The Elves and the Storymaker

There was once a silly Storymaker and his wife who were very poor.

The old man hadn't sold a story in years and they had nothing to eat but old story books with cheese on top.

One evening, sitting in front of this dusty old computer, the Storymaker realised that he couldn't start a new story because he didn't have a single idea in his head.

"Well, that's it!" he told his wife.

"I will never write another book."

The Elves and the Storymaker is another brilliant and seriously silly fairy tale reworked by Laurence Anholt with illustrations by Arthur Robins.

The original The Elves and the Shoemaker, a classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm who are among the best-known story tellers of European folktales, with works including Cinderella, The Frog Prince, Hänsel und Gretel and Snow White.

This reworked fairy tale is about a poor old man, a silly Storymaker who ran out of ideas. So in the middle of the night, there comes some little helpers to his house writing brilliant, scary, silly and fantastic story night by night. 

Who are they? Would it be the Elves? Gorillas? Aliens?

Have your child to find out!

This book is recommend for child aged 5+



The Elves and the Storymaker is available online at The Book Depository

Airplane Adventure

Juan and Anna are going to Mexico. They are going to see their grandma.

It is too far to walk ...

It is too far to drive ...

They will fly on an airplane!

Juan packs his flippers and snorkel for the beach.

Anna packs her book about shells.

They pack some treats for the plane ride too.

Zoom! Juan and Anna are flying to Mexico to visit their grandma.

From the airport check-in to the clouds, Juan and Anna are ready to take off on a fun flight. They have their tickets ready, smoothly through the security checkpoint, following the safety rules on the plane, now every house and car looks so small up from the air ...

Airplane Adventure is specially designed as an introduction to graphic novels for children aged 5+. It combines an entertaining story with colorful illustration.

Fun and engaging! My girl loves it!

Airplane Adventure is available online at The Book Depository

I Completely Know About Guinea Pigs

I have this little sister Lola.

She is small and very funny.

At the moment Lola is ...

"What ARE you doing at the moment, Lola?"

"I am being a guinea pig," says Lola

I say, "Why?"

"Because I really like guinea pigs. And maybe, if Mrs Hanson lets me, I can bring Bert, our class guinea pig, home for the school holidays."

Me and my girl love Charlie and Lola. It always allows room for imagination and craziness.

This time Lola starts her adventure in a classroom setting with a class pet named Bert. 
A guinea pig from Peruuuuu!!!!

Every kid in the class wants to take Bert home for the school holidays, of course including our little Lola praying hard to get picked.

I Completely Know About Guinea Pigs filled with colorful illustration and real pictures on Guinea Pig 101, great education for kids whom love pet.

This is a great book with fun and wild imagination for children between K1 to Grade 2.

Imagination is the greatest gift God have given human. It needs training and the basic one is listening to storytelling. It forms a cycle of image formation hidden in our mind without anyone's knowledge. 

Albert Einstein once said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand."

I Completely Know About Guinea Pigs is available online at The Book Depository

Bleeping Beauty

Once upon a throne sat a brand new baby Princess. 

The King and Queen were so happy; they had a big party and invited the ten Good Fairies.

But they did NOT invite the Hairy Scary Fairy.

All the Good Fairies made a wish for the Princess ...

Just as the last fairy was about to make a wish, the doors burst open and a huge voice roared ...  

Most would agree that fairy tales often form an integral part of our childhood. From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to the Sleeping Beauty, many of them you have already known by heart.

Have you ever imagined the Sleeping Beauty been reworked to a Bleeping Beauty, whom got stuck on a computer game for 100 years by the Bad Fairy?

This is a hilarious fairy tale reworked from Laurence Anholt's Seriously Silly Color series. 

It is perfect for children whom are able to recognize sight words, read with phonics strategy to sound words out and confident to read slightly longer sentences. 

Recommend for 5+

Bleeping Beauty is available online at:

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Bleeping-Beauty-Laurence-Anholt/9781846163111

Pirate Jam

Once upon a time, in the middle of the deep blue sea, lived a gang of pirates. 

As there were only two of them, you couldn't call them a gang at all - maybe just a pair of pirates.

Their names were Fredbeard and Little Jim.

Fredbeard's friends called him Fred, and Jim wasn't little at all. (Well, he was once.)

They had a little sea dog called Patch. 

My girl is very into pirate story these days after watching Jake and the Neverland Pirates on Disney Junior. So I picked up this colorful pirate book from the library last week.

Pirate Jam is about two unusual pirates named Fredbeard and Little Jim ...

They got kicked out from pirate school because they are not fierce enough, always got seasick and failed their exams. 

So they decide to set up home on an island and look for a way to be useful.

In this hilarious and heart-warming story, Fredbeard and Little Jim discover a unique way to earn their pirate gold and find their place in the world.

Pirate Jam is available online at:

I Feel Happy and Sad and Angry and Glad

Look who is visiting!

Hi Ellie! 

Hello, Milo!

I feel HAPPY.

We play explorers.

We feel BRAVE.

Where is Ellie hiding? 

Ellie?

I feel PUZZLED ...

Milo and Ellie are two little dogs whom are good friends. They have a play date at Milo's house and like many play dates, the two puppies have happy times, angry times and sad times. 

I Feel Happy and Sad and Angry and Glad is a toddler story book for young children identifying emotions and a tool for parents explaining the feelings of happy, brave, puzzled, scared, glad, kind, excited, proud, angry, hurt, jealous, lonely, ashamed, sad and shy.

Introducing emotions to young children is an important part of a child's development. Preschoolers experience a wide range of emotions like us, but are not always able to identify or control them. Teaching young children about emotions will help them expressing their own in a more positive and productive way. It will also help them to understand others' feelings and show empathy when someone is sad.

While reading story book like this, it is always useful to ask your children, "If you were Milo, how would you feel?" Let the children talk and express their feelings. From this exercise, your children will also learn to understand others' feelings in return.

I Feel Happy and Sad and Angry and Glad is available online at:

To You With Love

"Children pick up words as pigeons peas, and utter them again as God shall please."

Like so many parents, Nanette Newman was often amazed at the perception in what one of our small ones had said. We would say "I must write that down" or "I'll always remember that", but more often than not, we didn't, and many of the sayings were lost forever or drifted away beyond memory.

It was this idea that made Nanette Newman decide to gather together the sayings from family and friends' children and spread the net wider with the help of schools and hospitals into this book To You With Love.

To You With Love is packed with wise, funny and often thought-provoking comments that give us a keener insight into the children's world.

To You With Love is available online at:

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Long ago, there was a girl called Snow White.

Snow White was pretty.

She lived with her father, the king, and her stepmother, the queen.

The queen was pretty.

But not as pretty as Snow White.

(Let your child read)  

Snow White was pretty.

I am sure most of the readers here are familiar with the story Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. My purpose here is not introducing the story, but this book by the Bright Sparks First Readers series.

Bright Sparks First Readers are especially designed, closely linked to recognized learning strategy to help young children achieve success in their early readings. 

It helps beginner readers to enjoy their favorite fairy tales with parents reading the main story on the left-hand page and the child reading the short, simple sentences on the right.

When the child is ready, encourage him to join in with the main story text. 

Shared reading is the first step to reading alone.

The Little Giraffe

Once, there was a little giraffe.

He was the first giraffe in the world.

He lived in East Africa ... with his best friend, Rhino.

The Little Giraffe is a folktale from East Africa about the first giraffe in the word, how it became tall after meeting the wise man.

It is in the Usborne First Reading series Level Two, written especially for children who are learning to read and ready to tackle more complicated storyline and sentence structures.

My girl first read this story at four and keep reading it again and again. The storyline is outrageously magical in her eyes.

The Little Giraffe is available online at:

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Little-Giraffe-Lesley-Sims/9780746085356

My Very First Art Book

To start drawing, you just need a pencil and a little imagination ...

Monkey

Start by drawing an oval for the body and a smaller oval for the head ...
Add arms, legs and a curly tail ...
Add circles for ears ...

This fantastic book is filled with real works of art and lots of ideas to help my little one creating artwork everyday.

The book is cleverly designed, including real art work to illustrate each topic. Start out by drawing, then painting, printing, cutting and making models, the techniques used are simple, easy to follow and inspiring.

Fun and ingenious!

My Very First Art Book is available online at:

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/My-Very-First-Art-Rosie-Dickins/9781409522850