A note on my Favourite Writer's Birthday

Gratitude

To my knowledge, the first book of the Ruskin Bod I read was “The blue umbrella” and the simplicity of language and the storyline made me look for his other books. I started reading ever since the books that are published. I was curious if the sketch of the author by reading his works that I portrayed is going to be the same? That made me look forward to meeting him. 2019, gave me the opportunity and meeting him. Whatever I read is real, he is kind, with a good memory (he asked me if the bookshop he visited long ago near clocktower is still around, I forgot the name when he asked later I remember that was Gangarams) and a down-to-earth gentleman.

I got a collection of nearly 104 books written by him and working on a project compiling the stories that I read in various collections. Hope to complete it soon.

The list of Books (Alphabet wise)

A Fire in the Night

A Flight of Pigeons

A gallery of rascals

A Garland of Memories

A Gathering of Friends: My Favourite Stories

A little book of comfort

A Little Book of Flowers

A little book of happiness

A Little Book of India: Celebrating 75 Years of Independence

A Little Book of Life

A Love of Long Ago

A murder in Mussoorie and other tales

A Song of India: The year I went away

A Song of Many Rivers

Adventures in reading

All about My Walkabouts

All creatures great and small

All Roads Lead to Ganga

All-time favorites for children

Boy in a Blue Pullover

Boyhood dreams and other tales

Boys will be Boys

Calypso Christmas

Cherry Tree

Coming Round the Mountain: In the years of Independence

Confessions of a Book Lover

Death Under the Deodars

Dragon in the Tunnel

Dust on the Mountain

Falling in Love again

Getting Granny's Glasses

Granny's Tree-climbing

Happy Birthday, world!

Hop on: My adventures on boats, trains, and planes

How to be a writer

I Was the Wind Last Night

In Grandfather’s Garden

It's a wonderful life: Roads to happiness

Journey down the years

Koki's Song

Lamp is Lit

Landour Bazaar

Landour Days: a Writer's journal

Legends of the hill

Letters to My Father

Looking for the rainbow: My years with my daddy

Love among the Bookshelves

Memories of Hills and Dales

Mukesh Starts a Zoo

My Favourite Nature Stories

No Man is an Island: Stories of Friendship and Bonding

Notes From A Small Room: Signed As Essays From A Small Room

Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra

Owls in the Family

Party Time in Mussoorie

Petals on the Ganga

Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas

Ranji the Music Maker

Rhododendrons in the Mist: My Favourite Tales of the Himalaya

Roads to New Delhi

Scenes from a Writer's Life

Secrets

Song of the forest: Tales from Here, There, and Everywhere

Strangers in the Night

Stumbling Through Life

Tales from my heart

Tales to make you smile

The adventures of Rusty

The Beauty of All My Days: A Memoir

The Big Book of Animal Stories

The blue umbrella

The Chakrata Cat

The day grandfather tickled a tiger

The Essential Collection for Young Readers

The Great Indian Rope Trick

The Great Train Journey

The India I Love

The Jungle Omnibus

The night train at Deoli

The railway gang

The room of many colours

The room on the roof

The shadow on the wall

The tree lover

The Tunnel

The Wise Parrot

These are a Few of My Favourite Things

Tigers Forever

Till the Clouds Roll By

Time Stops at Shamli and Other Stories

Too much trouble

Too much trouble

Uncles, aunts & elephants

Upon an Old Wall Dreaming: More of my Favourite Stories and Sketches

Voting at Fosterganj

When Darkness Falls and Other Stories

When I was a boy

When the Clock Strikes Thirteen

Whispers in the dark: A book of spooks

White clouds, green mountains

Who kissed me in the Dark

Words from My Window: A Journal

Words from the Hills

Writing for My Life: The Very Best of Ruskin Bond

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR RUSKIN BOND