This is a Sinhala abridged translation of The Jungle Book, the story written by the English author Rudyard Kipling. The text is entirely in Sinhala, so it will suit readers who are comfortable in the language — Sinhala-speaking families abroad looking for reading matter for children, or anyone learning to read in Sinhala and wanting a story they already half know.
The story follows Mowgli, a human child who grows up among a pack of wolves. It is set in the forests of India, and the characters who move through it all carry Indian names. Premasiri Mahingoda has condensed Kipling's original into a shorter Sinhala telling rather than rendering it in full, which keeps the narrative moving at a pace suited to younger readers.
Kipling's tale has been adapted for the screen many times over and is known to readers around the world, which makes it a useful choice for a child who has met Mowgli in film and would now meet him in Sinhala prose. M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, the long-established Colombo publisher, issues the book.
- Author: Premasiri Mahingoda
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552116988
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