A children's story book in Sinhala, written for young readers and set around a family of porcupines. The small porcupine of the title gets up to mischief, and through it learns a lesson — the story is built as an example for children to take something from.
The text is entirely in Sinhala, with no English translation, so it suits households where a parent or grandparent reads aloud in Sinhala, or where a child is learning to read the script. Buyers outside Sri Lanka ordering for Sinhala-speaking families should know that before adding it to a basket.
Chamara Sanjeewa is the author. M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, the Colombo publishing house and bookseller, issues it as part of its Sinhala children's list.
Books of this kind do a quiet amount of work: they give a child a story with animals in it, a bit of trouble, and a point at the end that a parent can talk through afterwards. If you are building a small Sinhala library for a child abroad, short story books with a single clear thread are usually the ones that get read again.
- Author: Chamara Sanjeewa
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552123580
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