Tigers For Dinner: Tall Tales By Jim Corbett'S Khansama+THING IN A UPPER ROOM+Tiger in the Tunnel

Tigers For Dinner: Tall Tales By Jim Corbett's Khansama is a fun-filled book for children and adults alike. It is a collection of short stories about the adventures of Jim Corbett narrated by his family cook Mehmoud to the author when he was a child. Narrated in a simple style all the tales told by the cook are as delicious as his food and takes a reader on a nostalgic journey. This book contains the author's childhood experiences at the home of the great hunter Jim Corbett. He keeps wandering into the kitchen to listen to the fascinating stories told by his cook and to gobble the delicious food prepared by him. Starting with the man-eating tigers cobras man-hunting crocodiles useless Maharajas haunting pillows and lost kitchen boys the book contains everything that is needed to entertain a child's many curiosities. Littered with humor Tigers For Dinner: Tall Tales By Jim Corbett's Khansama has captivating illustrations that pour life into the characters in the book. This novel is authored by Ruskin Bond who has written about his childhood days in India.+RUSKIN BOND is known for his signature simplistic and witty writing style. He is the author of several bestselling short stories novellas collections essays and children?s books; and has contributed a number of poems and articles to various magazines and anthologies.+For decades now Ruskin Bond has been charming us with his captivating stories about life in thehills. For this collection India’s favourite storyteller has rummaged through his archives and fishedout a compilation of some of the pithiest short stories written on the Indian wildlife.From tigers elephants mongooses and leopards to jackals panthers snakes and cats—Bond coversthem all humble and mighty in this collection. Bringing together the finest writing by authorssuch as Rudyard Kipling C.A. Kincaid John Eyton Hugh Allen among others this collectionwill enchant the Bond aficionado and initiate alike