The Kashmiri Storyteller by Ruskin Bond

As darkness falls outside and the chill sets in, Javed Khan pulls at his hookah and begins his stories . . . When Kamal and his friends gather at Javed Khan’s Kashmiri shop at Landour bazaar, he enthralls them with his stories of princes and kings, fairies and magical animals, supermen and cunning traders. Come, sit around the fire with Kamal, Shashi, Anil, Madhu and Vijay as they listen to Javed Khan’s stories of the monkey bride, the man who was swallowed by a mosquito, the bent-up-double beggar who angered a ghost, and many other tales from Kashmir and beyond. In this brilliantly illustrated collection, Ruskin Bond brings alive unforgettable folk tales from the misty hills of Kashmir that will delight and enchant his followers, both young and old."

About the Author:-

Ruskin Bond's first novel, The Room on the Roof, written when he was seventeen, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written a number of novellas, essays, poems and children's books. He has also written over 500 short stories and articles that have appeared in magazines and anthologies. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
Ruskin Bond was born in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, and grew up in Jamnagar, Dehradun, New Delhi and Shimla. As a young man, he spent four years in the Channel Islands and London. He returned to India in 1955. He now lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with his adopted family.