Great Stories for Children is a collection of some of Ruskin Bond''s most delightful children''s stories. It stars Toto, the monkey, who takes a fancy to the narrator''s aunt, much to her dismay, a python besotted by his own appearance, a mischievous ghost who enjoys stirring up the house when things get dull, three young children stranded in a storm on the Haunted Hilland Ruskin Bond himself, who happens to make the acquaintance of a ghost at a resortate one night.