The Parrot Who Wouldn't Talk And Other Stories'I think everyone has at least one eccentric aunt or uncle in the family. I had more than one. My boyhood days were enlivened by their presence.' India's best loved children's writer Ruskin Bond introduces us to some of the most endearing and adorable characters he has ever written about his grandfather, with his unusual ability to disguise himself as just about anyone; the eccentric Uncle Ken, with his knack for trouble; the stationmaster Mr. Ghosh

' Roshani Chokshi author of The Star Touched Queen

Told from multiple points of view

climbs into Miss Calypso's classroom

Championing the therapeutic power of nature

they realise that the vengeance and redemption they both desperately seek could cost them their lives

Does humanity

planetary romance

Read more about their adventures in the upcoming series of Mouseford Academy

Alice Sherman invites readers into a richly imagined world shaped by its title's promise and the author's voice

India has seen its own challenges and special tragedies

the stakes have never been higher for Reacher

letters and objects in the box relate to the life of Louise Brunet