Ummi Bear : Raising Readers

Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow

2012-02-23T18:16:00.000+08:00

One of my habits at work is to look through the customer orders. I like to see what type of book customers like to order and I found it very interesting. Today while looking through the customer orders, I stumble upon this book, Elsa Beskow’s Children of the Forest. It’s such a lovely book with a beautiful illustrations and I fall in love with it. I cannot help myself so, straight away I order a copy for myself. I cannot wait to receive my order and read it to my children. J

Little Beauty by Anthony Browne (Read on 12th January 2012)

2012-01-13T18:15:00.000+08:00

Last night I’ve reread Anthony Browne’s Little Beauty to my children. They never get bored with this story and often choose it as our bedtime story selection. But, I admit it myself. This book is fun to read aloud and I don’t mind reading it over, and over again. The story is about a friendship between a gorilla and a very small kitten named Beauty. The gorilla is very special because he had been taught to use a sign language, so he was able to tell his keepers what he wanted. One day, he signed to his keepers that he wanted a friend. So, they give him a little kitten named Beauty and the two of them become close friend. This is a heart-warming tale about friendship and I enjoyed reading it to my children.

Story Time: Books We Read Last Week

2011-12-19T23:00:00.000+08:00

Last week was very busy (as usual), but I managed to read three times to my children. Here is the list of books we read last week;

Tanka Tanka Skunk! By Steve Webb
Little Beauty by Anthony Browne
Kisses For Daddy by Frances Watts and David Legge
My Dad by Anthony Browne
Sleepyhead by Karma Wilson and John Segal
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Read Aloud at Kinokuniya: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (Read on 14th December 2012)

2011-12-19T22:30:00.000+08:00

Last week at my workplace, I read aloud one of my favorite picture book which is Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree. Since it's my last public speaking, I chose this title because it was one of the best picture books I’ve ever read and it’s carried a very strong message about love and giving. I’ve been reading this book over and over again to my children during our story time. There are an opposite opinion between my eldest son and my daughter; my son like the little boy but my daughter prefers the tree. But both of them agreed that even though the story is sad but it’s a wonderful story and they love it very much. I hope my colleagues enjoy my speech, get the message from this book and spread the power of love and giving. ^_^

Story Time: Books We Read Last Week

2011-12-11T18:30:00.000+08:00

Last week I'm not feeling well because my back in pain again. As a result, I won't be able to read every night to my children. My daughter keep on begging me to read to them even only one book. So I tried my best and managed to read three nights for them. Here is the list of books we read last week:

Spells by Emily Gravett
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
Reading Grows by Ellen B. Senisi
How to Hide a Butterfly and Other Insects by Ruth Hellers

Shopping @ BookXcess on 10th December 2011

2011-12-11T17:48:00.001+08:00

Yesterday, we went to Amcorp Mall and brought some books at BookXcess. My daughter very happy especially when I brought her one of The Magic Bookshop Bears series. She asked me to buy the other titles in the series if we go to visit BookXcess again. I promise her that I will buy the entire series if she behave nicely. ^_^

Books We Read Over the Weekend

2011-11-29T22:01:00.001+08:00

Last weekend I had a great time with my children. I'm off for three days and I spent most of my time with them. I didn't even have time to open my FB, which is fine with me. Basically, I play with them especially with the youngest one and bring them along with me to do the grocery shopping. Do I have time to read to them? Yes, of course I do. Here is the list of books we read last weekend and loved:

Qaroon and His Treasures (Quran Stories)
The Emperor of Absurdia by Chris Riddell
What's the Time Mr. Wolf? by Lucy M George
Where's My Teddy by Jez Alborough
Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak

Interesting Blog: Growing Bookworms

2011-11-24T21:30:00.000+08:00

I found another cool blog about children books at www.GrowingBookworms.com. This blog is very informative and useful. It's helps people to encourage children to love books by providing them book reviews, literacy news, and email newsletter. So, wait no more! Check out this blog and I can assure you will love it!:)

Pansing Partner's Day 2011: There Are Cats In This Book by Viviane Schwarz (Read on 22nd November 2011)

2011-11-22T22:56:00.001+08:00

This time I only bought one book from Pansing Partner's Day which is Viviane Schwarz's There are Cats In This Book. Previously, I've bought her second book about cats called There Are No Cats In This Book at Bookxcess. My children are in love with Tiny, Moonpie and Andre (the lovely cats in this book). They so excited when I show them this book and they asked me to read to them before dinner. So I did and they enjoyed it. Vivian Schwarz's books are very entertaining and always full of surprises. Read her books, and you will know what I meant. :)

Reading to Our Children is a Joyful Activity

2011-11-21T21:00:00.001+08:00

Today I’ve read this cool article from Guardian, where Julia Donaldson shares how picture books can teach our children to understand themselves. And there was a part when she talks about the important to read to children, I agreed with her that reading to our children is a joyful activity. Yes, it is a joyful activity. This is the time when I can cuddle my children and feel close to them. And after reading together, I feel the satisfaction when I see their happy face. That meant they enjoy the stories. And for me, I always think that every time I read to my children is like giving them a gift that will last forever.:)

Story Time: Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers (read on 17th November 2011)

2011-11-21T20:00:00.000+08:00

Couple of week ago, I bought Mr. Popper’s Penguin’s DVD starring Jim Carrey. And last Thursday, since school holiday just around the corner, I let my children watch the movie and stay up a bit late. The story is hilarious and Jim Carrey was a great comedian. And the penguins are adorable. We laugh out loud and had a great time watching the movie. After watching the movie, I asked my children if we have picture book about penguins. They look for it and found Oliver Jeffers’s Lost and Found. So, I read to them that book. Lost and Found is a story about the friendship between a lonely penguin and a boy. How this boy tries to return the penguin to where it’s belong. He even set out a journey to the South Pole with the penguin. But after they get there, the boy discovers that the penguin wasn’t lost after all. Oliver Jeffers’ unique tale of friendship is such a delight read aloud book. It’s good to see my children enjoyed it. ^_^

Books Bought @ Carrefour 2

2011-11-20T23:35:00.001+08:00

We went to Carrefour for groceries shopping today. And as usual, I will go to the books clearance corner and hunt for book. It's caught me by surprise, because today's bargain is only RM1 per book.I guess Carrefour tries to get rid of the balance stocks. Not many books left, mostly fiction and self enrichment book. I browsed and managed to bought five books. Not bad, not bad at all.:)

Books Bought @ Carrefour

2011-11-19T23:10:00.001+08:00

Recently, I always looking forward to do groceries shopping at Carrefour because they have books clearance corner. The price of the book is only RM5,yes only RM5 per book. And most of the books are fiction, young adults, self enrichment and business book.Last month I went there, I bought ten books mostly young adult.So,if you looking for bargain books go to Carrefour and experience it by yourself.

Story Time: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

2011-11-19T21:28:00.001+08:00

I always delighted to read this book to my children. Over and over again, and I never get bored. This story involves the reader at the start as an active participant in the book. It's started with the bus driver asking the reader to keep an eye on the bus while he is gone. And soon, a pigeon will appears and tries to persuade the reader to let it drive the bus. I enjoyed reading this book to my children because they can participate during the reading sessions. They will giggles from start to the ends of the story.

Interesting Blog: Picturebooksinelt.com

2011-11-19T00:08:00.001+08:00

Today, I spotted another cool blog about picture books.This blog is hosted by a freelance English teacher who used picture books as her teaching materials.

Interesting Blog: vintagechildrensbooksmykidloves.com

2011-11-17T15:06:00.001+08:00

I come across this wonderful blog about vintage picture books. This blog belong to a mother who loved old picture books and shared it with her children. It’s very interesting and if you loved vintage picture books, you will adore this blog. It’s really cool. Come, and check it out.

Picture Book of the Day: Remembering Crystal by Sebastian Loth

2011-10-23T01:38:00.001+08:00

When I was walking at the Children section this morning, I spotted this title. The front cover is very beautiful, so I pick it up and read. It's tell a story about Crystal, an old tortoise and Zelda, a young goose. They are best friends and like to shares things together; swimming, travelling, playing and reading. But, one day Crystal died and Zelda cannot accept the truth. She looks everywhere for Crystal but couldn't find her. Soon, she able to accept that Crystal was gone. Zelda also realizes that even though Crystal not around anymore but she will always be in her heart. This wonderful story introduces big subject to children which is death and friendship.It's really touches my heart.I loved it.

Picture Book of the Day: I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen

2011-10-18T15:09:00.000+08:00

A bear has lost his hat and he wants it back. Politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no and the bear begins to give up. Suddenly, a deer comes by and asks; what does your hat look like? This simple question sparks the bear’s memory and renews his search. Will the bear find his hat? You have to read this delightful tale which full with mischievous twist.

Big Bad Wolf Sale 7th & 8th Oct 2011

2011-10-16T19:54:00.000+08:00

This year BBW was held in Serdang. I'm glad that I managed to go this year. On the first day, I've bought six books because I have no time to browsed at the Children section. But, on the second day when I went with my children, I bought almost twenty books. I'm looking forward for BBW sale next year.

Story time: Stick Man by Julia Donaldson (13th Oct 2011)

2011-10-14T17:55:00.003+08:00

Last night, I’ve read Julia Donaldson’s Stick Man to my children. I loved Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (my children love them too). I collected most of their books and I bought this one from Big Bad Wolf sale the other day. In this book, it’s tells a story about Stick Man who lives in the family tree with his Stick lady and their stick children three. One day, a dog finds him and snatches him for a game of fetch. This is the beginning of a terrible journey which Stick Man tries to get back but is taken farther and farther away from his home. Will he ever get back to the family tree? You definitely have to read this book to find out. It’s really fun to read this book to my children (maybe because I loved repetitive rhymes) and also we enjoyed to see the familiar bright illustrations by Axel Scheffler. My children will explore the books and tries to find familiar character from The Gruffalo or Monkey Puzzle.

Shopping @ Bookxcess

2011-09-29T21:47:00.003+08:00

Last Friday, I went to Bookxcess to buy birthday present for my friend. But end up, I bought some books for my children and also for myself. I cannot resist it, especially Percy Jackson Boxed Set edition. My daughter also liked it. ^_^

Children Classics Celebrate Milestones

2011-08-26T11:32:00.009+08:00

More anniversary edition will be out this year such as Babar (80 years), Jumanji (30 years), James and the Giant Peach (50 years) and Magic School Bus (25 years). One of my favorite is Babar. I adored Babar and his elephant’s family. The Story of Babar first came out in year 1931. According to the author, Jean de Brunhoff, the story was inspired by a bedtime story created by his mother, Cecile de Brunhoff. And after he dies, his son Laurent continued the Babar’s legacy.This year, in conjunction with the 80th anniversary of Babar, the publisher will be publishing Laurent de Brunhoff's Babar's Celesteville Games. Check out this article from Publishers Weekly where publisher celebrated children’s book anniversaries.

One in six children doesn't read a book a month

2011-08-24T17:41:00.002+08:00

According to a new survey by the National Literacy Trust in UK, one in six children do not read a single book per month.The survey polled 18,141 children from across the United Kingdom in November and December 2010. Interesting research. Check out this article from TheBookseller.com.

New "Summer Readings" from Guardian

2011-08-24T17:15:00.002+08:00

Claire Armitstead writes about Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien in the Guardian's new "Summer Readings" series, which asks writers "about their most indelible holiday book encounters." It's a lovely article. ^_^

Picture Books we’ve Read During Ramadan So Far

2011-08-24T14:33:00.005+08:00

Ramadan Karem is back! As a Muslim, I always look forward to greet Ramadan. Ramadan is a month of fasting where it teach us about patience, spirituality and submissiveness to God. During Ramadan we change our schedule accordingly. How about reading? Yes, we do continue our reading session but not every night. Here is the list of picture books we’ve read so far this month;
♥ My Mom by Anthony Browne
♥Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett
♥Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
♥Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
♥No, David by David Shannon
♥Piggybook by Anthony Browne
♥Baby Brains: The Smartest Baby in the Whole World. by Simon James
♥Dooby Dooby Moo by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
♥The Spiffiest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
♥My Dad! by Chae Strathie and Jacqueline East
♥My Dad by Anthony Browne
♥Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild! by Mem Fox and Marla Frazee
♥Winston the Book Wolf by Marni McGee and Ian Beck
♥Baa Humbug!: A Sheep with a Mind of His Own by Mike Jolley and Susan Anne Reeves

Balik Kampung Mood

2011-07-16T14:49:00.004+08:00

Last month, my family went back to Sabah. My children are very excited to experience the kampung environment again. I know my children schedule will be occupied with playing and exploring new things most of the time. But, I just bring along some picture books to read when we have spare time. The entire two weeks, I managed to reads twice to them during their bedtimes. The best thing is we are not alone. My brothers and my nephews join our bedtime’s stories. I have to reads several books requested by them. Luckily I bring along the Backyard Books series which have seven titles. This series introduce children to small and familiar animals such as butterfly, ants, dragonfly, spider and ladybug. My children and my nephew have to choose their favorite insects and I will read to them. But, they have to pretend to be the insect that they choose. It’s such a long night and I’m happy they enjoyed it.

Story Time:Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler

2011-05-30T18:04:00.002+08:00

Last night, my daughter wants me to read longer book for her. But I say I can’t, because I have to work tomorrow. She’s understood and picks this one, Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson. Actually, this book is one of our favorite before The Grufallo. I bought this book first and fell in love with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. It’s tells a story about a little monkey who lost his mum. The kindhearted butterfly tries to help him to find her. But the butterfly misunderstands monkey's descriptions of his mum and leads them to all sorts of unsuitable animals; bat, elephant, spider, snake and so on. It is very funny and clever story which will make our children giggles and definitely ask for more.

Picture Book of the Day: Quiet! There's a Canary in the Library by Don Freeman

2011-04-05T17:12:00.003+08:00

Last night, I’ve read this book to my daughter. I bought last week for her since, she like stories related to books and reading. This picture book tells a story about Cary, a little girl who loved book and like to go to library. She pictured herself if she becomes a librarian; she would invite her favorite animals such as elephants, bears, lions, peacocks to the library. But the trouble starts when the animals cannot get along together. Can she solve the problems? You have to read it to find out. ^_^

Dr Seuss New Stories

2011-04-04T18:12:00.002+08:00

Yippie!!!! A new book with seven original stories by Dr Seuss (originally published in magazines) will be published for the first time in book form on September 27. It called, The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories. I can’t wait to get hold of this book. I am a big fan of Dr Seuss (My children too!). We collected most of his books. Our favorite is Fox in Socks, One Fish Two Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, and of course The Cat in the Hat.

Picture Book of the Day: No, David! By David Shannon

2011-03-22T17:01:00.002+08:00

Children and the word NO are inseparable. They always do things they should not be doing and forced their parent to use the word NO all the time. As a parent, I find this book very enjoyable and described what children really are. I can’t wait to buy a copy and read it to my children. I’m pretty sure, they will enjoy it ^_^

£1 books for World Book Day 2011 are available at Kinokuniya!

2011-03-17T16:29:00.004+08:00

It is not too late to talk about World Book Day. This year they are six titles for the £1 Books; one picture book and five flip books. It is very interesting because one of the titles is Dr Seuss on the Loose. I loved Dr Seuss, my children loved them too. All these titles are available at Kinokuniya and the price only RM2. So, come over and collect them all!

Reading Magic by Mem Fox

2011-01-31T17:46:00.002+08:00

I’ve read Mem Fox's Reading Magic couple of years ago, when I start reading aloud for my children. I need a sort of guide book to improve my reading so I bump into this book. It’s help me a lot and convinced me how important reading to our child at their very young age. It’s a must-have book for parent who would like to instill a life love of books to their children.

Confessions of a Book Fiend

2010-12-03T13:14:00.000+08:00

"Confessions of a Book Fiend" was featured on the Incidental Comics blog. I believe many of us has this addiction ^_^

The Gift of Nothing

2010-12-02T16:31:00.003+08:00

Today is my turn to do public speaking. It’s a ritual in Kinokuniya and every staff will get their chance, once in three month. It’s been so long I haven’t do story telling, so I decide to do it today. I choose Patrick McDonnell’s The Gift of Nothing, a heartwarming story about friendship. It’s a story about Mooch the cat, who wanted to give his best friend a gift. But the problem is his best friend Earl the Dog, has everything. What do you get someone who had everything? Nothing! So, he begins his quest to search for the gift of nothing. I enjoyed reading this book to my friends and I’m so happy because they like it too. ^_^

Books Bought October 2010

2010-11-26T16:39:00.001+08:00

♥ Alice Adventure in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (Barnes Noble)
♥ Disney Princess Little Golden Book Favorites Volume 1
♥ Disney Princess Little Golden Book Favorites Volume 2
♥ Disney Book & CD Slipcase: My Favorites Adventures
♥ 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up by Julia Eccleshare
♥ Bambert's Book of Missing Stories by Reinhardt Jung
♥ Learning About Islam (For Kids) by Saniyasnain Khan & Maryam Kinte
♥ Alice Through the Looking-Glass (Usborne Reading Series)
♥ 21 Tip Bagi Yang Sukar Solat Subuh by Syaikh Muhammad Shalih Al-Munajjid
♥ "Chuggington" Mini Paperback: Hodge and the Magnet (Chuggington Mini Collection)
♥ Gyo Fujikawa’s A to Z by Gyo Fujikawa
♥ Are You a Snail? by Judy Allen
♥ Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wyane Jones
♥ Ruth Heller’s How to Hide Butterfly and Other Insects by Ruth Heller
♥ Are You an Ant? By Judy Allen
♥ How do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague
♥ Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
♥ The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
♥ Miracle-Gro Complete Guide to Houseplants by Miracle-Gro
♥ Cinderella's Fairy-Tale Wedding: A Royal Book and Dress-Up Kit
♥ The Bibliophile's Devotional: 365 Days of Literary Classics by Hallie Ephron

Sleepy Night

2010-11-24T17:49:00.004+08:00

I’m very sleepy today. My daughter wakes me up at 1 am, just to ask me to read to her. I was angry at the beginning but then I know if I didn’t fulfill her request, she will not go to bed. She already chosen what book to read and before I start my son came and joins us for the bedtime stories. At first, I read to them Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The second story was Little Red Riding Hood. I thought, we going to end the session after the second story, but my son begged me to read Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Oh well, I cannot disappointed them. Besides, I loved to read to them. So, I read to them and end up we sleep at 2 am. What a night!

Pansing Partner's Day Books

2010-11-04T06:58:00.004+08:00

Yesterday I received my books which I order from Pansing (one of our supplier). They have this event called Pansing Partner’s Day, where they give attractive discount to their business partner. Most of the books I ordered is nonfiction books. I did ordered picture books but they don't have stock. They only sent me one title which is Emily Gravett's The Odd Egg. My daughter very excited and can’t wait for me to read to them.

Princess VS Bugs

2010-11-02T17:37:00.005+08:00

Last night I’ve read four books to my children, two for Sofea and two for Anwar. As usual, Sofea will choose her princess books and Anwar will choose his train and bugs books. I still haven’t figured out why Sofea so attached with all this princess-thingy especially Disney Princess and Barbie. She will fight with her brother if he claimed that all her book ‘mengarut’/nonsense. She will say all her brother’s books are ‘mengarut’ too. Even during our bedtime stories, they will quarrel and claim that their book is the best one. I have to explain to them why we need to read both fiction and non fiction. Even though Sofea is only 4 years old, but I have to control her obsession with all this princess-thingy before it’s become worst. Yes, I want her to be a reader but not a reader who only read all this princess-thingy books. So, one of my missions is to make sure she like to reads all kind of book include her brother bugs book. ^_^

Books Read: Diagnosis: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Medical Mysteries

2010-10-22T15:27:00.009+08:00

My youngest son was diagnosed with VSD-in-failure last year, so we spent almost five month in hospital. Many new things I’ve learned there (good and bad) and I’ve meets all kind of people (doctors, nurses and patients). I really into this medical thingy and that one of the reason I bought this book. In this book, Dr Lisa Sanders exposed us the process of diagnosis, how the doctors and expertise tackle diagnostic dilemmas and dramatic stories of patients with mysterious symptoms. I enjoyed the chapter where doctors make wrong decision, leads to diagnostic errors and how they overcome it. I highly recommend this book to be read by doctors and future doctors so they can prepare themselves the real life at hospital. As for us, it’s a MUST read because we never know that some day we will be a patients and we have to tell a complete story to the doctor to avoid misdiagnosis. Here is some of my favorite quotes from this book.
Doctors are human beings and, thus are prone to biases, distortions of perspective and blind spots. But doctors have the capacity to learn from their mistakes, overcome built-in biases, and guard against the kinds of thinking errors that in other professions might be an annoyance. (Page 271)
“There’s no shame in intubating the esophagus”, he said. But there is shame in not checking or catching the error. Errors themselves are unavoidable. Mistakes will always happen – all types of mistakes, from the technical to the cognitive. But that doesn’t mean we throw up our hands in helplessness. The key is designing our systems, our procedures, our protocols and our own thinking process to minimize mistakes as much as possible and then to catch mistakes when they are made.(page 272)

Books Read to My Children: Eloise Wilkin's Poems To Read To the Very Young

2010-10-22T10:53:00.004+08:00

I ordered this book few months ago after I bought Eloise Wilkin’s Stories. How I adore Eloise Wilkin’s illustration. Her illustration excited me to read the poems to my children. This book featured over 30 poems of childhood by famous poets such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Christina Rossetti, Kate Greenway, Langston Hughes and many more. My favorite poems are Time to Rise by Robert Louis Stevenson. A birdie with a yellow bill/ Hopped upon the window sill/ Cocked his shining eye and said: / “Aint’ you shamed, you sleepy-head! /

Calla Edition of Grimm’s Fairy Tales

2010-10-14T18:02:00.002+08:00

One of the advantage working in bookstore is we got a chance to browse the new book before we displays it on the bookshelf. Yesterday, we received Calla Edition of Grimm’s Fairy Tales. The book is gorgeous. Not only having the attractive cover, inside of the book is mesmerizing. There are 40 full-color plates and innumerable black-and-white spot elements which illustrated by Arthur Rackham. After browsing this book, I want to get one for myself. So, come over and take a look what this book has to offer. You will be surprise.

Scholastic Read Everyday Campaign

2010-10-11T12:53:00.002+08:00

Interesting Reading Bill of Rights by Scholastic. I admired their effort on making reading as fundamental to our children. Let's support this campaign and start reading to our children, everyday!
http://www.scholastic.com/readeveryday

Hari Raya Treats

2010-09-30T14:32:00.006+08:00

This year, I let my children to use their 'duit raya'. They can spend half of their 'duit raya' to buy toy and book they liked and half of it will be goes to their saving. For toys, Anwar bought one of his favorite Thomas train collection and Sofea bought Barbie sun-glasses and watch. And for books, Anwar want to add his Backyard Books collection. So I bought, Are You a Bee? for him. As for Sofea, I bought Tangled Disney new movie about Rapunzel and for Ashraf, I bought The Please and Thank You Book by Golden Books.

There’s nothing like a Little Golden Book!

2010-09-05T14:37:00.002+08:00

I like their tag “there’s nothing like a Little Golden Book”, this is true. Golden Books, I heard about this publisher before but I don’t really keen to check what they have to offer. But when I purchased the Eloise Wilkin Stories published by them, I fall in love with this publisher and started to collect their books especially a Little Golden Book Collection. Golden Books has changed the publishing history when they launched Little Golden Books in 1942 at 25 cents each. For the first time, children books were high quality and low-priced. They were available to almost all children and affordable for most families, American families in particular. To date, over 2 billion Little Golden Books have been printed and sold all over the world. Last week I bought Friendly Tales by Margaret Wise Brown; there are twenty stories and poems in it. I enjoyed reading it to my children and they love them too. Some of our favorite stories are Pussy Willow, The Train to Timbuctoo, The Color Kittens, Home for Bunny and Mister Dog. I highly recommend this wonderful book!

The Usborne Reading Programme

2010-08-28T22:15:00.004+08:00

Next year Anwar, my eldest son will be in standard one. I’m a bit worried because he cannot read yet. He can spell the words but don’t know how to pronounce them. I tried the Ladybird Keyword series but don’t help much. My children don’t really like the classic-look of the book (remember Peter and Jane). So, I try out the Usborne Reading Programme series. It’s divided into four levels according to the words per book; Level One – up to 150 words per book, Level Two – up to 250 words per book, Level Three – up to 450 words per book and Level Four – up to 750 words per book. So, I bought two titles from the First Level, The Three Wishes and The Ant and the Grasshopper. My children seem to enjoy the books especially Anwar and he even try to read it by himself.With delightful illustrations and easy-to-read text, these series is very good for beginner reader like my children. For further information find out at www.usborne.com

Reprint Edition of Gyo Fujikawa's A to Z Picture Book

2010-08-05T12:51:00.001+08:00

I'm in love with Gyo Fujikawa's illustrations. Thanks to Iza who introduced her books to me. Now I'm starting to collect all her books and what thrills me more is that there's going to be a reprint edition of Gyo Fujukawa's A to Z in September (ISBN:9781402768187). Gyo Fujikawa was an American illustrator and children's book author. She wrote more than 50 books and her books are regularly in reprint. Her paintings of children are recognizable for their happy faces, rosy cheeks and simple dots for eyes. Her most popular book is Babies and Baby Animals. I bought a copy of Baby Animals recently and started reading it to my children. They really loved it. Every time I read to them, they will giggle and ask me to re-read again.

A Mother Reading To Her Child

2010-07-26T22:25:00.002+08:00

This painting called Alice In Wonderland, by George Dunlop Leslie. It's a very lovely picture and every time I see it , it's really soothing my eyes.

Good book to read aloud

2010-07-26T21:46:00.004+08:00

I bought this book a few month ago.I fall in loved with the adorable illustrations by Eloise Wilkin. This book are one of my children favorite book. They will asked me to read to them during bedtime story. and I never get bored to read aloud to them over and over again.

The Lost Symbol paperback on sale today!

2010-07-22T10:59:00.006+08:00

Finally, the paperback version of Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol is here. Normally, the paperback versions are only available a year after the hardcover release, but this time it was released earlier. I think it's a wise decision from the publishers, to remind us to get back to our books after a quiet month due to the football hype. This book will be available in all bookstores and in Kinokuniya customers can enjoy 20% off with purchase of other items. Happy selling and happy reading!

Books Addict

2010-07-03T01:25:00.010+08:00

This month I supposed to cut down my spending on books. that the advice I received from my colleague who work in bank. The problem is I cannot stop myself. For instance today, I went to MPH to bought The Malay Dilemma but end up buying another three children books with me. any idea to get rid of this bad habit?

oh...oh..ohh..balik kampung!!!

2010-06-19T18:38:00.003+08:00

School holiday, so we going back to kota Bahru for five days. My children really enjoyed kampung life especially Anwar. he has a chance to play with roosters, cats and insects. he also bring along his animal encyclopedia so he can compare it with the real one.

Flash card

2010-06-19T18:26:00.003+08:00

I'm a bit frustrated because my eldest son still dun know how to read. My husband already make noise. The ladybird keyword and phonics that I bought few years back doesn't really help a lot. so now I try to teach him to read by using flash card. Let see if it's work.

Cat stories....meow....

2010-05-20T22:40:00.006+08:00

Let's read cat stories, I told my kids. So, they start to look for cat stories book. These are the titles they found in our bookshelves. My kids really enjoyed it...

Bedtime Stories

2010-05-05T11:40:00.004+08:00

Last night I managed to reads two books for them. We really enjoyed it especially Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. I still can hear their laughter, when I read to them the part where mother owl remind Little Hoot 10 more minutes before he can go to bed. One minute, two minutes, three minutes .....

Anwar's Sport Day

2010-05-03T23:19:00.004+08:00

Yesterday, we attended Sukaneka Mawip Zon Setapak at Titiwangsa Stadium.It's was fun, exciting and exhausting day!

The Renaissance Man in person

2010-05-03T22:57:00.004+08:00

I'm so excited today, Kino hosting a signing session for Pak Ungku's new book 'The Renaissance Man'. I admired him and appreciated his contributions to this country. Meeting him in person it's like a dream comes true.

my childrens bookshelf

2010-04-24T12:27:00.005+08:00

One of my favorite things to do is buying books for my childrens. Books, books, books.... how I loved books

A is for Allah

2010-04-24T12:17:00.000+08:00

Welcome to my blog, blogger!

2010-04-24T00:27:00.002+08:00

Thanks to Marisa, I finally have my own blog. It's been so long I want to create one but i dun have a chance to do it. I'll try my best to maintain it. Welcome!!!