He was at the beginning of his exams when I came home with these books picked up from Hugg-Epigram bookstore, Epigram's latest books for kids, launched for the month of October 2019. You probably guess it right, he could not control himself from picking up the books even right after telling him that revision or work comes first while reading would be for leisure after revision is done.
If you have read about the review of 'Make Animals Great Again, don't miss Maureen's book launch at Lee Kong Chien Natural History Museum: https://maureenyeo.wixsite.com/website/event-info/new-book-launch
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Sherlock Sam and The Burgled Book in Kampong Glam written by A.J.Low. This would make a great gift for Sherlock Sam's fans! I bought this copy as Children's Day gift for Xav, you should have seen that sparkle in his eyes! Xav loved the surprising twist in the story and hilarious at the same time.
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| $12.90, ISBN: 9789814785549 |
Last year, Xav went for THE WRITE MORNING Workshop with A.J.Low to pick up some tips on narrative writing. This year, Singapore Writers Festival is back again from 1-10 November, join Epigram writers in their panel discussion. Register here for THE WRITE MORNING II.
Xav loved the writing style of the author as he finds Kelly and the Krumps hilarious and whacky!
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| $12.90, ISBN: 9789811700682 |
Xav's review: This book is about a pair of twins from a typical Singapore family and their friends who got involved in with a secret gaming organisation. Nicholas got himself into trouble with the secret gaming organisation, Kelly and the Krumps tried to get Nicholas out of trouble by wanting to win in the upcoming dance competition.
However, Mrs Mao, who was a tiger mom in the story, wanted Kelly to revise and was overloading Kelly with the back to back tuitions to an extent that pressure was intense for Kelly. She just wanted Kelly to stay focused for the upcoming major exam, PSLE.
This year, I began to hear more about these four-letter words and the 'threatening' questions that appeared in the maths papers. It is s going to be my turn in 2020! How did Kelly helped her brother and at the same time did sufficient revision to prepare herself ready for the exams? Get this read to find out more! This book taught me about the consequences of getting into game addiction and what true friends are.
The next two books will be books suitable for young toddlers to preschoolers. Yaya the Double-Decker Bus (Book1) written by Ng Swee San.
This board book is most suitable for toddlers' handling and on top of that the story is printed in huge fonts and cute illustration. A simple story yet with learning values behind it, of which, it teaches the little ones, humbleness. Having confidence is great but being over-confidence may result in one being in a dangerous situation and could ultimately end up being a weakness instead. This is suitable for age 6 and beow.
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| $16.90, ISBN: 9789814785662 |
"Do Farts Make Old People Go Faster?" (Book 4) is written by Linda Locke, who has 300 awards to her name! This book will probably tickle the young kids and send them burst out laughing as they read. There is always a phase where young kids will find it so amusing with certain sounds like "Whoooosh! Prrrahhp! Bssshhh!" and words associated with fart and pee. I took the chance to explain to Vera in the simplest form that our body undergo changes as we age and bloatedness from indigestion could be the contributing factor behind the frequent farts. This book is perfect for unwinding before bedtime.
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| $9.90, ISBN: 9789814845502 |
Authors Ng Swee San and Linda Locke (the Jack is Curious series) will be sharing about the writing process behind children's books at Singapore Writers Festival 2019
and how these books are able to convey life lessons that both children and adults can learn from. This event is FREE, click here to join.
Click on this link for easy navigation as Epigram Books has put together a quick-and-easy guide to the list of Epigram authors making an appearance at the festival.
This is the list of the rest of the books launched in the month of October:
- The Open House Adventure Series , $15
- The World Famous Dairies of Amos Lee ( 10th Anniversary 4-in-1 Edition) , $32.90
Check them out and get your Christmas gift list ready! Just like how Neil Gaiman said it "Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it is cheaper to buy someone a book than it is to buy them the whole world!"
For more information about new book launches, meet-the-authors session at Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop, do visit Epigram Books' social media pages:
This is the list of the rest of the books launched in the month of October:
- The Open House Adventure Series , $15
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- The World Famous Dairies of Amos Lee ( 10th Anniversary 4-in-1 Edition) , $32.90
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| Image credit: Epigram Books |
Check them out and get your Christmas gift list ready! Just like how Neil Gaiman said it "Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it is cheaper to buy someone a book than it is to buy them the whole world!"
For more information about new book launches, meet-the-authors session at Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop, do visit Epigram Books' social media pages:
Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop is located at:
45 Maxwell Road
#01-01
The URA Centre
Singapore 069118
Thank you Epigram Books for the reads, my bookworm and budding bookworm had a satisfying feed for the month of October!
