A Sinhala-language picture-story book for young children, published by M. D. Gunasena & Co. The text is entirely in Sinhala, so buyers outside Sri Lanka should know that reading it requires a Sinhala reader — it is commonly bought by families raising children in the language abroad, and by schools and libraries building Sinhala collections.
The book belongs to a series of children's titles grouped under the name Apé Punchi Weerayingé Katha Mālāwa — stories of our little heroes. The series was put together to teach good conduct and moral values to small children through stories, with the values introduced simply and in a form meant to entertain rather than instruct directly.
The title translates as The New Friend. It is aimed at the youngest readers, the age at which a child is being read to or is starting to read alone, and it works equally as a bedtime story or as early reading practice in Sinhala.
M. D. Gunasena is a long-established Colombo publishing house with a substantial list of Sinhala-language books for children and schools.
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552134203
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