A Sinhala retelling of Goldilocks and the Bears for young children, issued as part of a series drawn from well-known fairy tales. The text is entirely in Sinhala, with no English edition of the story included, so it suits households reading in the language or families keeping Sinhala alive with children abroad.
The book is produced as a pop-up: pages that rise as they are opened, printed in colour, bound in hard covers. The language is kept simple, pitched at children who are still being read to or just beginning to read for themselves. The physical format is as much the point as the story — the shapes lifting off the page are what hold a small child's attention while the words are spoken aloud.
It is written by Niranjan Chaminda Karunathilake and published in Colombo by M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, a house that publishes in Sinhala and English.
Buyers outside Sri Lanka should note that pop-up construction means moving paper parts, and that this is a children's book meant to be handled rather than shelved.
- Author: Niranjan Chaminda Karunathilake
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552132322
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