Reading local stories that reflect children's experiences allows them to feel represented.
Introduce your kids to Singapore books by authors and illustrators such as Chloe Chang, Quek Hong Shin, and Low Lai Chow.
The festival aims to encourage children to develop a lifelong passion for reading and storytelling through their engagement with local children’s literature, says Singapore Book Publishers Association president Edmund Wee, 72. He is also the founder of publisher Epigram Books. Echoing his sentiments are authors including Daryl Kho, author of children’s fantasy novel Mist-Bound: How To Glue Back Grandpa . He says: “During my childhood, my shelf was largely occupied by titles from English authors. There were hardly any local options.
“Where are the books from Singapore and South-east Asia? Oh, they’re placed in a shelf at the back, under Asian stories.” If kids spend too much time looking in “mirrors”, they risk becoming self-obsessed and close-minded. But keep looking outside the “windows”, and they risk wanting to always be somewhere else.
Her stories, with illustrations by Dhanendra Poedjono, follow a friendly bird character which interacts with Singaporeans from all walks of life in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil. “As a result, the quality and quantity of locally published children’s books have increased steadily over the years.” “This cannot be forced or feigned. If you’re bossing your child to read while catching Pokemon on multiple phones, you cannot blame him or her for wanting to play games instead of wanting to read,” says Low. She has written nine children’s titles, including Becoming Margaret Leng Tan .
“Sometimes, she will read aloud one page and I’ll do the next page. Other times, she practises silent reading. Optimising quality reading time together has been priceless in encouraging her to read.” Parents should let their children explore all genres and find “that book” which will get them into the reading habit.
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