Kid's Stories
Classic Bharatiya stories for children drawn from Siyaramsharan Gupt's literary legacy — moral, warm, and made to be read together.
Overview
Chaatak refused a reward when his family was hungry, and the old man who heard about it felt his illness leave him that very night. Jaidev threw tantrums for grapes until the day his father's effort to fetch them changed everything Jaidev thought he wanted. These are not morality fables with neat lessons stamped at the end — they are stories that work on children the way good stories always have, by showing rather than telling.
Kid's Stories draws from the literary work of Siyaramsharan Gupt, younger brother of celebrated Hindi poet Maithili Sharan Gupt. His stories carry the sensibility of a civilization that understood children as moral beings, not just audiences to be entertained. Anupriya Gupta has assembled a collection that connects today's children to that tradition — to values of restraint, gratitude, and integrity that hold across generations.
Parents looking for something to read aloud, and children old enough to read on their own, will find here stories that stay with them — not because they are instructive, but because they are true.
"You have made me proud. You did the right thing by refusing to take any reward. A day or two of hunger can't do any damage to us. But the values I have taught you will take you far." That night the old man felt that his illness had left him. -From "Chaatak Learns a Lesson" What lesson did the Chaatak Learn? Jaidev was adamant on having grapes. But he changed his mind, after his father brought the grapes with much difficulty. Was he just throwing tantrums? Or did he learn something profound that day? Kids' Stories is a call to today's children from the great literary figures of the past of the Bharatiya civilization. A book to read to your child and one your child will be eager to read with you. Derived from the repertoire of Shri Siyaramsharan Gupt, younger brother of the renowned poet Shri Maithili Sharan Gupt, the stories will both enthral children and connect them to their roots and values.
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