I am really fascinated by Ruskin's writings. They contain vivid descriptions of nature which makes the stories soothing.

[Amit Bhattacharyya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely must read. The simplistic way of writing coupled with bond's vivid portrayal makes it a gripping session with this book.

[Ankit Yadav · Rating 4 out of 5]

one of the first story books I read. simple yet great stories.