Dragonflies, Jigsaws and a Rainbow is an assortment of stories, featuring characters like a retired school-teacher, a mynah, a colour-blind child, and a pair of siblings who rarely get along. With urban stories about a boy whose father is in the army and a glassblower’s daughter, rural stories about a village school and the peanut harvest, and fantasy stories about a creature called Moonstone and the colours of a rainbow, this collection explores the joy and variety of storytelling.