The Bird with Golden Wings: Stories of Wit and Magic

by Sudha Murty

The Bird with Golden Stories of Wit and Magic

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Childrens, Fantasy, Indian Literature

300 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Sudha Murty was born in 1950 in Shiggaon in north Karnataka. She did her MTech in computer science, and is now the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. A prolific writer in English and Kannada, she has written nine novels, four technical books, three travelogues, one collection of short stories, three collections of non-fiction pieces and two books for children.

Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages and have sold over three lakh copies around the country. She was the recipient of the R.K. Narayan's Award for Literature and the Padma Shri in 2006.

Reviews

[Reading_ Tamishly]

Such a good book! I love the illustrations in each story. Each story provides different scenarios to teach a life lesson which is rather easy to understand and follow.

The language is simple and perfect for the target audience. Even adults will find the stories fascinating.

Worth reading. I am keeping the book to reread.

[Sonali Dabade]

All I can say is: Sudha Murty feels like home. :)

[Mukunda Sravani]

i recommend to all my friends and family to come across this wonderful book

[Niranjan Kamath]

A wonderful book with beautiful stories and valuable lessons. The stories tell us how to face any situation and overcome the problem. The narration makes it an conversational read.

[Saurav Sikdar]

This is my first book by Sudha Murty.And after reading this first one,she is one of my favorite writers ❤
Simple stories,told in a simple way,with easiest of English give life to these stories.
For me,it was a nostalgic read and constantly reminded me of THAKURMAR JHULI by DAKKHINARANJAN ROY.
This book is highly reccommended for children,adolescents and grown ups like me who want to go back to their childhood days

[Rachita]

A book about stories which are fictional and also super interesting!

[Ahana Chhattani]

So peak

[Wendell D'Costa]

The Bird with Golden Wings is a beautiful book of short stories for kids. It has plenty of well crafted stories that teach children about various morals and virtues in life. From a bird with golden wings, a clever cook, to a Banana tree princess- this book is filled with stories that emphasize the importance of diffrent values. Out of all the stoires the Banana tree princess and The kind stepmother were my favourites. Highly recommned this book for little kids.

[Aparna Srinidhi]

Very awesome book and story. Another masterpiece from non other than Sudha Murthy

I love reading more books of her like the bird with the golden wings.
I just love her books.



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[Hitishaa]

IT IS A SHORT NOVEL ABOUT SOME INTERESTING SHORT STORIES WHICH TELL US A SPECIFIC MORAL WHICH IS GOOD FOR LIFE

[Hitishaa]

it is an amazing book to be read. I like the style of writing which is easy to read and understandable

[a_geminireader]

It's a collection of heart warming short stories. I always enjoyed her book so much.♥️

[Prabhjoyt]

nice book

[Shwetha]

Good one

[Ayati]

The magical stories of this book were magnificent! The writing style of Sudha Murty is simply marvellous that it keeps the reader wondering about the story.

[Shveta Bansal]

A very good book for kids n even adults . Very smart n enlightening teachings ...witty n clever stories for all

[Amrutha Subbukrishna]

Interesting stories for young kids. Definetely recommended for children of age 8 - 12

[Vri B]

Nice book . A little slow paced for me as i have read one of the most adventurous, mysterious books written like the HP series,PJO series , HOO series etc. . The small stories are really nice and give away a wonderful moral even without meaning to . Sudha Murthy is a lovely author who can explain her words at the best . 4.5 rating from me . I would recommend this book for ages 8-11 . I even related a few stories to me wherein i could actually picture myself as the charecters which is a wonderful feeling . I guess there are other eople too who might have gone through the same!

[Sanjana Om]

Beautiful collection of witty stories

These wonderful stories took me back to my childhood when I was filled with awe and love. I learnt how truth, kindness and intelligence can actually win over any kind of situation we face in our lives. These fairytale stories written by our wonderful Sudha Murthy Ma'am display esoteric meaning of how life is a fairytale filled with moments of hope, despair, love, sadness, villains, female and male heroes. Overall, it is solely in our hands to make the best out of a given situation! I'd give it a 10/10. A must read book! :)

[Shivakukatla]

The Bird with golden wings is collection of stories which depicts the Good and bad traits of humans. These stories are mostly based on magic and myths, and each story ends with a moral and ethical standards to be possessed by an individual. Author have narrated and written in simple language which makes easy to read. And picture illustration is add on to all the stories. Overall a lovely reading. I truly like it so much.

[Padmapriya]

I loved it. It was what I was looking for and more. The fish story I saw in one of kids video ,but it had different ending.
This is full of short stories and each story tells you a moral like sharing ,being kind, importance of hardwork , friendship. I loved the story of 'King with the donkey ears ' :D
Excellent recommend to all :)

[Hari]

No doubt this is a good book for small kids, but the author has collected some stories from fables / folk Lore's and has published a book in her name.

The collection of stories is good for small kids... hence the second star.

[ShivenK]

This book hooked me in all the way!!!

[Surabhi Panda]

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🅿🅰🅶🅴🆂-126
🅰🆄🆃🅷🅾🆁-🆂🆄🅳🅷🅰 🅼🆄🆁🆃🅷🆈
🆅🅴🆁🆂🅸🅾🅽- 🅿🅰🅿🅴🆁🅱🅰🅲🅺

🅰🅱🅾🆄🆃 🆃🅷🅴 🅰🆄🆃🅷🅾🆁- ꜱᴜᴅʜᴀ ᴍᴜʀᴛʜy ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴏʀɴ ɪɴ 1950 ɪɴ ꜱʜɪɢɢᴀᴏɴ ,ɴᴏʀᴛʜ ᴋᴀʀɴᴀᴛᴀᴋᴀ.ꜱʜᴇ ᴅɪᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴍᴛech ɪɴ ᴄᴏᴍᴩᴜᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴄɪᴇɴᴄᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀɪʀᴩᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴꜰᴏꜱyꜱ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ᴀ ᴩʀᴏʟɪꜰɪᴄ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇʀ ɪɴ ᴇɴɢʟɪꜱʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴋᴀɴɴᴀᴅᴀ, ꜱʜᴇ ʜᴀꜱ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ 30 ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅɪɴɢ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟꜱ ,ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟᴏɢᴜᴇꜱ,ᴛᴇᴄʜɴɪᴄᴀʟ ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ, ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜱʜᴏʀᴛ ꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏɴ ꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴩɪᴇᴄᴇꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ꜱᴇʟʟɪɴɢ ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ. ꜱʜᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴄɪᴩɪᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʀ.ᴋ ɴᴀʀᴀyᴀɴ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ (2006), ᴛʜᴇ ᴩᴀᴅᴍᴀ ꜱʜʀɪ (2006) ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀɴy ꜰᴏʀ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ.

🅰🅱🅾🆄🆃 🆃🅷🅴 🅱🅾🅾🅺:-ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴꜱ 21 ꜱʜᴏʀᴛꜱ ꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ.....
ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪʀᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɢᴏʟᴅᴇɴ ᴡɪɴɢꜱ.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪꜱʜɪɴɢ ᴛʀᴇᴇ
ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀɴᴀɴᴀ ᴛʀᴇᴇ ᴩʀɪɴᴄᴇꜱꜱ
ᴛʜᴇ ᴩʀᴇᴄɪᴏᴜꜱ ʀᴜᴩᴇᴇ
ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀɴy ᴍᴏʀᴇ....

🅱🅾🅾🅺 🆁🅴🆅🅸🅴🆆:- Every story is different . There are lots of things we will learn from the book.
this book is really beautiful💞. Those beautiful images in the book attract every child.
As always language is so simple that everyone can read it.
ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ꜱᴛᴏʀy ʀᴇᴍɪɴᴅꜱ ᴍᴇ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴍy ᴄʜɪʟᴅʜᴏᴏᴅ ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ʜᴏᴡ ᴏᴜʀ ɢʀᴀɴᴅᴩᴀʀᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ᴜꜱ ꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴɪɴɢ .
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[Reader Vivek]

📐This is a short story book for children, specially for kids of age 8+. In this book author tell us various magical stories.
📐I think that there is a kid inside of us. Sometime he came out in respectful situations. I love to read children books many time. So this time I chose this book.
📐Sudha Murty mam is my favourate writer. She wrote many Fiction,NonFiction and children books. I think what I like, she knows and she fulfil my reading choice by the way of writing.
📐In this book there are 21 stories. Each story related to some magic and social intelligence.
📐Each story occupied 4-6 pages with pictures. And I assure you that every story give us a very good lesson and teaching forever for life.
📐This book is wrote for the kids thats why the language of the book is very easy to understand.
📐I recommend this book to all booklovers, specially childrens.

[Mohit Rathore]

📍 This book is also a little one containing 21 short stories with beautiful illustrations.

📍 These stories are very interesting, full of fun, courage, morals, and many other good things.

📍 The book can be read by children and adults. Both can read it and enjoy the stories while getting learned from them.

📍 The language of the book is simple. The illustrations bring life to the stories from the book. It will definitely bring joy to all of you.

📍 The title of the book is on a story from the book, where a poor little girl is rewarded with lovely gifts when she takes pity on a hungry bird and feeds it all the rice she had. What happens when poor girl's greedy neighbour hears this story and tries to get the gifts for herself from the bird.

📍 Check out the book to read such magical stories.

[Abhishek Singh]

These wonderful stories took me back to my childhood when I was filled with awe and love. I learned how truth, kindness, and intelligence can actually win over any kind of situation we face in our lives. These fairytale stories were written by our wonderful Sudha Murthy Ma’am display the esoteric meaning of how life may be a fairytale crammed with moments of hope, despair, love, sadness, villains, female and male heroes. Overall, it is solely in our hands to make the best out of a given situation. Checkout this article i found online about https://dailybugle.in/sudha-murthy-bo...

[Dr Hanif Hassan Barbhuiya]

Basically, this is a book of Grandma fairy tales. The stories are entertaining and light to read. The only thing off about this collection of short tales, is that most of the stories are in a way similar, so one might lose interest towards the latter half of the book. Almost all the stories could be categorized as moral stories but few of them were just plain and simple stories. As a whole its entertaining, not like her other books though.

[Arunima Kundu]

A captivating collection of short stories with stunning illustrations and deep morals. (One of the main reasons why I love reading juvenile fiction)...
Tales of magic and magical creatures, princesses and kings, ordinary men and women that teach us important lessons of life...

The author has used very easy language which will help the young and new readers... This book with its short and sweet stories is for all whether 8 or 80...

Happy Reading...

[Sana Ziya]

Well we know how good an author she is. She narrates her stories in such a simple and lucid way that you enjoy reading them time and again.
This book holds an enchanting collection of stories with a dose of fun.
You have stories around magical creatures, princesses and kings, ordinary men and women that you will enjoy thoroughly and also learn a few lessons.