The language and narration lend the story a feeling of it being a grandmother’s tale. At the same time, the childlike demeanour and quirks of the grandmother have the potential to capture a young reader’s curiosity and initiate conversations around one’s own grandparents.
Pop of colours and change of fonts to highlight the text along with large illustrations make the book inviting. Large illustrations which occupy most of the page can help the reader enjoy the story through pictures as well. The book has interesting illustrations which make the strange and fantastic become more real. Like a train and a helicopter landing in a garden
The story of the travels of Asha and her auto unfolds simply in Aruna Shekar’s effortless and easy style, and we get to take a trip around Chennai through rain and sunshine. The author is an award-winning teacher and writer for children who has written about life in different parts of India
The illustrations have a good depiction of Hyderabad’s market. They have many colours, including yellow, blue, green, and pink on the cover, and various shades on the background. The shops in the market also have a lot of colours, from signboards to the goods in the shops. Tishya Malya has done an amazing job of capturing all the expressions in her illustrations
The illustrations show pure love, care, respect, and support towards the ambitions of others. It breaks the stereotype of males not helping in the household, or males who are less sensitive than females. This also challenges the word ‘male ego’.
Despite the catchy illustrations with great use of white space on the inner pages, the cover with flat dull blue in the background takes away the charm of Parvathy’s illustration style and makes the book less attractive for the children to pick. Overall, reading this book will require support for a Level 2 reader.