A colouring book for Sinhala-speaking children, compiled by Piyal Udaya Samaraweera and published in Colombo by M. D. Gunasena & Co. The whole book is in Sinhala — text, verses and all — so it suits households where a child is reading and reciting in the language, or learning to.
The pictures are there to be coloured in, but what sets the book apart from a plain colouring book is the verse that goes with them. Samaraweera takes old poems that are widely known and familiar, and sets them alongside new readings, so that a child meeting the lines again finds a fresh idea in them rather than only repetition. The colouring and the poetry are meant to work together.
M. D. Gunasena & Co. is a long-established Colombo publisher issuing books in Sinhala and English, with a steady list of children's and educational titles.
A reasonable choice for Sri Lankan families abroad who want their children colouring and reciting in Sinhala, and for anyone building a small home library of Sinhala-language children's books.
- Author: Piyal Udaya Samaraweera
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552114359
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