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A Little Book of Flowers
by Ruskin Bond
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AuthorRuskin Bond
PublisherRupa Publications India
Synopsis In this gorgeously illustrated collection, Ruskin Bond has put together his succinct observations
on his favourite flowers. From the dandelions, daises and buttercups to the snapdragons, violets
and marigolds—Bond describes them all.
This pocketbook is a handy guide for anyone who is interested in exploring the world of flowers
as well as all those who love reading about nature. Gentle, elegiac, and replete with beautiful
descriptions, A Little Book of Flowers is for every nature-lover to cherish.
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About the author
Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist.
He wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen which won John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novellas, over 500 short stories, as well as various essays and poems, all of which have established him as one of the best-loved and most admired chroniclers of contemporary India.
In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing, for his short stories collection, "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra", by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature.
He now lives with his adopted family in Landour near Mussoorie.
