Author: Upendrakishore Roychoudhury
Madhumita Gupta/
Translator(s): Madhumita Gupta
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 140
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8129106493
Description
Upendrakishore’s Tuntunir Boi is a classic on which most Bengali children have been weaned. Tuntuni is the original Tweety Bird from Bengal-tiny but irrepressible. Catch her as she tackles the Cat, the Barber, and, finally, the King himself ! Keeping her company in this collection is the majestic Majantali; a procession of wily tigers; cunning foxes; and toothless, but dauntless grannies who make short work of cunning thieves and conniving animals. Though set in rural Bengal, the stories have a universal appeal. Perhaps this is the reason why they’ve remained a favorite for over three generations.
This book wouldn't have been possible without the gracious permission of Mr Sandeep Ray to change the endings of some of the stories, and the unstinted support of authors original editor Ms Sugeeta Roy Chowdhury.
Contents
Tuntuni and the Barber
Narhari Das
Uncle Tiger and Nephew Fox
The Foolish Weaver and the Fox
Pantaburi and the Wicked Thief
Sparrow and the Tiger
The Ant, the Elephant and the Servant
The Wicked Tiger
The Tiger Groom
Tiger or Something!
Tuntuni and the Cat
The Tiger Who Wanted to Ride a Palanquin
The Foolish Tiger
The Tiger’s Cook
The Foolish Crocodile
Professor Fox
The Hunchbacked Woman
Fox, the Witness
The Fox-Cubs Who Ate Tigers
Budhdhu’s Father
Majantali, The Great
The Story of Ukune Buri
Sugarcane’s Fruit
Tuntuni and The King