ISBN: 9780143333623    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Year of publishing: 2015     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 192        Language: English

Memories of a grandparent spinning tales around animals and mysterious characters have kept many of us rapt till date. Sudha Murty's Grandma’s Bag of Stories is simply delightful. The story starts with Anand, Krishna, Raghu and Meena arriving at their grandparents’ house in Shiggaon. Overjoyed Ajji and Ajja(Grandmother and grandfather in Kannada) get the house ready, while Ajji prepares delicious snacks for children. Finally, times comes when everyone gathers around Ajji, as she opens her big bag of stories. She tells stories of kings and cheats, princesses and onions, monkeys and mice and scorpions and hidden treasures.

Though unlikely in combination, stories makes perfect sense when Grandma is the one narrating them. This book is ideal for young children and those who are 5 in age. Stories are accompanied by colourful illustrations and morals. Lucid and simple language of the book, makes reading a pleasure.
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Sudha Murty is India's biggest selling woman author. Among her most popular non fiction works are Wise and Otherwise, The Old Man and His God, The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk and How I Taught My Grandmother to Read.
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