Every child in India grows up hearing interesting stories from the mother and the grandparents.
These stories help in shaping up a child’s future. But after a few years, this job is taken up by
the literary persons who produce children’s literature in different languages. Writing children’s
literature is often not an easy task. It requires special skills as a writer. At present, there is no
dearth of children’s literature in India but is it properly responding to the children’s mental needs
or is it incorporating the various technological advancements? This paper attempts to have a
look at the qualitative and qualitative aspects of the currently available children’s literature in
the Indian languages. It also explores the shortcomings and grey areas in the writing style of the
writers involved in creating children’s literature.