Oo & Too
Author: 
Anon
Illustrator: 
Sujatha Bhagwat
age group: 
0-3 yrs
Number of pages: 
12
Publisher: 
Eklavya
Themes:
insects humour food folklore fart
Genre:
fiction
 

A traditional Marathi tale, kids will be tickled by this book as they just love the profane, especially things concerned about the unmentionable body functions, which goes to explain why the 'Captain Underpants' series of books is such a runaway hit for kids in the USA.

Indian kids will likewise revel in this book which goes thus: Oo is a louse and Too is her daughter. Too goes to play one day and finds a paisa.

''What should I buy with it? she wonders.

'Buy a vegetable,' says her mother.

'And what should I do with that?'

'Just chop it.' responds the mama.

Until in the very last page the little louse asks her mother ‘how do I fart then?'

And the mother replies, ‘Dhum...Dhish!
 


 

Reviewed by Shamim Padamsee