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Friday Flips #32: Carnivores
Noah likes asking us what kinds of food various animals eat, and often wants to know why some of them eat only meat, while others only...
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Oct 30, 20152 min read
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Friday Flips #30: Ranger Anne Series (Plus a Giveaway!)
Noah likes animals quite a bit, and frequently picks out books about animals to read. I try to get him books about a variety of animals,...
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Oct 16, 20155 min read
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Friday Flips #29: Disney Read-Along Books and CDs
I don’t know why it took us so long, but we have only recently discovered the joy of read-along books and CDs. We usually listen to the...
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Oct 9, 20153 min read
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Friday Flips #28: The Book with No Pictures
It’s been a while since I wrote a Friday Flips post, and I thought I’d resume the series with this unique book, The Book with No...
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Oct 2, 20152 min read
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Friday Flips #27: Timmy & Tammy: What is Singapore? (Plus Giveaway!)
What is Singapore? How do you explain to a child what a country is? Thankfully, Noah hasn’t asked me that question yet, and is only...
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Aug 14, 20153 min read
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Friday Flips #26: Timmy & Tammy DISCOVER Series: Lee Kuan Yew (Plus Giveaway!)
When Mr Lee Kuan Yew passed away in March this year, I wrote about my thoughts on his legacy in this post, and we talked to Noah about...
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Aug 6, 20154 min read
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Friday Flips #25: Chinese Books from Flip for Joy (Plus Giveaway!)
As Singaporeans, we are all expected to be effectively bilingual, but that is definitely something which many of us struggle with. In our...
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Jul 31, 20156 min read
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Friday Flips #24: Stacey and the Museums (Plus Giveaway!)
Over the June holidays, I had grand plans to bring Noah to the various museums in Singapore, since there were so many interesting...
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Jul 24, 20155 min read
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Friday Flips #23: Books about Caterpillars
Noah’s interest in reading caterpillar-related books was revived recently, after we successfully raised four swallowtail/common lime...
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Jul 17, 20155 min read
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Friday Flips #22: Got Kids, Go Where?
Ever since we got back from Adelaide, we often find ourselves asking each other, “Where can we go this weekend?”. It sounds strange, I...
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Jul 10, 20154 min read
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Friday Flips #21: Books to Prepare Children for their Dental Check-Ups
We brought Noah for his first ever dental check-up last week, and some of our friends have been asking what we did to prepare him for it,...
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Jul 3, 20153 min read
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Friday Flips #20: Curious George and Bob the Builder (Plus a Discount Code and Giveaway!)
Now that Noah is older, he enjoys reading longer stories with us, and his current favourite characters include Curious George, and Bob...
GWTT
Jun 26, 20158 min read
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Friday Flips #19: Fun and Educational Books from The Groovy Giraffe (Plus a Discount Code!)
Noah has been asking us all sorts of questions recently, so I’ve been on the lookout for some non-fiction books, to help me explain...
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Jun 19, 20155 min read
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Friday Flips #18: More Books by Leo Lionni
When one of my friends informed me that Uniqlo recently launched a new range of Leo Lionni graphic t-shirts for ladies and children, I...
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Jun 12, 20153 min read
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Friday Flips #17: This Book Just Ate My Dog!
A friend of mine gifted Noah with this book for Christmas, and I loved how cute it was. Interactive books are a great way to capture a...
GWTT
Jun 5, 20152 min read
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Friday Flips #16: The Adventures of Squirky the Alien (Plus a Giveaway!)
The Adventures of Squirky the Alien is a beautiful series written by Melanie Lee, a local author, for her young son, whom they adopted...
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May 29, 20155 min read
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Friday Flips #15: Books by Leo Lionni
I found some Leo Lionni books at My Greatest Child, a bookshop in City Square Mall, and bought two for Noah. (Yes, I am a serious book...
GWTT
May 22, 20153 min read
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Friday Flips #14: The Incredible Book Eating Boy (Plus a Giveaway!)
Oliver Jeffers is one of our favourite authors, ever since we bought a copy of Lost and Found (which I will review soon) even before Noah...
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May 15, 20154 min read
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Friday Flips #13: Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Like many boys, Noah is really into all sorts of vehicles, which I’m sure you can tell, since many of the books that I’ve shared are...
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May 8, 20152 min read
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Friday Flips #12: Little Blue Truck Books
Noah really loves cars and vehicles of all sorts, so when I came across the Little Blue Truck books, I knew I had to buy them for him. We...
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May 1, 20153 min read
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