A children's pop-up book in Sinhala, issued as part of a series of well-known fairy tales from around the world. This volume is Ran Kondakari.
The text is in simple Sinhala throughout, with no English, so the book suits a household where a parent or grandparent reads aloud in Sinhala, or a young reader who is learning to read in the language. Buyers outside Sri Lanka should be clear on that before ordering: there is no parallel English text.
It is produced as a hardback with colour illustrations and pages that rise as the book is opened — the pop-up construction is the point of the series, intended to give small children a different experience of handling a book rather than simply looking at a flat page. The combination of short, plain sentences and movable illustration is pitched at the youngest end of the reading range, where a child is still being read to and is turning the pages themselves.
Written by Niranjan Chaminda Karunathilake and published by M. D. Gunasena & Co. of Colombo, an established Sri Lankan publishing house issuing books in Sinhala and English. A reasonable choice for families abroad keeping Sinhala alive with young children at home, and for anyone assembling a shelf of Sinhala-language picture books.
- Author: Niranjan Chaminda Karunathilake
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552132384
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