As with the other two books in the Change Makers series, ‘The Earth Experiment’ dissects a big issue for young readers, helping children...

When we first came back to Singapore after living in Jakarta for 2.5 years, I was really anxious about how N would cope with the...

‘Marky Polo in Tokyo’ tells the story of Marky Polo, a young pangolin, travelling overseas for the very first time. When he lands in...

It’s always a joy to read Emily Lim-Leh’s books because we get to learn about animals which we have never even heard of! We learnt about...

We really enjoyed learning about pandemics in Hwee Goh’s first book in the Change Makers series, ‘Invisible Enemies’, so when we received...

We are huge fans of Hwee Goh’s books, and when she announced that she was writing a book about pandemics, I thought it couldn’t have come...

We have been back for good in Singapore for slightly more than half a year now, and one thing we really appreciate about being back is...

Just before we went on our Taiwan holiday last year, we received a lovely selection of books from Epigram. We love books, and I was...

I met up with Hwee of Hwee’s Book Share Club recently, and she gifted me (okay, my kids) an autographed copy of ‘Little Godwit finds his...

N recently had to go for an eye review at the Health Promotion Board (HPB) after getting his eyes checked in school by the nurses. I was...

I always try to read relevant books with the kids before we go on holiday, and this time round, I found this lovely book called ‘A is for...

It’s always a joy to discover new local authors, so we were really pleased to receive a selection of six local titles from Owl Readers...

N has been into drawing these days, and when he found this book at the Periplus bookstore in Bali, he begged us to buy it for him, as he...

On one of our many visits to the national library during our previous trip back to Singapore, N discovered the Science Comics series, and...

In this last but one episode of ‘The Plano Adventures’, Professor Plano, Zed and Zee are called to Lord Myopic’s dream world: Machiville,...

‘Life Without Nico’ is a sweet story about how a little girl copes when her best friend moves away for a while. It’s an unusual...

‘Clare’s Goodbye’ tells the story of how the three children of a family say goodbye to their home. Clare seems to struggle the most with...

Since we are leaving Jakarta soon, I went to N’s school library and asked his librarian for book recommendations on moving, so that I can...

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Yeah right. Unless you have extremely thick skin, I’m pretty sure...

Some time back, my friend Cherie contacted me to ask if N would be keen to write a story about our family’s relocation to Jakarta. She...