A children's story in Sinhala, from the publisher M. D. Gunasena & Co. of Colombo. The whole text is in Sinhala, with no English translation, so it will suit readers of the language, families raising children bilingually abroad, or collectors of Sri Lankan children's books.
The tale turns on a small child crying, and on the tears that fall — enough of them, the story has it, to form a river. That single idea carries the book.
Sybil Wettasinghe was a Sri Lankan writer and illustrator who worked in children's books in Sinhala over a long career, and her name is familiar to generations of readers who grew up with her stories.
For buyers outside Sri Lanka, the practical point is the language: this is a Sinhala-language edition, and a reader who cannot read Sinhala script will not be able to follow the text.
- Author: Sybil Wettasinghe
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552124884
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