The Room on the Roof by Ruskin Bond & Grandma's Bag of Stories by Sudha Murthy (SET OF 2 BOOKS)

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.Memories of a grandparent spinning tales around animals and mysterious characters have kept many of us rapt till date. Sudha Murty's Grandmas Bag of Stories is simply delightful. The story starts with Anand Krishna Raghu and Meena arriving at their grandparents house in Shiggaon. Overjoyed Ajji and Ajja(Grandmother and grandfather in Kannada) get the house ready while Ajji prepares delicious snacks for children. Finally times comes when everyone gathers around Ajji as she opens her big bag of stories. She tells stories of kings and cheats princesses and onions monkeys and mice and scorpions and hidden treasures. through unlikely in combination stories makes perfect sense when Grandma is the one narrating them. This book is ideal for young children and those who are 5+ in age. Stories are accompanied by colourful illustrations and morals. Lucid and simple language of the book makes reading a pleasure. About the author: Active Indian social worker and writer Sudha Murty was born 19th August 1950. She writes in two languages: Kannada and English. Sudha started her career in field of computer science and engineering. She is an active member in the Gate Foundation and the chairperson of a non-profit organization Infosys Foundation in Karnataka. Credited for founding several orphanages Sudha has also participated in various rural development efforts to provide library and computer facilities in all Government schools of Karnataka. One of her many achievements includes establishing the 'The Murty Classical Library of India' at Harvard University. Apart from writing novels she has also acted in films: Pitruroon (Marathi film) and Prarthana(Kannada film). About the Author Sudha Murty is India's biggest selling woman author. Among her most popular non fiction works are Wise and Otherwise The Old Man and His God The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk and How I Taught My Grandmother to Read.A classic coming-of-age story which has held generations of readers spellbound!Rusty a sixteen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy is orphaned and has to live with his English guardian in the claustrophobic European part in Dehra Dun. Unhappy with the strict ways of his guardian Rusty runs away from home to live with his Indian friends. Plunging for the first time into the dream-bright world of the bazaar Hindu festivals and other aspects of Indian life Rusty is enchanted … and is lost forever to the prim proprieties of the European community.Written when the author was himself seventeen this moving story of love and friendship with a new introduction and illustrations will be enjoyed by a whole new generation of readers. About the Author Born in Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh) in 1934 Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar (Gujarat) 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 and the Delhi government's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. He lives in Landour Mussoorie with his extended family.