. Why be happy and how, and why not to worry if you think you are not.

. Why it is easy to be happy, and how you can miss happiness even if it stands

before you.

. How a bird can fill you with joy and how a stranger's smile can soothe you.

. Why happiness may not even be the word for what we really need.

India's beloved sage and writer brings together his own pithy

observations and those by artists and thinkers he admires in this

beautiful little anthology. A Little Book of Happiness is a miscellany for all

seasons, one to cherish and to share.

'Ruskin Bond' has written novels, memoirs, short story collections and books of essays and poetry. His recent books include 'Lone Fox Dancing: My Autobiography', 'I Was the Wind Last Night: New and Collected Poems'; 'A Book of Simple Living: Brief Notes from the Hills', 'Friends in Wild Places: Birds, Beasts and Other Companions', 'A Little Book of Happiness', 'A Little Book of Serenity 'and 'A Little Book of Love and Companionship', as well as the popular classics 'Room on the Roof '(winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize), 'A Flight of Pigeons', 'The Blue Umbrella', 'Time Stops at Shamli', 'Night Train at Deoli', 'Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra '(winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award) and 'Rain in the Mountains'. He has co-edited 'Himalaya: Adventures, Meditations, Life '(with Namita Gokhale) and 'Prankenstein: The Book of Crazy Mischief '(with Jerry Pinto). He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.