Children's literature has bloomed over a period of few decades. The value of reading literature for children is very well understood by Educators, Parents and Community members. Donna Norton (2010) in her book: Through eyes of a Child, summarizes value of children literature by touching different aspects of development- Cognitive and Emotional intelligence, Personality and social skills. Exposure to Children literature enables a child to imagine, respond and have her or his own opinion on a piece of literary work. The most significant aspect of reading is keeping hold of cultural heritage and passing it on to the next generation. We are all brought up idolizing someone be it our Parents, Industry heroes, National or International icons. Such iconic figures have always been a topic of interest among children. Young minds imitate, it is an established truth. So, it is important to allow their insights to explore. The very basic tendency of a human mind is also comparing and contrasting. The texts even are time and again criticized that opens a new angle and window for new readers. The present study is based on comparative study method (key contributors -Danish scholar Rasmus Rask, Kal Werner and German scholar Jacob Grimm) to develop rationale and multi-dimensional reading of a text by any reader. The prime objective of the study is to analyze the portrayal of iconic National hero- Mahatma Gandhi in different language styles and elements by different authors in their select works like Mrinalini Sarabhai's: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, B.R Nanda's: GANDHI-a pictorial biography, Ravindra Varma's: Gandhi (a biography for children and beginners).

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Keywords: Children Literature, Cognitive, Emotional Intelligence, Cultural Heritage, Idolizing, Comparative Study, Language Style.