This is a Sinhala-language book, written and printed entirely in Sinhala, so a reader will need the language to use it.
It belongs to a series retelling the stories of Mahadenamutta, the folk figure whose tales remain popular with children and adults alike. The stories appear here in a fresh presentation with new illustrations.
This particular title tells of a goat whose head becomes stuck fast inside a clay pot, and of the remarkable piece of advice Mahadenamutta offers for getting the animal free. It is one of the better-known episodes attached to the character, and the retelling is written to be read aloud or read alone by children already comfortable in Sinhala.
The author is Hingulwala Dissanayake. The book is published by M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, a long-established Colombo publishing house whose list includes a substantial body of Sinhala children's writing and school material.
Readers outside Sri Lanka buying this for a child learning Sinhala, or for a household keeping the language alive abroad, will find it a short, familiar story in a form that assumes some reading ability rather than none. Those who want the Mahadenamutta tales in English should note that no English text is included.
- Author: Hingulwala Dissanayake
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552127212
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