Chapatti Moon by Pippa Goodhart is a fantastic folktale that is a great alternative to The Runaway Pancake for Pancake Day in EYFS or KS1. Chapatti Moon would be great to read in a class with children of SouthEast Asian background, as it could allow them to be experts amongst their peers in terms of talking about the food or clothing of Mrs Kapoor. Follow the trail of the chapatti as it bounces and bursts through the book -- where will its adventure end? It also promotes a sense of community and encourages the idea that society should be dependable upon and reliable for each other.

There are lots of bright and colourful pictures showing the trail of the chapatti as it bounces through the town past all the people and animals.

It’s an engaging story that explores and morphs the modern western world to the traditional South Asian cultures, especially through food. Pippa Goodhart's interest in children's books was originally sparked by a Saturday job at Heffers in Cambridge when she was at school.

We chose it because there aren’t that many picture books that have Indian characters or topics so we were pleased that it is an enjoyable story to add to our collection. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The story is about Mrs Kapoor, lots of animals (including a mouse) and her friends who chase after a chapatti that has escaped from her kitchen.However, in the process of cooking, her chapatti rolls away from her, and so she chases it through her neighbourhood. It is always good to have books that contain characters that look like you or mention things that are part of your culture. She studied Illustration at Exeter College of Art and has published a number of picture books, including Sam's First Day (Mantra 2000) and Buri and the Marrow (Mantra 2000).