Upendrakishore Raychaudhuri's Tuntunir Boi is a collection of twenty-seven amusing folk tales for children. First published in 1910, Tuntunir Boi remains a classic still beloved in most Bengali homes all over the world. The enchantment of those timeless tales continues in this collection of new-age translations done by Jharna Chaudhuri and Sunwrita Dastidar, a grandmother-granddaughter duo, in a language understandable and entertaining to children. The translated tales are enhanced by illustrations done by Sunwrita, the young translator herself, and provide a view of the tales from a child's perspective. These pleasing stories not only entertain their young readers, but also playfully impart, very much in the folk-tale tradition, the basic human values of love, affection, nurturance, trust, patience and equality. The tales also testify to the brains, spirit and determination of the powerless and marginalized to outwit the powerful bullies of their world who try to frighten or oppress them.
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