The Jungle Hospital
Saroj Mukherjee
Price
120
ISBN
9788125029069
Language
English
Pages
92
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
120 x 180 mm
Year of Publishing
2005
Territorial Rights
World
Imprint
Orient BlackSwan
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This book is about a little boy of ten, Gagan, who lives in the city of Calcutta with his parents. His grandmother lives in a village by the forest and runs a small hospital for the animals. The jungle animals instinctively love and trust Amma, and limp over to the hospital whenever one of them in wounded or unwell. A naughty but affectionate monkey, a parrot, a rabbit, a baby deer, a peacock, a fox and a cow elephant are some of the patients Gagan meets at his grandmother’s clinic. Gagan is enchanted with the animals and Amma’s jungle hospital. A charming story of animals and human beings, the book will delight children as well as help them understand the need for conserving wildlife and forests.

Saroj Mukherjee is based in Calcutta and is the author of the Hindi original of The Jungle Hospital, a short novel called Anokha Aspatal published by Lokbharati in Allahabad. This book was later translated to Bengali- Ajab Aspatal and was subsequently made into a film by the Children’s Film Society of India(CFSI) in 1989 and screened at various children’s film festivals in India and abroad.