A retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story for young children, written in English by Priyangwada Perera and published in Colombo by M. D. Gunasena & Co. The telling is deliberately simple, and the pages are illustrated in colour throughout.
It belongs to a series of fairy tale books that Gunasena has produced for children in Sri Lanka, each taking a familiar story and setting it out in plain language. The intention behind the series is straightforward: give a child a version of a well-known tale short enough to hold their attention and clear enough to follow, with pictures carrying much of the work.
Suitable for children at the picture-book stage, whether reading along with an adult or beginning to read alone. It will also interest readers abroad who want to see how a long-established Sri Lankan publishing house presents these stories to its own young audience — the English here is pitched for children growing up with English as a school language, which shapes the simplicity of the sentences.
M. D. Gunasena & Co. is a long-established Colombo publisher and bookseller, issuing books in Sinhala and English, with a steady output of school texts and children's titles.
- Author: Priyangwada Perera
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789552130847
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