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Puffin Book Of Classic Stories For Boys

Puffin Book Of Classic Stories For Boys

ANAND PARO
,
Paro Anand
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Pick up an alien’s egg go crocodile hunting; run with a gang of pickpockets get lost in a magical maze. All this and more in these stories of adventure, humour and imagination.Oliver Twist leaves behind his gang of criminals for a better life an open window is just what a fertile mind needs in Saki’s ‘The Open Window’ Satyajit Ray’s Badan Babu has a brush with a Pterodactyl’s egg Rabindranath Tagore recollects boyhood days spent dreaming in an abandoned palanquin; and Sherlock Holmes sets off to solve the mystery of the engineer’s thumb.
Featuring the works of such renowned authors as Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Premchand, Mark Twain and others, and a lively introduction by well-known children’s author Paro Anand, The Puffin Book of Classic Stories for Boys is a matchless collection from the masters of world literature for boys of all ages.

Imprint: India Puffin

Published: Jun/2010

ISBN: 9780143331490

Length : 172 Pages

MRP : ₹150.00

Puffin Book Of Classic Stories For Boys

ANAND PARO
,
Paro Anand

Pick up an alien’s egg go crocodile hunting; run with a gang of pickpockets get lost in a magical maze. All this and more in these stories of adventure, humour and imagination.Oliver Twist leaves behind his gang of criminals for a better life an open window is just what a fertile mind needs in Saki’s ‘The Open Window’ Satyajit Ray’s Badan Babu has a brush with a Pterodactyl’s egg Rabindranath Tagore recollects boyhood days spent dreaming in an abandoned palanquin; and Sherlock Holmes sets off to solve the mystery of the engineer’s thumb.
Featuring the works of such renowned authors as Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Premchand, Mark Twain and others, and a lively introduction by well-known children’s author Paro Anand, The Puffin Book of Classic Stories for Boys is a matchless collection from the masters of world literature for boys of all ages.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback
Ebooks

ANAND PARO

Paro Anand can't stop writing, and has written twenty-three books so
far, for children, young adults and adults. She also works with children
in schools and NGOs through her programme Literature in Action.
She is a world-record holder for helping children make the World's
Longest Newspaper. She has performed her stories in many parts of India,
UK, France and Switzerland. She has been awarded for her contribution
to children's literature by The Russian Centre for Science and Culture.
Her work has been listed on the IBBY Honour List. You can catch her in
action at www.avantgardediaries.com and www.paroanand.com

Paro Anand

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