This is a title in the Dangakara Nuto series of children's books, and it is written in Sinhala. Buyers outside Sri Lanka should know that there is no English text here: the whole book is in Sinhala.
The premise is the questions children ask. The book takes the sort of puzzles that occur to a curious child and answers them from a scientific angle, in plain language pitched at young readers rather than at adults explaining to them. Illustrations run throughout, and they carry a good deal of the book alongside the text.
Nuwan Thotawaththa is a doctor by profession and writes for children. He has written a number of children's books and also writes lyrics for children's songs. His work has been nominated for awards.
It suits a household where a child reads Sinhala comfortably, or is being read to in Sinhala by a parent or grandparent — families abroad keeping the language alive at home will find it a useful kind of book, since the science gives the reading somewhere to go beyond story. The publisher is M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, an established Colombo house with a long presence in Sinhala publishing for children.
- Author: Nuwan Thotawaththa
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 978-255-21-3334-3
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