A Sinhala retelling of The Gingerbread Man, published for young children as part of a series of fairy tale books. The text is entirely in Sinhala — there is no English in it — so it suits households raising children in the language, or families abroad who want familiar stories read aloud in Sinhala rather than in translation the other way round.
The story is the one most readers will already know: a gingerbread figure that runs off and will not be caught. Here it is told in simple, plain Sinhala, pitched at children who are beginning to follow a story on their own or listening to an adult read. The book is printed on glossy paper and illustrated in colour throughout.
The author is Hiruni Fernando, and it comes from M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, an established Colombo publisher of Sinhala and English titles. The wider series takes well-known fairy tales and puts them into straightforward Sinhala for small children in Sri Lanka.
Useful for parents and grandparents building a first Sinhala bookshelf, for preschool and early primary reading, and for Sri Lankan families overseas who want their children to meet these stories in Sinhala. Readers with no Sinhala should note that the pictures carry a good deal of the story, but the text itself will not be accessible to them.
- Author: Hiruni Fernando
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552131196
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