A collector’s edition featuring the best of Ruskin Bond’s works.
· Includes two treasuries: The Room of Many Colours and Uncles, Aunts and Elephants
· A delightful collection of heart-warming stories and poems and non-fiction pieces by master storyteller Ruskin Bond.
· Featuring over 100 stories, complemented by stunning artworks
· Ideal for both children and adults who wish to revisit Ruskin Bond’s writing
This special collector’s edition brings together the best works of India’s best-loved author for all his fans. Featuring illustrations and a rich cast of characters, this box set is a perfect collection for fans of the master storyteller.
Let Amma take your young ones on a journey through three picture books to witness the wonderful sights, sounds and history of India’s popular places of worship. With Amma, Take Me to The Dargah of Salim Chishti, behold the dargah of Salim Chishti that shines like a white pearl in an oasis of red sandstone. While Amma, Take Me to Tirupati will help your child know all about the world-famous temple of Tirupati Balaji, Amma, Take Me to The Golden Templewill teach them Guru Nanak’s eternal message of equality, love and service.
Told through interesting stories with captivating illustrations, this series introduces readers to the history of different faiths and their associated monuments.
Have you noticed how the onion has so many layers? And have you seen your mother’s eyes water when she cuts an onion? Here is a remarkable story to tell you why.
India’s favourite storyteller brings alive this timeless tale with her inimitable wit and simplicity. Dotted with charming illustrations, this gorgeous chapter book is the ideal introduction for beginners to the world of Sudha Murty.
I tug till my head’s black and blue!
But nothing can tame
This wild, curly mane!
Curly haired girl does everything she can to straighten her stubborn curls-after all, everywhere she looks she sees heroines with smooth, silky hair. Then one day, a big bully comes along and everything changes! A humorous tale of self-acceptance. And of hair, lots and lots of glorious curly hair!
The rice beer bellies of a Christian village in Meghalaya; food fed to departed Zoroastrian souls; a Kolkata-based Jewish community in decline; Tibetan monks who first serve Preta, the hungry ghost; and fifty-six-course feasts of the Jagannath temple-these are the stories in Bhagwan Ke Pakwaan (or, food of the gods), a cookbook-cum-travelogue exploring the connection between food and faith through the communities of India. There are legends and lore, angsty perspectives, tangential anecdotes, a couple of life lessons and a whole lot of food.
This book contains exercises and puzzles to help young learners practise using basic grammar and hone their language skills. Through fun and challenging activities, your child will learn and master grammar, reading and writing skills that are applicable in a wide-range of everyday contexts.
This book contains exercises and puzzles to help young learners practise using basic grammar and hone their language skills. Through fun and challenging activities, your child will learn and master grammar, reading and writing skills that are applicable in a wide-range of everyday contexts.
This book contains exercises and puzzles to help young learners practise using basic grammar and hone their language skills. Through fun and challenging activities, your child will learn and master grammar, reading and writing skills that are applicable in a wide-range of everyday contexts.
This book contains exercises and puzzles to help young learners practise using basic grammar and hone their language skills. Through fun and challenging activities, your child will learn and master grammar, reading and writing skills that are applicable in a wide-range of everyday contexts.
A brand new edition of Ruskin Bond’s first novel for childrenLaurie is an English boy who moves to a hill town with his parents when his father is posted to India on work for two years.Laurie makes two new friends: Anil; the son of a local cloth merchant; and Kamal; who lost his parents during Partition and now sells buttons and shoelaces but dreams of going to college. Anil and Kamal introduce Laurie to an enchanted world of beetle races; ghosts; chaat and Holi; and he shares with them the secret pool he finds on the mountainside. At the pool the boys fish; build dams; take midnight dips; wrestle; and ride buffaloes. It is there that they plan their grand adventure: a trek to the Pindari Glacier; were no one from their town has gone before. On the slopes of the beautiful mountain they meet pumpkin-eating bears; and keep a close lookout for the Abominable Snow-woman who feeds children fruit; honey; rice and earthworms.This lost classic is a magical tale of adventure and friendship; told in Ruskin Bond’s inimitable style.
