A Sinhala children's book from M. D. Gunasena & Co. of Colombo. The text is entirely in Sinhala, with no English translation, so it will suit households raising children in the language or families keeping it up abroad.
It belongs to the publisher's series of stories about young heroes — a set of books put together to teach good conduct to small children through stories rather than instruction. The idea behind the series is that values are introduced simply and enjoyably, in a form a young child will sit still for, with the moral carried by the tale itself.
Books of this kind are commonly read aloud by a parent or grandparent before a child can manage the text alone, and later taken up by the child as early independent reading. M. D. Gunasena is a long-established Colombo publisher with a substantial list of Sinhala-language schoolbooks and children's titles.
For buyers outside Sri Lanka, this is a straightforward way to put Sinhala print into a child's hands — a readable storybook from a familiar local publisher rather than a teaching aid aimed at second-language learners.
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 978-9552134466
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