One title in M. D. Gunasena's Great Stories series, written for young readers by Niranjan Chaminda Karunathilake. The text is entirely in Sinhala, which international buyers should note before ordering — it is intended for a Sinhala-reading child, or for a parent reading aloud at home.
The book gathers short life stories of inventors whose work shaped the modern world:
- Johannes Gutenberg
- Louis Pasteur
- The Wright brothers
- Alexander Fleming
- John Shepherd-Barron
- Tim Berners-Lee
Each is told as a biography pitched at a child's understanding, with colour pages throughout. The series sets out to put determination, creativity and persistence in front of young readers through the lives of people who worked at a problem until something new came of it, and to encourage children to trust their own abilities.
M. D. Gunasena & Co. is a long-established Colombo publisher and bookseller with a substantial children's list in Sinhala. This is a practical choice for Sri Lankan families abroad who want their children reading in Sinhala, and for anyone building a home library of Sinhala-language books for primary-school-age readers.
- Author: Niranjan Chaminda Karunathilake
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552133589
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