4 best characters from Ruskin Bond's Children's Omnibus are Sita and Krishna from the story 'Angry River', the young boy from the story 'Dust on the Mountain' and the little girl from the story 'The Blue Umbrella'.

4 best characters from 'An Island of Trees' are Pari the Goat, Harold the naughty hornbill, the monkey and the shy chameleon.

4 best characters from 'Rusty' are Rusty the boy, his Uncle Ken, his grandfather's pet python and the ghost in the garden.