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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