The story of Ali Baba and the forty thieves, taken from the Arabian Nights and retold in Sinhala for young readers. V.D. De Lenarol's version keeps the familiar shape of the tale — the woodcutter who overhears the robbers' password at the mouth of their cave, and what follows from it — and puts it into language intended to be read and enjoyed by children.
The text is entirely in Sinhala, with no English translation alongside it. Buyers outside Sri Lanka should order on that basis: this is a book for a Sinhala-reading household, a child learning to read in Sinhala, or a parent reading aloud at home.
It is published by M.D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, a publishing house established in Colombo with a long presence in Sinhala-language books for schools and general readers. Retellings of the Arabian Nights stories have been a staple of Sinhala children's publishing, and this is one of them.
- Author: V.D. De Lenarol
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552102813
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