A children's book in English by Sybil Wettasinghe, published in Colombo by M. D. Gunasena & Co. The title points to the April New Year, the season Sri Lankan households mark with sweets and visiting.
Wettasinghe was a Sri Lankan writer and illustrator who worked in children's books for most of her life, usually drawing her own stories as well as writing them. Her work is rooted in village childhood and in the ordinary domestic world of Sri Lanka, and she wrote in both Sinhala and English.
Because this edition is in English, it suits Sri Lankan families living abroad who want their children reading stories from home in a language they are schooled in, and it suits readers with no connection to the island who simply want picture books from somewhere other than Britain or America. It is the kind of book bought to be read aloud and then handed over to a child to look at alone.
M. D. Gunasena & Co. is a long-established Colombo publisher issuing titles in Sinhala and English, including schoolbooks and children's reading.
- Author: Sybil Weththasinghe
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789552130731
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