The Whistling Schoolboy

And Other Stories of School Life

Ruskin Bond

I love reading children’s books. I have read adventure books, funny books, emotional books, scary books and also the books that make you sing. But how about reading one book which offers you all of the above? The Whistling Schoolboy And Other Stories of School Life by Ruskin Bond is exactly that kind of a book. It takes you on an adventure. It makes you smile, laugh, cry and sing. It also scares you, really, really scares you. Now imagine a child, your child reading this book. Imagine.

The Sea, The Sea

Iris Murdoch

Charles Arrowby is a theater director, playwright and an actor. He is a popular figure of the London theatre who retires and goes to live in a house by the sea in a hope of writing his memoir. While he is at it, we meet the real Charles Arrowby. We realise, just like a sea, deep down he is not what he appears to be from the outside. I enjoyed reading this more than any other Murdoch books that I have read so far. Clearly, it’s my favourite Murdoch book.