"The Seven Lives (Hath Pana)" by Kumaratunga Munidasa has been extremely popular as a supplementary reader among the young children for decades.
The author, with a clear perspective of the minds of the young readers, has created an exciting story for them.
Children's literature can be considered as a fine combination of fact and fiction, in fact more fiction than fact. At a time when there is a dearth of English books for our childern, English translations of interesting books by well-known talented authors of the calibre of Cumaratunga Munidasa certainly would be of great help. Translations of such valuable children's story books should be of immense help to our young readers to create literary interest in them, improve their knowledge in English and also develop reading habits which are feared to be on the wane.
The author, with a clear perspective of the minds of the young readers, has created an exciting story for them.
Children's literature can be considered as a fine combination of fact and fiction, in fact more fiction than fact. At a time when there is a dearth of English books for our childern, English translations of interesting books by well-known talented authors of the calibre of Cumaratunga Munidasa certainly would be of great help. Translations of such valuable children's story books should be of immense help to our young readers to create literary interest in them, improve their knowledge in English and also develop reading habits which are feared to be on the wane.
| Author | Kumarathunga Munidasa - Kumaratunga Munidasa (කුමාරතුංග මුනිදාස) |
| Language | English |
| Pages* | 0 |
