New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- This is a story straight out of a children's book-about a young boy in the temple town of Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, who turned his fascination with Ruskin Bond's stories into a lifelong pursuit.

At his small publishing house, Kathaaprapancham Books, Tirupati Kiran has made it a mission to make the author's works accessible to the current generation through translations in languages such as Kannada, Telugu and Tamil. To this end, he has also been conducting children's book festivals across schools in the city, and is being supported by the Ruskin Bond Foundation in the endeavour.

Kiran had been a vociferous reader right from an early age. He would sneak into the school's library as a child and browse through the pic...