The Magic Drum and other favourite stories:/ Sudha Murty

By:

Murty, Sudha

Contributor(s):

Priya Kuriyan [Illustrator]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Haryana: Puffin Books, 2006.Description: 200p. ; softbound 12.5*19 cmISBN:

978-0-143-33363-0

DDC classification:

23 398.20954 MUR

Contents:

1. The supermen 2. A fair deal 3. The seed of truth 4. Haripant the wise 5. The last lassoo 6. The tastiest of all 7. The cunning fruit 8. Nine questions for a princess 9. Dead man's painting 10. The white cow 11. The horse in the burrow ...........................

Summary: A princess who thinks she was a bird, a coconut that cost a thousand rupees and a shepherd with a bag of words kings and misers, princes and paupers, wise men and foolish boys, the funniest and oddest men and women come alive in this sparkling new collection of stories. The clever princess will only marry the man who can ask her a question she cannot answer the orphan boy outwits his greedy uncles with a bag of ash and an old couple in distress is saved by a magic drum. Sudha Murty's grandparents told her some of these stories when she was a child others she heard from her friends from around the world. These delightful and timeless folk tales have been her favourites for years and she has recounted them many times over to the young people in her life. With this collection, they will be enjoyed by many more readers, of all ages.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Tetso College Library Children's Books	Fiction	398.20954 MUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		14198

1. The supermen
2. A fair deal
3. The seed of truth
4. Haripant the wise
5. The last lassoo
6. The tastiest of all
7. The cunning fruit
8. Nine questions for a princess
9. Dead man's painting
10. The white cow
11. The horse in the burrow
...........................

A princess who thinks she was a bird, a coconut that cost a thousand rupees and a shepherd with a bag of words kings and misers, princes and paupers, wise men and foolish boys, the funniest and oddest men and women come alive in this sparkling new collection of stories. The clever princess will only marry the man who can ask her a question she cannot answer the orphan boy outwits his greedy uncles with a bag of ash and an old couple in distress is saved by a magic drum. Sudha Murty's grandparents told her some of these stories when she was a child others she heard from her friends from around the world. These delightful and timeless folk tales have been her favourites for years and she has recounted them many times over to the young people in her life. With this collection, they will be enjoyed by many more readers, of all ages.

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