Umbrella Thief is Sybil Wettasinghe’s most famous book. It was first published in 1956 with black and white illustrations. In 1986 Umbrella Thief with full-colour illustrations was first published in Japan and then in Sri Lanka. Since then it has been translated into 8 languages and published in 7 countries. In 1987 the children of Japan selected Umbrella Thief as the most popular children’s book. It has won many other awards. It is a book which collectors of Sybil Wettasinghe’s books must essentially own.

Little Red Car was afraid of the dark night. Who helped Little Red Car that was crying alone in the garden? The next morning when Anupama ran outside to play with Little Red Car, it was nowhere to be seen. Read this story to find out how Anupama and Little Red Car became good friends.

The Vesak lantern filled the entire space of the small verandah. ‘How will I find money to buy paper to cover this?’ thought little Patiya. It was Grandma who found a solution to that problem. The huge lantern that Patiya and Grandma made had a unique feature. Vesak Lantern is about that wonderful story. Sybil Wettasinghe won the Isobel Hutton Award in 1965 for this story.