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Getting Granny’s Glasses

Getting Granny’s Glasses

A Popular Puffin Chapter Book by Sahitya Akademi Winning Author Ruskin Bond, An Illustrated Bedtime Read

Ruskin Bond
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Mani’s Granny is seventy and can barely see through her old, scratched glasses. With only a hundred and fifty rupees in their pockets and a thirst for adventure, Mani and Granny set off to buy a new pair. On the way, they get drenched in the rain, run into mules and encounter a terrible landslide. Will Granny ever be able to reach the town and get herself a new pair of glasses?

Imprint: India Puffin

Published: Nov/2012

ISBN: 9780143332466

Length : 72 Pages

MRP : ₹175.00

Getting Granny’s Glasses

A Popular Puffin Chapter Book by Sahitya Akademi Winning Author Ruskin Bond, An Illustrated Bedtime Read

Ruskin Bond

Mani’s Granny is seventy and can barely see through her old, scratched glasses. With only a hundred and fifty rupees in their pockets and a thirst for adventure, Mani and Granny set off to buy a new pair. On the way, they get drenched in the rain, run into mules and encounter a terrible landslide. Will Granny ever be able to reach the town and get herself a new pair of glasses?

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Ruskin Bond

Born in Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh) in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar (Gujarat), Dehradun, New Delhi and Simla. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, which was written when he was seventeen, received the
John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then, he has written over 500 short stories, essays,
novellas (including The Adventures of Rusty and The Room of Many Colours) and more than seventy books
for children.

He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for English writing in India in 1992, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. He lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with his extended family

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