Tenali Tashiya wrote and illustrated Scales, the Kind Crocodile at age 10, born June 2015, turning a made-up bedtime hero into her first published book. A Primary 5 student at St. Thomas' Catholic International College, Seeduwa, she coloured the artwork with Nishan Senevirathna and worked with designer Dilini Sewwandi to bring the pages together. Her parents, Nilmini Perera and Akila Surasinghe, supported the project from first draft to publication.
