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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- Oct 26, 2018
- 3 min
Friday Flips #92: The Plano Adventures (The Ray Keepers) Plus Giveaway!
After “fighting” alongside Professor Plano, Zed and Zee in The Plano Adventures: Trouble in Murktown, N and I were keen to find out what...
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- Sep 14, 2018
- 3 min
Friday Flips #91: The Plano Adventures (Trouble in Murktown) Plus Giveaway!
N has been reading independently for a while now, but he generally prefers looking at the illustrations more than actually reading the...
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- May 25, 2018
- 2 min
Friday Flips #89: Eric!
N’s current school allows them to borrow a book daily, and even though I encourage him to borrow different books daily, he sometimes...
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- May 11, 2018
- 3 min
Friday Flips #88: Nature Playtime Series – The Saga Tree (Plus Discount Code!)
We’ve always been fans of Armour Publishing’s books for young readers, and our favourites include Ranger Anne (Set 1, Set 2, and Set 3),...
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- May 4, 2018
- 3 min
Friday Flips #87: Come into my World (Plus Giveaway!)
I first heard about ‘Come into my World’ from Hwee’s Book Share Club on Facebook (if you love books, you should ‘like’ her page as she...
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- Apr 27, 2018
- 2 min
Friday Flips #86: Swap!
‘Swap!’ has a really colourful and beautifully illustrated cover, and N was instantly attracted to it when he saw it at the bookshop. I...
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- Mar 30, 2018
- 3 min
Friday Flips #85: Chinese Sound Books
I know I’ve mentioned this a couple of times before, but the twins really have quite different tastes in books from N when he was their...
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- Mar 23, 2018
- 3 min
Friday Flips #84: Books by Matthew Van Fleet
The twins greatly enjoy interactive books, so I did a quick search on Book Depository, and decided to get a few Matthew Van Fleet titles...
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- Mar 16, 2018
- 3 min
Friday Flips #83: Penguin Says Please (and other Hello Genius books about Manners)
The twins have quite different tastes in books from N when he was their age, so even though I’ve got tons of board books, they aren’t...
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- Aug 4, 2017
- 3 min
Friday Flips #82: 宝宝的第一本拼图书 (Plus Giveaway!)
Didi and Meimei turn ONE today, and I must say that it’s been quite a challenge getting them to sit and read with me. It was much easier...
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- Jun 23, 2017
- 2 min
Friday Flips #81: Understanding Singaporeans
When Epigram released their set of Understanding Singaporean books, I was rather curious about the contents. Initially, I thought they...
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- Jun 16, 2017
- 2 min
Friday Flips #80: The Great Hospital Adventure in Space
We recently received a couple of books from Epigram Books, and N was instantly attracted to ‘The Great Hospital Adventure in Space’,...
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- May 19, 2017
- 2 min
Friday Flips #79: Augustine
When we first decided to relocate to Jakarta, one of my main concerns was helping N to adjust. He was old enough to be aware of the big...
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- May 12, 2017
- 3 min
Friday Flips #78: Couchie Learns to Trust God & Couchie Learns How to Serve God (Plus Giveaway!
We’ve been attending church here in Jakarta for a while now, and the best part of it is that N absolutely loves going for Sunday School...
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- May 5, 2017
- 4 min
Friday Flips #77: The Magic of my Name (with Discount Code and Giveaway!)
I’ve always loved the idea of personalised storybooks, and even toyed with the idea of writing one for N myself, but never got round to...
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- Apr 28, 2017
- 4 min
Friday Flips #76: Timmy & Tammy at the Esplanade and Timmy & Tammy at Jurong Bird Park (Pl
N has been learning to read in school, so we introduced some simple readers at home, to give him a bit more practice. To be honest, I...
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- Mar 3, 2017
- 8 min
Friday Flips #75: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
When I started this Friday Flips series, I intended to write about not just children’s books, but also books suitable for adults, since I...
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- Feb 24, 2017
- 2 min
Friday Flips #74: Interrupting Chicken
When we were living in Adelaide, one of N’s favourite board books was ‘Pouch!’ by David Ezra Stein, so recently, I decided to see if I...
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- Feb 17, 2017
- 3 min
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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