A short picture storybook for young readers, published in English by M. D. Gunasena & Co. of Colombo and written by the Sri Lankan children's author and illustrator Sybil Wettasinghe.
It belongs to a recent series of children's stories from her hand. The text is set in large letters across a small number of pages, which puts it within reach of primary school children who are reading on their own or close to it, and colour paintings run through the book.
Wettasinghe's work has long been part of childhood reading in Sri Lanka, and her drawings are recognisable to generations of readers there. Parents and teachers buying for children in that age group will find this a straightforward choice: brief, illustrated, and pitched at the stage where a child wants a story they can finish in one sitting. For readers outside Sri Lanka, it is also a way to put a Sri Lankan children's book, in English, into a young reader's hands.
- Author: Sybil Wettasinghe
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789552130649
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