Spinning Yarns: The Best Children's Stories from India
- Publisher : Rupa Publications
- Publishing year : May 2013
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9788129121202
- Imprint : Red turtle
- Age Group : Young Reader
- Language : English
Theres something in this collection for everyonescary ghost stories, thrilling adventure tales, nonsense rhymes that wil ...
Theres something in this collection for everyonescary ghost stories, thrilling adventure tales, nonsense rhymes that will tickle you silly, stories of school and home, of celebrations and hard times, of light-hearted fun as well as heartbreak. In Spinning Yarns: The Best Childrens Stories from India, the classic works of literary giants like Rabindranath Tagore and Premchand accompany the offerings of modern masters like R. K. Narayan, Vikram Seth, Paul Zacharia and Sudha Murty. Savour the evergreen charm of Sukumar Rays poetry and devour an exciting shikar tale by Jim Corbett. Well-loved contemporary writers like Ruskin Bond, Ranjit Lal and Paro Anand too find a place in the book.
Author, poet and translator, Deepa Agarwal has written about fifty books in English and Hindi, mostly for children. She has received many prestigious awards including N.C.E.R.T. National Award For Children’s Literature. Her historical adventure novel, Caravan to Tibet, was selected for the IBBY (International Board On Books For Young People) Honour List 2008 from India and like some of her earlier titles, was listed in the White Raven Catalogue of the International Youth Library, Munich. Her work has appeared in Japanese, Chinese and Korean as well as sixteen Indian languages.
