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Author: Ruskin Bond Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited ISBN: 9391149634 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 162
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All Time Favourites for Children celebrates Ruskin Bond's writing with stories that are perennially loved and can now be enjoyed in a single collectible volume. Curated and selected by India's most loved writer, this collection brings some of the evocative episodes from Ruskin's life, iconic Rusty, eccentric Uncle Ken, ubiquitous grandmother, and many other charming, endearing characters in a single volume while also introducing us to a smattering of new ones that are sure to be firm favourites with young readers. Heart-warming, funny and spirited, this is a must-have on every bookshelf!
Author: Ruskin Bond Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited ISBN: 9391149634 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 162
Book Description
All Time Favourites for Children celebrates Ruskin Bond's writing with stories that are perennially loved and can now be enjoyed in a single collectible volume. Curated and selected by India's most loved writer, this collection brings some of the evocative episodes from Ruskin's life, iconic Rusty, eccentric Uncle Ken, ubiquitous grandmother, and many other charming, endearing characters in a single volume while also introducing us to a smattering of new ones that are sure to be firm favourites with young readers. Heart-warming, funny and spirited, this is a must-have on every bookshelf!
Author: Ellen Weber Libby Publisher: Prometheus Books ISBN: 161592972X Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 302
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A thirty year veteran clinical psychologist describes in intimate detail how being the favorite child can confer both great advantages and significant emotional handicaps. Also illuminating for young parents seeking the best way to rear their children.
Author: Katherine Rundell Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1526610078 Category : Children's stories Languages : en Pages : 83
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_______________A pocket-sized, unmissable essay on the importance of children's literature by the bestselling and award-winning author, Katherine Rundell._______________'It's a very short book but it packs a real punch... A real delight' - Financial Times'Rundell is the real deal, a writer of boundless gifts and extraordinary imaginative power whose novels will be read, cherished and reread long after most so-called "serious" novels are forgotten' - Observer'Rundell's pen is gold-tipped' - Sunday Times_______________Katherine Rundell - Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and prize-winning author of five novels for children - explores how children's books ignite, and can re-ignite, the imagination; how children's fiction, with its unabashed emotion and playfulness, can awaken old hungers and create new perspectives on the world. This delightful and persuasive essay is for adult readers.
Author: Madalena Moniz Publisher: Abrams ISBN: 1683350421 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 64
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Beautifully illustrated by Madalena Moniz’s subtle watercolors, Today I Feel . . . follows a child through a whole range of emotions, from adored to curious to strong. Not all of the emotions are positive and not all of them are simple, but they are all honest and worthy of discussion with a young child.
Author: Roald Dahl Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0593203372 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 256
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Now a musical on broadway and streaming on Netflix! Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a menacing, kid-hating headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it! Here is Roald Dahl's original novel of a little girl with extraordinary powers. This much-loved story has recently been made into a wonderful new musical, adapted by Dennis Kelly with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin.
Author: Roald Dahl Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101653019 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 114
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From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything—except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don't just want out, they want revenge.
Author: Sam McBratney Publisher: ISBN: 9781844285150 Category : Anxiety Languages : en Pages : 32
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From the creators of Guess How Much I Love You, this enchanting story tells of the unconditional love between a family of bears. Mummy and Daddy Bear reassure their three little bears that each is equally special. But the little bears start to wonder: do their differences mean one is loved less? After some love and affection, the bears are satisfied that they really are all their parents' favourites!
Author: Ruskin Bond Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited ISBN: 9789383064793 Category : Short stories, Indic Languages : en Pages : 258
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His tales of India are fresh yet age-old; the scents, sights and languor of the Indian scene have rarely been captured with such ease and authority?'-National Herald 'Ruskin Bond has a magnificently simple and immensely moving style, compassion and a love and reverence for life'-Indian Express 'A writer of great gifts.'- New Statesman One of the country's foremost writers.'- Sunday Chronicle 'The country's best-loved English-language storyteller...seldom disappoints his readers... If you want the...pleasures of a good story, you can't go wrong with Bond.'- Live Mint One of India's best-loved storytellers.'- The Hindu The twenty-one stories in the book are the greatest pieces of fiction written by Ruskin Bond. Chosen by the author himself, from a body of work built over fifty years (starting with his award-winning first novel, The Room on the Roof, and ending with Tales of Fosterganj) this collection includes well-known masterpieces like 'The Night Train at Deoli', 'The Woman on Platform No 8', 'Rusty Plays Holi' (from The Room on the Roof), 'Angry River', 'The Blue Umbrella', 'The Eyes Have It', 'Most Beautiful', 'Panther's Moon', as well as newer stories like 'An Evening at the Savoy with H.H.' (from Maharani) and 'Dinner with Foster' (from Tales of Fosterganj). Taken together, the stories in A Gathering of Friends show why Ruskin Bond has long been regarded as one of the pillars of Indian literature. This is a book that will delight his legions of fans as well as those lucky few who are new to his fiction.
Author: Ruskin Bond Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited ISBN: 9788129147967 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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'They pass me everyday, on their way to school-boys and girls from the surrounding villages and the outskirts of the hill station. For many of them, it's a very long walk to school.' Adventurous children, mischievous children, responsible children-there are children of every kind in this collection of stories about the children of India. Ruskin Bond, one of India's favourite children's writers, has created memorable child protagonists in his short stories, novellas and novels. From Bina and Rusty to the Four Feathers, these characters have delighted readers for years. In this collection, Ruskin Bond brings together some of these unforgettable children and brings alive, once more, the happiness, wonder, heartache and freedom of childhood.
Author: Ruskin Bond
Author: Ruskin Bond
Author: Ellen Weber Libby
Author: Katherine Rundell
Author: Madalena Moniz
Author: Roald Dahl
Author: Maurice Sendak
Author: Roald Dahl
Author: Sam McBratney
Author: Ruskin Bond
Author: Ruskin Bond