The Little Book of Everything

Keep this little book by your bedside or your desk or on your kitchen shelf and turn to it from time to time. It will have something comforting or helpful to say to you. About the Author Ruskin Bond born in Kasauli in 1934 grew up in Jamnagar Dehradun New Delhi and Shimla. His first novel The Room on the Roof which was written when he was seventeen received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written over 500 short stories essays and novellas (including Vagrants in the Valley and A Flight of Pigeons) and more than forty books for children. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for English writing in India in 1992 the Padma Shri in 1999 the Delhi government's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 and Padma Bhushan in 2014 for his contribution to literature.Ruskin lives in Landour Mussoorie with his extended family.