Damayanti the Detective is a fun anecdotal story about a girl who likes to play a detective. Like all detective characters, this one too has some defined traits. Damayanti loves her snack and keeps a pair of binoculars handy for her cases all the time. The story follows this girl through the case of a missing sock, a handkerchief and a hairpin. And her love for snack keeps popping in. While Damayanti tries to solve her case, the plot introduces us to her prime suspects whom she doesn’t seem to like much. She calls them ‘Sillie Millie’, ‘Pushpa Flowerpot’, and ‘Moody Mani’ (the dog). The reader is introduced to a large variety of adjectives through this round of introductions, largely well described through the narrative and illustrations. The overall length of the content might seem big, but the descriptive language of the narrative and use of common vocabulary makes it easy to follow for the young readers.
November 2024, volume 48, No 11