The Bird with Golden Wings: Stories of Wit and Magic

by Sudha Murty

What would you do if a bird with golden wings alighted on your terrace and offered you fabulous riches?

A poor little girl is rewarded with lovely gifts when she takes pity on a hungry bird and feeds it all the rice she has, but what happens when the girl's greedy, nosy neighbour hears the story and tries to get bigger and better gifts for herself? Why did the once sweet sea water turn salty? How did it happen that the learned teacher forgot all his lessons and had to be helped out by the school cook? And what did the king do so that the people of his kingdom did not come to know that he has horrible donkey ears hidden under his turban?
Sudha Murty's new, enchanting collection of stories bubbles over with fun. Delightful colour illustrations bring to life tales of magical creatures, princesses and kings, ordinary witty men and women in a book that will bring hours of joy to readers young and old.

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

120 pages, Paperback

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Mukunda Sravani · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Niranjan Kamath · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[Ahana Chhattani · Rating 5 out of 5]

So peak

[Wendell D'Costa · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[Hitishaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[Prabhjoyt]

nice book

[Shwetha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good one

[Ayati Choudhary · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Amrutha Subbukrishna · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Vri B · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 2 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book hooked me in all the way!!!

[Surabhi Panda · Rating 5 out of 5]

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🆅🅴🆁🆂🅸🅾🅽- 🅿🅰🅿🅴🆁🅱🅰🅲🅺

🅰🅱🅾🆄🆃 🆃🅷🅴 🅰🆄🆃🅷🅾🆁- 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 ��ᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ.

🅰🅱🅾🆄🆃 🆃🅷🅴 🅱🅾🅾🅺:-ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴꜱ 21 ꜱʜᴏʀᴛꜱ ꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ.....
ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪʀᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɢᴏʟᴅᴇɴ ᴡɪɴɢꜱ.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪꜱʜɪɴɢ ᴛʀᴇᴇ
ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀɴᴀɴᴀ ᴛʀᴇᴇ ᴩʀɪɴᴄᴇꜱꜱ
ᴛʜᴇ ᴩʀᴇ���ɪᴏᴜꜱ 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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

📐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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

📍 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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 2 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Laiba Basit · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is definitely not Sudha Murty's best works, but this is an absoloutely delightful collection of stories! A huge part of Indian literature is made up of authors like Sudha Murty and R.K Narayan. This is definitely a must-read for all ages!

My rating: 4 stars.
2 stars for the stories.
2 stars for everything else.