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The present research explored how women are depicted in children’s literature in India. The study focused on the re-reading of children’s literature in India considering the representation of women in the titles, themes, central roles, characterisation and illustrations of the selected children’s books in India. The part begins with characterising picture books and a conversation on the need to contemplate different sorts of picture books, takes a concise diagram of the examination done in the past in the Western nations and India, covers explore strategy embraced to decide the proportion of recurrence of ladies’ portrayal in the chose picture books just as the manners by which ladies are delineated in picture books. In the come around of dissecting the discoveries with the utilisation of factual tests just as topical investigation of the writings, the specialist has summarised the perceptions in the last piece of the section. It ought to be noticed that image books are the first venturing stone to the way of writing for a little kid. As referenced in the finishing up lines of the Introduction, picture books assume a huge job in the early socialisation of the small kid.For the current examination, the section books for early perusers and simple perusers with conventional just as contemporary stories were investigated with the emphasis on the delineation of ladies in them. Such stories have a critical impact on a youngster’s comprehension of estimations of society’s way of life and convention. These accounts familiarised the early perusers with the well-established convictions and philosophies, including gender personality and acknowledged gender conduct in the public arena. In a conspicuously male-centric culture like India, predominance and impact of male prevalence against ladies can be generally found in its writing for youngsters also. Subsequently the delineation of ladies in retellings of customary just as contemporary stories for kids in India.