A bear who loves honey, a mischievous tiny bunny, a imply giant who turns good, nimble deer and mice, a magical man who aids, genies and elves, buddies who’ve got your back, clucks and quacks, a throne with secret powers, a pot that cooks for hours, eggs of gold, courtiers bold, a tail on fire, a definitely negative liar, wishing trees and, of course, princesses and peas… These are only a handful of of the items youngsters can study about in one hundred Greatest Stories For Young Children, a collection of favourite stories, which has tales by Beatrix Potter, Enid Blyton, Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, RK Narayan, Oscar Wilde, amongst other people.
There is also a choose of the best ones from the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Panchatantra, the Jatakas, the Kathasaritasagara and other classics.
For older youngsters, there is 50 Greatest Stories For Older Children. From the complete-of-surprises O Henry and the super-imaginative HG Wells to the adventurous Rudyard Kipling, heart-tugging Munshi Premchand and tongue-in-cheek Sukumar Ray, these are just some of the unforgettable authors older youngsters can study in this book.
And the locations they will take them? From a densely thicketed cantonment in eastern India to a battlefield in ancient Greece, from mysterious islands to the depths of the ocean, and from thundering rivers to chilly pine forests, and a host of other thrilling landscapes.
Children can study about adventurous heroes and brave royals, monkey kings and fairies, dragons and snarks, mongooses and lots of-headed hydras, and many other people who will fascinate them.
one hundred Greatest Stories For Young Children
Various authors
Hachette
Pp 560, Rs 599
50 Greatest Stories For Older Children
Various authors
Hachette
Pp 576, Rs 599