Some books are more fun when read aloud in small groups or even bigger groups of children. It Started with a Yawn… is one such book. Grandfather yawns; a big yawn it is. So big that it makes his ears pop and his grandson has to come to his rescue. The small child uses creative methods, like applying butter on the grandfather’s knees among others, but can’t help him. As grandfather keeps yawning a doctor is visited, who says that he should sleep to cure his yawns. And the grandfather sleeps as rhythmically as Rao’s writing.
November 2024, volume 48, No 11