A children's book by Sybil Wettasinghe, the Sri Lankan writer and illustrator whose picture books have been read by generations of children on the island. She both wrote and drew her stories, and her line-and-colour illustration style — round-faced village children, tiled roofs, trees and animals — is recognised at a glance by Sri Lankan readers. Kuda Hora, published in English as The Umbrella Thief, is among the books she made.
This edition is in English, which matters if you are buying for a child outside Sri Lanka or for a household where Sinhala is not read. It can be read aloud to a younger child or handled alone by a child reading independently.
The publisher is M. D. Gunasena & Co. of Colombo, an established Sri Lankan house that publishes in Sinhala and English and has long issued children's titles and school books.
It will suit parents and grandparents building a shelf of Sri Lankan stories for children growing up abroad, teachers and school libraries looking for South Asian picture books in English, and collectors of Wettasinghe's work who want her titles in the editions published at home.
- Author: Sybil Wettasinghe
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789552130779
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