Gajapati Kulapati (English)

So this book got introduced to us through an activity centre that I send my 2-year old to. My lil one loves the book - so I decided to get it. I was anyways looking for Indian authors. ANd I am not disappointed - its a nice book with cute illustrations that have an Indian context. While my 2-year old doesnt really understand most of the book - and enjoys the 'achooo' action more than anything - I am sure older kids - about 2.5-3 year olds will love this more. The story is simple and funny.

I somehow found the ending to be abrupt where everyone falls sick, and my toddler likes to skip the last part as well.But the initial story build up is good. Thanks to this book, every time someone sneezes, my son says "Aachuuu"! Good to have in your library and not too expensive as well!

This is a great book. I have probably read this book to my 2 year old daughter a 100 times. She laughs aloud to the various sneezing noises that repeat throughout the book. This is a wonderful book to introduce the English language to toddlers. She knows most of the sentences by heart, though I leave out some paragraphs and modify some sentences when reading the book to cater to her short attention span. It would have been good if there was board book version.

Beautiful book! Love the simple and funny story with catchy illustrations. My child likes it a lot. Only problem is that the stapler pins keeping the pages together are super rusted, giving brown marks on the pages.

A delight, as always. Gajapati Kulapati is one of the few Indian children's books that really get the concept of "writing for young children" right.

Excited to read this to our 14 month old daughter. The characters in this Indian setting children's book are a joy to read about. I am so excited to buy every book published by Tulika Publishers. Such rich text. So relatable.

Children who come to our library are all fans of this adorable elephant. We can't get enough of Gajapati and can't wait for more titles to be published!

Excellent illustrations with interesting and realistic story. My toddlers can be read this book several times in a day and yet they are not bored.