The Magic Drum and Other Favourite Stories

Sudha Murty brings together more than thirty classic folk tales in this sparkling collection featuring kings and misers, princes and paupers, and the wise and the foolish. A clever princess vows to marry only the man who can stump her with an unanswerable question, an orphan boy outsmarts his greedy uncles using nothing but a bag of ash, and an old couple in distress is rescued by a magic drum. Drawn partly from stories Murty's own grandparents told her as a child and partly from tales she collected from friends around the world, this is a warm, timeless collection perfect for children aged nine to twelve and for adults who grew up on grandparent-told stories.