This is a very cute book which introduces many of the Hindu deities. The illustrations are adorable.

Adorable illustrations with light, amusing text explaining Hindu gods and demigods. The author/illustrator also touches on the epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, and the creation of the universe. A good, light intro to aspects of Hinduism.

Really lovely book with cute depictions of the various hindu deities. Easy to read. Each one has its own double page with references to each other and timeline towards the back. Great to read as a grown up or with kids too

The illustrations by Sanjay Patel are extra cute. A nice way to start learning about Hindu deities !

A delightful reference books on the Hindu deities. The left-hand page features an almost Sanrio-style illustration of the appropriate god or avatar. The right-hand page features a paragraph of light-hearted text outlining history, abilities, and iconic features. A perfect book to pick up, read an entry, put down, and pick up again. And a fun way to learn something about a rich faith that most Westerners don't really think about. I can't wait until my son is old enough to pick it up, as I fully expect to find him doing crayon drawings of multi-limbed gods and goddesses.

Great!

Super cute and super informative. It now has pride of place as our bathroom book.

This was an impulse buy. VERY cute. A friendly overview of Hindu mythology with Powerpuff Girls style illustrations. It actually filled in some missing pieces in what I understood of Hinduism, mostly derived from Buddhist offshoots and art history class. :)

My 5-year-old cousin saw this book while I was reading it, and could not stop staring at the pictures! He couldn't read the stories, the pictures aren't familiar Disney characters, but it's hard to tear yourself away. These illustrations are CUTE! Like, really really cute. The author says his litmus stick for cuteness was: when his wife looked at each pic, did she say, "Oh, that's cute."? Well, it paid off. Here are the Hindu gods and goddesses, each incarnation of of Vishnu, the demi-gods, the animal gods, the Hindu epics, the ruling planets - each illustrated with saturated colors and a sort of Sanrio-style. I'm not even exaggerating - dude claims Hello Kitty was an inspiration for the designs. Each page has another dumbed-down version of some Hindu mythology accompanied by an adorable picture. It was some major saccharine cuteoverload! I l-o-v-e-d every page, and I plan to buy this in the future at some point -- I think this is the only book I've said this about in 2008. One of my friends expressed some reservations about the over-cuteification of one of the world's major religions - for the record, the author is UK-born Desi, if that helps to inform your feelings about the book.