A picture storybook for young readers in English, from one of the later series of children's books by the Sri Lankan writer and illustrator Sybil Wettasinghe. It is set in large type across a short extent, the kind of book a child at primary school can hold and finish without help, or follow along with while an adult reads aloud.
Colour paintings run through it. The pictures carry as much of the storytelling as the words do, which is how Wettasinghe's books for this age group tend to work — she wrote and drew for children throughout her career, and her illustration is as much a part of the reading as the text.
Published in Colombo by M. D. Gunasena & Co., an established Sri Lankan publishing house issuing books in Sinhala and English. The language here is English, so it suits children reading in English at home or at school, families abroad who want Sri Lankan storybooks for their children, and readers building a collection of Wettasinghe's work.
Suitable for early independent readers and for shared reading with younger children.
- Author: Sybil Wettasinghe
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789552130762
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