Amichandra wrote Batrish Pultini Varta based on Singhasan Battisi. The Bombay Education Society published four books in 1840 Shishusadbodhmala, Balamitra, Balasathi and Panch Pakhaon ( Panchapakhyana) having poems, stories, anecdotes, biographies for children. Ranchhodbhai Dave published Isapnitini Vato adapted from Aesop's Fables in 1859. It had poems, stories, anecdotes and jokes. In 1831, the two parts of Balamitra was published starting an era of current form of children's literature. The Gulliver's Travels translated as Gulliverni Musafari. In next few years more translations of Aesop's Fables published. In 1826, Bapulal Shastri Pandya translated Aesop's Fables in Gujarati as Aesop Nitikathao. Initial works in Gujarati children's literature were translations and adaptations. The Native Schools and Books Society established in Bombay in 1820 had published books for new schools.

The current form of children's literature started after the education in Gujarati was aligned to western pattern in 1826 during British Raj. The stories derived from Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Hitopadesha and anecdotes of Akbar- Birbal, Bhoja-Kalidas, Singhasan Battisi, Baital Pachisi, Ељukasaptati are told to children for generations. There is a long tradition of Purana stories in Indian literature which deals with topics, particularly myths, legends and other traditional lore. There are several stories popular in Gujarati folk literature which relate to children.

Chodvani varta in gujarati