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At School With Ruskin Bond
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Book Synopsis At School with Ruskin Bond by : Ruskin Bond
Download or read book At School with Ruskin Bond written by Ruskin Bond and published by . This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: � In this unique collection of stories, Ruskin Bond recalls his school days in a boarding school with humour and affection. He remembers the honour of being a Boy Scout, the pleasure of belonging to a secret club, the discovery of his passion for reading, and much more. � Beautifully illustrated by a leading Indian children's illustrator. �Ages 13 to 16 years.
Download or read book School Times written by Ruskin Bond and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who would you like to meet-the adventurous 'four feathers' from the prep-school in Shimla or the Eurasian schoolboy and his funny grandmother who detests the dirty manners of the English? There are more options: would you like to catch up with the father who became a school boy and attended school again or the small girl who lived on hope that her father would return home from war one day?
Book Synopsis The Puffin Book Of School Stories by : Ruskin Bond
Download or read book The Puffin Book Of School Stories written by Ruskin Bond and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-12-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of all-time favourite school stories Meet the world’s naughtiest boys and girls, the best and the worst students and some really famous children in this book as they make their way through school. Read about David Copperfield and his friendship with Steerforth, Tom Brown trying to find his feet in Rugby school, and Jane Eyre fighting poverty and disease in a school for orphans. Not to forget those other irrepressible and immortal boys, Richmal Crompton’s William Brown, Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer, RK Nararyan’s Swami and Ruskin Bond’s Rusty. Also included are stories from such classics as Anne of Avonlea, Little Men, Stalky and Co., and To Sir, With Love. By turns hilarious and heartwarming, these classic tales are about growing up and the time spent in that one place which is so beloved to some and so hated by others—school.
Download or read book Mr Oliver's Diary written by Ruskin Bond and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gun-toting, violin-playing headmaster A homicidal barber A hungry leopard and about a hundred frogs on the loose Boys with a talent for pranks and jokes Mr Oliver, a history teacher, arrives in Simla with a trainload of hungry boys to start a new term at the prep school. As he records the antics of the amazing characters there, and all that they get up to, we quickly realize that there is never a dull moment. A fire, a missing Headmaster and runaway students make sure that not a day goes by when Mr Oliver has nothing to report in his diary. He writes about the eccentric teachers, the girls’ school next door and the lovely Anjali Ramola, whom he secretly admires. Laugh-out-loud funny, with a core of old-world charm that is trademark Bond, Mr Oliver’s Diary has stories and characters that have never appeared anywhere before. With his runaway wig, pet shrew and endearing dry wit, Mr Oliver is sure to become as well-loved as those other vintage Ruskin Bond characters, Uncle Ken and Rusty.
Book Synopsis Rusty the Boy from the Hills by : Ruskin Bond
Download or read book Rusty the Boy from the Hills written by Ruskin Bond and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rusty is a quiet, imaginative and sensitive boy who lives with his grandparents in pre-Independence Dehra Dun. Though he is not the adventurous himself, the strangest and most extraordinary things keep happening around him. The house in Dehra is full of strange creatures. Rusty has to deal with everything from his grandfather’s pet python to the ever-inventive Uncle Ken. Visiting his father in wartime Java, Rusty narrowly escapes enemy bombardment, and survives a plane crash in the Arabian Sea. Back in India, he spends his time encountering a ghost in the garden and recreating his grandmother’s youthful days from an old photograph. Then, something totally unexpected happens and Rusty is forced to leave Dehra, his future uncertain ... This volume of Rusty stories, the first in a series, traces Rusty’s development from early childhood to his early teens and is a riveting read for younger and older children alike.
Book Synopsis The Whistling Schoolboy and Other Stories of School Life by : Ruskin Bond
Download or read book The Whistling Schoolboy and Other Stories of School Life written by Ruskin Bond and published by Rupa Publications. This book was released on 2015 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Stories for Children is a collection of some of Ruskin Bond's most delightful children's stories. It stars Toto, the monkey, who takes a fancy to the narrator's aunt, much to her dismay, a python besotted by his own appearance, a mischievous ghost who enjoys stirring up the house when things get dull, three young children stranded in a storm on the Haunted Hilland Ruskin Bond himself, who happens to make the acquaintance of a ghost at a resort late one night.
Download or read book The Cherry Tree written by Ruskin Bond and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rakesh plants a cherry seedling in his garden and watches it grow. As seasons go by, the small tree survives heavy monsoon showers, a hungry goat that eats most of the leaves and a grass cutter who splits it into two with one sweep. At last, on his ninth birthday, Rakesh is rewarded with a miraculous sight—the first pink blossoms of his precious cherry tree! This beautifully illustrated edition brings alive the magical charm of one of Ruskin Bond’s most unforgettable tales.
Download or read book How to Be a Writer written by Ruskin Bond and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing for me is the simplest and greatest pleasure in the world. How to be a Writer is peppered with nuggets of practical advice for every person who is aspiring to write and be published, all told in Ruskin Bond's characteristic understated, tongue-in-cheek, humorous style. So, what is it that a person requires the most to become a writer? A love of books, of language, of life, an observant eye and a good memory along with enthusiasm, optimism and persistence. This book is an exclusive glimpse into the writing credo of Ruskin Bond, an author who has had an incredibly successful writing career spanning over seventy years.
Book Synopsis The Room on the Roof by : Ruskin Bond
Download or read book The Room on the Roof written by Ruskin Bond and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2012 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book BOOK OF HUMOUR written by Ruskin Bond and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delectable offering from a writer who not only knows how to make us laugh but also knows how to laugh at himself Playful tigers; ‘ghosts’; elephants; crows and old favourites like Uncle Ken; Miss Bun; the author’s slightly eccentric grandfather and Bond himself weave in and out of the pages of this wildly eclectic; thoroughly delightful and absolutely irresistible anthology featuring previously unpublished pieces like ‘Respect Your Breakfast’ and ‘Uncle Ken Goes to Sea’ as well as beloved classics from Bond’s books. Marked by the signature charm and subtle wit of one of India’s best-loved writers; Ruskin Bond’s Book of Humour; will make even the hardened among us crack a smile.
Book Synopsis Words from My Window by : Ruskin Bond
Download or read book Words from My Window written by Ruskin Bond and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I need a window to look at the world without; for only then can I look at the world within. A room without a window is rather like a prison cell, and the soul is inclined to shrivel up in a confined space. ... Car horns, children calling to each other as they return from school, a boy selling candyfloss, several crows chasing a hawk! Never a dull moment. And the magic mountain looks on, absorbing everything.
Download or read book The India I Love written by Ruskin Bond and published by books catalog. This book was released on 2005 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Great Stories for Children by : Ruskin Bond
Download or read book Great Stories for Children written by Ruskin Bond and published by Rupa Publications. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Stories for Children is a collection of some of Ruskin Bond's most delightful children's stories. It stars Toto, the monkey, who takes a fancy to the narrator's aunt, much to her dismay, a python besotted by his own appearance, a mischievous ghost who enjoys stirring up the house when things get dull, three young children stranded in a storm on the Haunted Hilland Ruskin Bond himself, who happens to make the acquaintance of a ghost at a resort late one night.
Download or read book Roads to Mussoorie written by Ruskin Bond and published by Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited. This book was released on 2005 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruskin Bond emerges again, with a delightful set of sketches set in and on the way to his beloved Mussoorie. With an endearing affection and nostalgia for his home of over forty years, Mr Bond describes his journeys to and from Mussoorie over the years, and then delves into the daily scandals surrounding his life and friends in the (not so) sleepy hill town. The pieces in this collection are characterised by an incorrigible sense of humour and an eye for ordinary-and most often unnoticed-details that are so essential to the geographic, social and cultural fabric of a place. Accompanied by beautiful illustrations, Roads to Mussoorie is a memorable evocation of a writer's surroundings and the role they have played in his work and life.
Book Synopsis Looking for the Rainbow by : Ruskin Bond
Download or read book Looking for the Rainbow written by Ruskin Bond and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2017-05-19 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘When we are small we need someone to hold our hand in the dark.’ At age eight, Ruskin escapes his jail-like boarding school in the hills and goes to live with his father in Delhi. His time in the capital is filled with books, visits to the cinema, music, and walks and conversations with his father—a dream life for a curious and wildly imaginative boy, which turns tragic all too soon. For years, Ruskin Bond has regaled and mesmerized readers with his tales. In Looking for the Rainbow, Bond travels to his past, recalling his favourite adventures (and misadventures) with extraordinary charm, sprinklings of wit, a pinch of poignance and not a trace of bitterness. What you’re holding, dear reader, is a classic in the making.
Download or read book Children of India written by Ruskin Bond and published by Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.
Download or read book Ruskin Bond written by Ruskin Bond and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-08 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School Days are a collection of stories that captures the splendor of our school days. Here Ruskin Bond has weaved together some of the most adventurous and engaging school stories written by master storytellers like Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Samuel Smiles, Anton Chekhov, Richmal Crompton and others.
