A children's story in Sinhala, written by the poet and song lyricist Rathna Sri Wijethunga. The whole text is in Sinhala, with no English translation, so it will suit readers of the language or families raising children with it.
The story is a Japanese one, retold here for Sinhala-reading children, and its subject is a tsunami. A schoolchild learns about tsunamis from a teacher in class. Later, when a real tsunami comes, that lesson is what saves the child's life.
For Sri Lankan readers the subject carries its own weight, and the book sits in the space where children's storytelling and plain safety knowledge meet — a narrative that holds a lesson without stopping to explain itself as one.
Published in Colombo by M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, a long-established Sri Lankan publisher and bookseller issuing titles in Sinhala and English.
- Author: Rathna Sri Wijethunga
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552125355
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