A short picture book for young readers, written by Sybil Wettasinghe and published in English by M. D. Gunasena & Co. It belongs to one of the later series of children's story books she produced, and is set in large type across a small number of pages — the kind of format aimed at primary school children who are reading on their own, or close to it.
Colour illustrations run through the book. Wettasinghe was a Sri Lankan writer and illustrator of children's books, and her pictures are as much the point here as the words; children who cannot yet manage every sentence can follow the story through the pictures.
Useful for parents and teachers putting together a home or classroom shelf of Sri Lankan children's writing in English, and for readers overseas who want their children reading stories made in Sri Lanka rather than imported ones. It suits reading aloud as well as independent reading, and its slim extent makes it manageable for a child who is still gaining confidence.
- Author: Sybil Wettasinghe
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789552130731
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