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Friday Flips #116: The Earth Experiment (Plus Giveaway!)
As with the other two books in the Change Makers series, ‘The Earth Experiment’ dissects a big issue for young readers, helping children...
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Jul 16, 20213 min read
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Friday Flips #115: Marky Polo in Tokyo (Plus Giveaway!)
‘Marky Polo in Tokyo’ tells the story of Marky Polo, a young pangolin, travelling overseas for the very first time. When he lands in...
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Jun 4, 20212 min read
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Friday Flips #114: Little Mimic’s Superpower (Plus Giveaway and FREE Activities!)
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...
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Mar 12, 20213 min read
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Friday Flips #113: Railroads to Superhighways (Plus Giveaway!)
We really enjoyed learning about pandemics in Hwee Goh’s first book in the Change Makers series, ‘Invisible Enemies’, so when we received...
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Mar 5, 20213 min read
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Friday Flips #112: Invisible Enemies (Plus Giveaway!)
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...
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Jul 17, 20203 min read
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Friday Flips #110: Out and About in Singapore (Plus Giveaway!)
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...
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Jan 31, 20203 min read
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Friday Flips #109: Epigram Books for All Ages
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...
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Jan 17, 20203 min read
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Friday Flips #108: Little Godwit finds his Wings (Plus Giveaway!)
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...
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Nov 1, 20192 min read
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Friday Flips #107: Amanda the Panda (Outdoor Play Keeps Myopia Away)
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...
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Oct 25, 20192 min read
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Friday Flips #105: A is for Australian Animals
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...
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Sep 20, 20191 min read
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Friday Flips #103: Using the Libby App with Chapter Books
N has been reading independently for quite a while now, but he prefers reading comics, and insists on re-reading the same comics instead...
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Aug 23, 20192 min read
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Friday Flips #102: Support Local with Owl Readers Club (Plus Giveaway!)
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...
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Jul 12, 20194 min read
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Friday Flips #100: Science Comics
On one of our many visits to the national library during our previous trip back to Singapore, N discovered the Science Comics series, and...
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May 24, 20191 min read
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Friday Flips #99: The Plano Adventures (Out of Order) Plus Giveaway!
In this last but one episode of ‘The Plano Adventures’, Professor Plano, Zed and Zee are called to Lord Myopic’s dream world: Machiville,...
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May 3, 20193 min read
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Friday Flips #98: Books about Moving (Part 3)
‘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...
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Apr 12, 20192 min read
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Friday Flips #97: Books about Moving (Part 2)
‘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...
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Apr 5, 20192 min read
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Friday Flips #96: Books about Moving (Part 1)
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...
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Mar 22, 20192 min read
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Friday Flips #95: The Plano Adventures (Attack of the Cybugs) Plus Giveaway!
“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...
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Mar 15, 20193 min read
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Friday Flips #94: The Birthday Book Jr – The Roads We Take
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...
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Dec 19, 20182 min read
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Friday Flips #93: The Plano Adventures (The Never-Ending Game) Plus Giveaway!
We received ‘The Plano Adventures: The Never-Ending Game’ shortly after we finished reading ‘The Plano Adventures: The Ray Keepers’, so N...
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Dec 7, 20183 min read
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