A picture book about the giraffe, written in English and aimed at young children meeting animals as a subject for the first time. It is one title in a series from M. D. Gunasena, with each book in that series given over to a single animal.
The approach is straightforward. The giraffe's distinguishing characteristics are set out simply and in a form designed to hold a small child's attention, and colour illustrations are used to show those characteristics rather than simply to decorate the page. The text is by W. Maria.
Books of this kind sit at the point where looking turns into reading: a child who cannot yet manage a page alone can still follow the pictures while an adult reads aloud, and the same book carries on being useful once the child begins sounding out words. Parents building a first shelf at home, and teachers assembling an early-years reading corner, are the obvious readers here, and anyone collecting the series will want this one alongside the rest.
M. D. Gunasena is a long-established Colombo publisher and bookseller, publishing in Sinhala and English, with a substantial list of school and children's titles. This is an English-language edition, which makes it suitable for Sri Lankan households abroad who want their children reading books published at home.
- Author: W. Maria
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789552132216
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