A children's story in Sinhala by Sarath Yapa Bandara, built on an unusual idea: the events are presented as news bulletins. The reports come from a white kitten, and they arrive the way news arrives — one item after another, each covering something that has happened, told with humour. Behind the comedy sits a lesson the author wants to leave with young readers.
The form is what sets it apart from most Sinhala writing for children. Rather than a narrator carrying a plot from beginning to end, the book works through the shape of a news report, which gives each episode its own small arc and its own joke. A child who already knows what a news broadcast sounds like will recognise the parody straight away.
The text is entirely in Sinhala, with no English translation, so it suits readers and families who read the language at home or who are learning it. It is published by M. D. Gunasena & Co., a long-established Colombo house whose list includes school and general books in Sinhala and English.
- Author: Sarath Yapa Bandara
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552112300
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