A history book for children, written in Sinhala throughout. There is no English text, so this is one for readers who are comfortable in the language, or for families raising children with Sinhala at home.
Padmini Perera has drawn the material from a range of existing history works and retold it in plain, unhurried Sinhala suited to young readers. The aim set out by the publisher is straightforward: children who come to history early, in language they can manage without help, grow up with an understanding of where they are from. The title translates roughly as stories heard from history, and the approach is narrative rather than textbook — history arriving as stories rather than as dates to be learned.
It is intended for children who have already shown some curiosity about the past, and for parents and teachers looking for history writing pitched below the level of school textbooks. M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, a long-established Colombo publishing house, issues it as part of its Sinhala list.
- Author: Padmini Perera
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552115219
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