An early learning picture book from M. D. Gunasena's First Explorer Series, made for very young children who are just beginning to put names to things. The subject here is wild animals, presented through illustrations of creatures from different habitats.
The series works on a simple principle: one book, one first concept, carried by colourful illustrations rather than text. The pictures are drawn realistically, so a child looking at an animal on the page is looking at something recognisable rather than a cartoon. The aim, as the publisher puts it, is to build vocabulary and observation skills — the sort of looking and naming that happens when an adult and a small child sit with a book together and talk about what is on the page.
This is a book for the pre-reading stage, when a child is listening and pointing rather than decoding words. It suits parents, grandparents and nursery teachers looking for sturdy first-concept books in English, and it will be familiar in spirit to anyone who grew up with Gunasena titles at home.
M. D. Gunasena & Co. is a long-established Colombo publisher and bookseller, producing educational and general titles in Sinhala and English. The First Explorer Series sits within its children's list, each volume handling a different starting subject in the same illustrated format, so the books can be collected and used alongside one another.
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789552134104
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