A Sinhala picture book for young children, written and illustrated by Piyal Udaya Samaraweera, who works as a children's author and an artist. The text is entirely in Sinhala, with no English translation, so it suits households where a child is reading or being read to in the language.
The story is built around a hare and a tortoise, and it is told as a story with a lesson in it. After the reading, the book turns into something to do: the drawings are set out so that small children can colour them in. Reading and activity sit together in the one volume rather than being split between a storybook and a separate workbook.
It is published in Colombo by M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, a Sri Lankan publishing house with a long-standing list of Sinhala titles for schools and young readers.
The likely reader is a child at the age where a short animal story holds attention and a crayon is welcome — and the parent, grandparent or teacher sitting alongside. Families abroad raising children in Sinhala often look for exactly this kind of book: simple language, familiar characters, and something for the child's hands to do once the story ends.
- Author: Piyal Udaya Samaraweera
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552121395
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