One title from a set of animal books written in English for young children, this one given over to the squirrel. The approach across the series is the same throughout: a single animal per book, its distinguishing features set out simply, with colour illustrations drawn to show those features rather than merely to decorate the page.
Books of this kind do a particular job. A child who cannot yet read independently can sit with an adult, look at the pictures, and take in a few plain facts about how an animal looks and lives. A child who is beginning to read alone gets short English sentences on a subject already familiar from the garden and the roadside. The squirrel is a sensible choice for either reader in Sri Lanka, being among the animals a child is most likely to have watched for themselves.
The author is W. Maria. The publisher is M. D. Gunasena & Co., a long-established Colombo house issuing books in Sinhala and English, with a substantial list of school and children's titles.
Suited to home shelves, nursery and early-primary classrooms, and to parents abroad who want simple English animal books with a Sri Lankan publisher behind them. The companion titles in the series cover other animals in the same format, so the books work together as a small first set on wildlife.
- Author: W. Maria
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789552132285
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