Friday Flips #73: 别说你快点快点
On our recent trip back to Singapore, I contacted 兒時的故事 Our Childhood Stories to ask if she has any new Chinese books to recommend. She...
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Feb 10, 20173 min read
Friday Flips #72: 噼里啪啦迷你立体玩具书 (6册)
Our friends from Once Upon a Bookstore gifted the twins a set of Chinese pop-up books as a going away gift, and it struck me that I...
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Feb 3, 20173 min read
Friday Flips #71: Happy Chinese New Year, Elena! (Plus Craft)
It’s the seventh day of the Lunar New Year today, and I’m trying to keep the Chinese New Year (CNY) mood alive here in our Jakarta home...
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Jan 20, 20172 min read
Friday Flips #70: Sarahbelle’s Playful Puns
Like many other English and Literature teachers, I am easily amused by word play, so I was keen to read ‘Sarahbelle’s Playful Puns’, as I...
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Jan 13, 20174 min read
Friday Flips #69: Words of Wisdom Series
I don’t remember when I began learning about proverbs, but I vaguely remember my mum using this blue grammar book which covered all the...
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Dec 16, 20163 min read
Friday Flips #68: Timmy & Tammy Guide to Primary One
Our recent relocation meant that we had to find a new school for N, and when we got here, one of the first things I did was to arrange...
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Dec 11, 20163 min read
Friday Flips #67: Ranger Anne Series (Set 3)
Just before we left for Jakarta, we received a very special parcel from Armour Publishing, and N was absolutely thrilled to see so many...
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Oct 7, 20164 min read
Friday Flips #66: Chineasy Flashcards & Chinese Activity Books (Plus Giveaway!)
Some time back, when we were trying to find ways to get N interested in Chinese, C did some research online and came across Chineasy. He...
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Sep 30, 20165 min read
Friday Flips #65: Letterland (Plus a Giveaway!)
I introduced the Letterland books and characters to N when he was about a year old, but it was only recently that he started being really...
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Sep 23, 20164 min read
Friday Flips #64: Ang Ku Kueh Girl & Friends (The Kan Cheong Spider)
It’s been a while since I’ve written a Friday Flips post, not because I don’t have any more good books to recommend, but because I’ve...
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Jul 15, 20164 min read
Friday Flips #63: Singa and the Kindness Cubbies Series
When I was young, Singa the Courtesy Lion was quite a popular character. How popular, you ask? Enough for my parents to order a Singa...
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Jul 8, 20163 min read
Friday Flips #62: Ang Ku Kueh Girl & Friends (The Magical Dragon Playground)
I’ve been a fan of the Ang Ku Kueh Girl’s art for a while now, so I was delighted to learn that she started her own series of children’s...
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Jul 1, 20164 min read
Friday Flips #61: Josh and Cherie Books (Plus Discount Code)
This week, instead of reviewing local books, I’m reviewing a new local children’s book subscription business, called Josh and Cherie...
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Jun 24, 20164 min read
Friday Flips #60: Timmy & Tammy Series (Set 4)
We are no strangers to the Timmy & Tammy series of books, as we purchased some of the Level 1 and 2 books previously, and have also...
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Jun 17, 20163 min read
Friday Flips #59: Even More Chinese Books by Taro Gomi (Plus Giveaway!)
We’re taking a week’s break from our local authors Friday Flips series because it’s Father’s Day this Sunday, and one of the Taro Gomi...
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Jun 10, 20163 min read
Friday Flips #58: 小红箱 大梦想 (Plus Giveaway!)
I first saw copies of local author Phua San San’s “What’s Inside the Red Box” at Popular Bookstore, and was intrigued by it, because I...
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Jun 3, 20162 min read
Friday Flips #57: Grandma and the Things that Stay the Same
We actually received a copy of ‘Grandma and the Things that Stay the Same’ just before Chinese New Year, which was perfect timing, since...
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May 27, 20165 min read
Friday Flips #56: Ranger Anne Series (Set 2)
Last year, we had the privilege of interviewing Anita Sebastian, author of the Ranger Anne series, when she released her first set of...
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May 20, 20165 min read
Friday Flips #55: When Does the Search End? (Plus Giveaway!)
We have been following the Squirky series since the first book, and after each book, Noah will ask me for the next one, as he wants to...
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May 13, 20164 min read
Friday Flips #54: Selected “Sam, Sebbie, and Di-Di-Di” Books
We’ve been reading so many great books by local authors recently that I decided to review them in our weekly Friday Flips series....
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