Ruskin Bond books for kids, by age
Ruskin Bond's books for children, youngest first: start with Cricket for the Crocodile, The Cherry Tree and The Blue Umbrella. His quiet stories of the hills, forests and small-town India are a gentle way into longer books.
7 books, checked for age-appropriate content. Updated .
Content checked by Dhiraj Bodade, co-founder of Bookstaken.
- 1
Ages 6–11
Cricket for the Crocodile
by Ruskin Bond
A boy’s quiet riverside outing becomes a comic encounter with a crocodile and the surprises of the natural world.
- 2
Ages 6–11
The Cherry Tree
by Ruskin Bond
A lonely boy nurtures a cherry seed in the Himalayan foothills and patiently watches it survive into a tree.
- 3
Ages 8–12
The Blue Umbrella
by Ruskin Bond
A spare, tender story of jealousy, generosity and village life in the Himalayan foothills.
- 4
Ages 9–14
Rusty the Boy from the Hills
by Ruskin Bond
Young Rusty explores the Himalayan hills, forming friendships and turning everyday childhood freedom into lasting memories.
- 5
Ages 10–14
Adventures of Rusty
by Ruskin Bond
A child-friendly indian classics, coming-of-age stories and literary works rooted in indian places title for English-language or bilingual family reading.
- 6
Ages 10–14
The Angry River
by Ruskin Bond
A child-friendly indian classics, coming-of-age stories and literary works rooted in indian places title for English-language or bilingual family reading.
- 7
Ages 12–16
The Room on the Roof
by Ruskin Bond
A child-friendly indian classics, coming-of-age stories and literary works rooted in indian places title for English-language or bilingual family reading.
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