A big and ancient tree—like all old trees that spread their branches and welcome everyone—has seen so much. Children playing, friends sleeping beneath it, little animals that live in it, large predators that hide among its branches. It has seen armies marching and storms breaking. It has seen bright, happy days, and it has seen sad, dark days. And watching the world over many, many years, it has grown wise.
This gorgeously illustrated poem by the inimitable Ruskin Bond will show young readers the many moods and colours of life.
Ruskin Bond is the author of numerous novellas, short-story collections and non-fiction books, many of them classics. Among them are When I Was a Boy, Lone Fox Dancing, The Room on the Roof, A Flight of Pigeons, and A Book of Simple Living. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
David Yambem is an animator, illustrator, a visual storyteller from Manipur. He is a plant enthusiast, loves tea, cycling, cooking and watching nature documentary series.
A big and ancient tree—like all old trees that spread their branches and welcome everyone—has seen so much. Children playing, friends sleeping beneath it, little animals that live in it, large predators that hide among its branches. It has seen armies marching and storms breaking. It has seen bright, happy days, and it has seen sad, dark days. And watching the world over many, many years, it has grown wise.
This gorgeously illustrated poem by the inimitable Ruskin Bond will show young readers the many moods and colours of life.
Ruskin Bond is the author of numerous novellas, short-story collections and non-fiction books, many of them classics. Among them are When I Was a Boy, Lone Fox Dancing, The Room on the Roof, A Flight of Pigeons, and A Book of Simple Living. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993, the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
David Yambem is an animator, illustrator, a visual storyteller from Manipur. He is a plant enthusiast, loves tea, cycling, cooking and watching nature documentary series.
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