I'm sure everyone has had a copy of "The Very Hungry Catterpillar" by Eric Carle for their kids at some point. We went a step further to include the finger puppet book apart from the big board book version. 😊

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The graphics and design of this book is just so so spectacular that it instantly catches your little one's attention. These were the very first books that we added to our library. The finger puppet gives a little extra dramatization and adds life to the storytelling. With very bright and sprightly pictures the story illustrates the lifecycle of a Caterpillar starting from hatching from an egg to turning into a handsome butterfly. With a simple and easy to follow storyline, the books also suggests early introduction of counting and days of the week, and can be read to little readers as early as 6 months of age.

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These books have forever been Shaarav's favourites and even when he has added several other books to his collection he still comes up to me with this book every now and then.

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These days Shaarav is obsessed with Elephant. We have been hearing "Haathi Raja kahan chale" and "Ek mota haathi jhoom ke chala" on loop mode. We have even been made requests to show him Elephant videos on YouTube. And we also have the cutest pretend Elephant roaming around trumpeting in the whole house 😜🤦🏻‍♀️.

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So we finally got our very first @tulikabooks and we had to pick "Gajapati Kulapati".

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Now this story book has been a delight to read to my already Elephant obsessed toddler. And this story about this very big but very kind friendly-next-door elephant has been an instant hit.

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It's a funny story of an elephant who gets a cold and end up hurting his friends for which he gets upset and hides away. A very easy to grasp storyline, concept of big and small, different professions, neighbours helping each other with vivid illustration makes it a fun read. We have been "Aaaaachhhhhoooo"-ing this whole time. 😅😅😁

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Shaarav also had a bad cold recently so he could relate to the story very well. He has also been aggressive these days and this book has taught him to be gentle and kind. And knowing that someone as big as an Elephant can also be big and kind and gentle at the same time has been very very helpful in keeping his aggression in check.

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There are three books in the series and we have got all three. Thanks to the discount @tulikabooks were running for their 23rd anniversary. Will be posting about the other two soon.

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