Tiger Roars / Eagle Soars

by Ruskin Bond

95 pages, Paperback

First published March 17, 1994

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

[Leah Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Used as part of a reading comprehension exercise. Some challenging vocab that led to interesting discussions and comparisons of where we live and where the book is set (India). Therefore this lends itself well to geography- looking at other areas of the world.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Two short stories about children interacting with wild animals in India. The illustrations are lovely.