About the Author
Ruskin Bond, resident of Mussoorie, is a well-known writer of Fiction and a raconteur par excellence. His Tales and Legends from India, Angry River, Strange Men, Strange Places, The Blue Umbrella, A Long Walk for Bina and Hanuman to the Rescue are also available in Rupa paperback. The Ruskin Bond Children's Omnibus has been a firm favourite with young readers for several years. Ghost Stories from the Raj, The Rupa Book of Great Animal Stories and The Rupa Book of True Tales of Mystery and Adventure are three of his recent anthologies for Rupa.
Contents
1. On Wings of Sleep
2. The Wind on Haunted Hill
3. Mother Hill
4. The Whistling Schoolboy
5. Song of the Whistling Thrush
6. The Night the Roof Blew off
7. The Cherry Tree
8. From the Pool to the Glacier
9. The Last Truck Ride
10. A Walk through Garhwal
11. Haikus and other Short Verses
12. A Long Walk for Bina
13. These Simple things
14. Mussoorie's Landour Bazaar
15. The Old Lama
16. Visitors from the Forest
17. A Bouquet of Love