A children's story, written in Sinhala by Sundara De Mel and published in Colombo by M. D. Gunasena & Co. The whole text is in Sinhala, so a reader without Sinhala will not be able to follow it; buyers outside Sri Lanka should know that before ordering.
The subject is the tale behind the founding of the historic Kandyan kingdom — the events said to have led to the site being found — retold here in a form pitched at young readers rather than as history for adults. The telling keeps to that one episode.
M. D. Gunasena is a long-established Sri Lankan publisher and bookseller working in Sinhala and English, with a steady list of titles for children. This is one of them, and it will suit a household where a child reads Sinhala and is old enough to take in a story drawn from the island's past, or a parent or teacher looking for material that connects a familiar place name to a narrative a child can hold on to.
- Author: Sundara De Mel
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552128875
Browse the rest of our book collection.
