Class: VIII- D
Name of book: Small towns, big stories
Name of Author : Ruskin Bond
Summary: While growing up children read books by Ruskin Bond, this was my first book by Ruskin Bond. I didn’t read any books during my childhood & early adolescence. But after reading this book, I know why Bond is a favorite among children.The stories in this collection provide a soothing effect. We get a pleasant feeling while reading the stories & even after reading them. I was looking for something light, after reading ‘Angels & Demons’- which has quite an exhausting end. So, I picked up this collection & it did serve its purpose.
The stories featured in this collection are diverse in a sense, but still have a lot in common. There’s a sense of adventure in almost all the stories. Most stories have a young boy or girl in the center. Some others have an ‘I’ character. The ones with ‘I’ character are semi-autobiographical. But as a reader, one fails to find out where & when the line between fact and fiction is crossed by the author.
