A Sinhala retelling of The Elves and the Shoemaker, published under the title Sapaththu Mahana Yaluwo. The whole book is in Sinhala — there is no English text alongside it, so a reader or a parent reading aloud will need the language.
It belongs to a series of fairy tale books made for young children in Sri Lanka, each taking a well-known story and putting it into straightforward Sinhala. The adaptation here is by Hiruni Fernando. The language has been kept simple, and the book is printed on glossy paper with colour illustrations throughout.
The publisher is M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd of Colombo, an established Sri Lankan house publishing in Sinhala and English.
This suits households raising children in Sinhala outside Sri Lanka, families who want familiar European fairy tales in the language spoken at home, and teachers building a small Sinhala reading shelf for early readers. Buyers without Sinhala should know that the text is entirely in Sinhala script.
- Author: Hiruni Fernando
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552129803
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