A collection of folk tales drawn from a number of different countries, retold in Sinhala for young readers. V.D. De Lenarol compiled the stories with children specifically in mind, and the book is published by M.D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd of Colombo.
The text is entirely in Sinhala, with no English translation, so it will suit households where a child reads Sinhala or where an adult reads aloud in it. Families abroad who want their children to keep up a reading habit in the language, and teachers looking for story material outside the usual school texts, are the likeliest readers. Buyers who do not read Sinhala should know this before ordering.
Folk tales travel well between cultures, and gathering them from several countries into one Sinhala volume gives a young reader stories that are new in substance but familiar in shape. The material is presented as storytelling rather than as a study of folklore.
M.D. Gunasena is an established Colombo publishing house with a long presence in Sinhala-language books for schools and general readers.
- Author: V.D. De Lenarol
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552100352
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