Puthata Paadamak

Children are naturally stubborn. They won’t care about parents’ feelings and they have no qualms in doing exactly the opposite of what the elders need. Puthata Padamak is a story told from a viewpoint of a horse family. Chitra Amarasekara’s simple writing style makes the book an easy read. It could come as a handy storybook for elders to read out till their small children go to sleep. This could reawaken the good old times long before the computers and handheld devices were heard of and parents used to tell the stories to children. On another note the book also offers a lesson to parents as well as would be parents on dealing with children. The story narrates how compassion could change human attitudes.