I had not introduced states or Indian cities to my 5 yr old, and I’m glad that this is his first introduction to them. Orange like the Nagpur Mandarins, Brown like the Coffee Beans of Coorg. We were most excited to find that the book also had a reference to Neil’s grandparents’ city – Chandigarh! Grey like the Hornbills of Chandigarh’s Sukhna Lake!
The story is about Jagadish Chandra Bose, and how he nurtured his curiosity to know more about everything around him.
There is only a couch but this couch creates magic when the little boy shares his imaginations with his Grandpa who gives wings to his imagination. The couch takes them for adventures to different parts of our country.
Reading a Ruskin Bond book to a 5 year old who does not sit in one place for more than 30 seconds?! I was pleasantly surprised that it was a picture book, and that too in rhyme!
Thanks to KBC we read a lot of books in the past few days and could ultimately make the final list for the thirty books.
We enjoyed reading throughout our vacation and we are planning to make this our vacation ritual! Here is Gargi’s list of 30 books for #kbcBookBingoJr.
