Their world is enormous, fortunately borderless, bright, intriguing and spontaneous, and allows absurdities of all kinds to exist. Their horizons are fleeting, giving way to dragons, fairies, elves, wizards, goblins and unicorns, to rabbits that talk and broomsticks that fly. Their sense of adventurism drives them to climb mountains, drink potions that work miracles, and imagine frogs turning into princes. Their world is the world of pure innocent fun. And their literature is a riot of colors like their world. Perceived as adults in the making, their books also address issues of environmental conservation, child labor, disabled people and relationships – to name a few. Children's literature in India is a subaltern field, which is only now starting to get its long overdue attention. . While literature in English for adults has achieved an enviable position with the likes of Anita Desai, Kiran Desai, Salman Rushdie, Jhumpa Lahiri, Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy, Kamala Markandaya etc., winning awards, critical acclaim and giving structure to literature of the subcontinent, children who had interest in reading books beyond their prescribed syllabus for decades took doses of Enid Blyton, Nancy Drew, Mills and Boons, i.e. all the works of foreign writers and translations of Panchatantra, Jataka Tales and Amar Chitra Kathaein by Indians, leaving much to be done. desirable in the field of children's literature in English in the country. The only significant and very significant name for this reason is that of Ruskin Bond who prolifically and tirelessly wrote delightful children's stories. For a long time, children's books by Indian writers were limited to the mystery and adventure genres, with some historical references. fiction, school stories and... middle of paper... hyphenated genres: fantasy, realistic, scientific, informational, educational, historical, popular, mythical, fabulous, environmental, nonsense that will be taken into consideration; the bafflingly different age range and therefore the variety it will cover, the length of pieces it will contrast and the vast period it will study. It is also interesting to see how writers brought up on a staple diet of foreign books are writing books rich in Indian content. Working in the genre of children's literature can be aesthetically rewarding and can lead to growth and then further. the development of fields of study in the panorama of children's literature. Works Cited Subramanium, S. All for Children. The Hindu. 03 April 2005. PrintVijaykumar, Chithira. “Through the Sands of Time.” The Hindu. February 8, 2011. Print