"For as long as there have been children, there has been children's literature." (Lerer 1) Children's literature has witnessed its journey globally over the centuries. For India, the genre was brought from a remote country, England. Rimi Chatterjee examines her path to India in her book Reading Children: Essays of Children's Literature as she writes: The category of "children's literature" was, like the novel, the newspaper and patent leather shoes, imported into India by the English where it came it was quickly and enthusiastically taken over by some fractions of Indians. (8) One such Indian, Vandana Singh, is an emerging name in recent Indian Children's Literature in English. Younguncle in the Himalayas and Youngleuncle Comes to Town are his two best-selling books in the "children's literature" category. While writing for children, the writer must describe what is acceptable from the children's point of view. He presents childhood in his books in the way that Phillippe Aries argues: "... childhood was not an essential or eternal quality in human life, but was instead a category of existence shaped by social mores and historical experience" . (Letro 2) His literary creation Younguncle Comes to Town (2004) portrays an image of his main character Younguncle. A man who is over 40 actually enjoys childish behavior. The main character Younguncle is an uncle due to his age and appearance; but a young man with heart and actions. Its name reflects exactly what it is. His name as "Younguncle" can amuse everyone. He even prefers to be called by that name. Vandana Singh says: He was always called Younguncle. He says he prefers it that way, even though it's quite ridiculous to be called Zizio even by your own parents. But he was always a little different from other people. (3) Youth and uncle are two separate identities of