Craze for Children's Books!
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My 2 yr. old DS and I loves to go to bookstores or at least I encourage him to. He seems to be enjoying himself everytime we pick out books, I do buy books for him but he has to pick one that he’s interested in and is within the budget too…ehehe. He loves books about cars, by the way!
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My 6yo & 8yo boys are currently crazy over \"Beast Quest\" books. Every time we go to shopping centres, they will ask if there's any Popular Bookstore there, so that they each can wheedle a Beast Quest book from us. Each book costs $11-13. There's like 6-7 series with 6 books per series. My kids intend to collect all the books. Can go bankrupt! :shock:
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kams:
My 6yo & 8yo boys are currently crazy over \"Beast Quest\" books. Every time we go to shopping centres, they will ask if there's any Popular Bookstore there, so that they each can wheedle a Beast Quest book from us. Each book costs $11-13. There's like 6-7 series with 6 books per series. My kids intend to collect all the books. Can go bankrupt! :shock:
Oh... then you can take advantage of the 20% Popular sale now.
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kams:
My 6yo & 8yo boys are currently crazy over \"Beast Quest\" books. Every time we go to shopping centres, they will ask if there's any Popular Bookstore there, so that they each can wheedle a Beast Quest book from us. Each book costs $11-13. There's like 6-7 series with 6 books per series. My kids intend to collect all the books. Can go bankrupt! :shock:
my ds also like it, i thought abit wasteful to buy and keep so we borrow from the library. -
Wow... we parents are always on the lookout for books, books for our darlings and sometimes, ourself.
What about books for girls, series books or wonderful fairytales to read? Let's share!!
Personally, my girl loves the rainbow magic series and books on animals. I have also bought \"The Giving Tree\" after recommendation from one of the parent in this forum, THKS!! -
kids_r_innocent:
Personally, my girl loves the rainbow magic series and books on animals. I have also bought \"The Giving Tree\" after recommendation from one of the parent in this forum, THKS!!
wondering how much you got it? over S$30? but the feel of the paper, binding of the book and typeface of the stories make it a real gem worth owning.
Silverstein was very particular in this repect and he chose the type size shape colour and quality of the paper himself....
his other book \" the missing piece\" can also waken your senses and help you see life in a fresh way....
\" it was missing a piece. And it was not happy. So it set off in search of its missing piece.....\"
but was it happy after it found its perfect missing piece? ..... -
I typically like to borrow also from library, but where the books are non-fiction (ie can last a few reads), I tend to buy these instead (rather than having to keep scouring the library to find the books). With the USD and pound so low, books from these countries are really cheap.
In case anyone interested, I chanced upon the following:
Rainbow magic series on sale at Bookpeople website. 42 books for 20pounds, but they only deliver to UK address (unless you use vpost/borderlinx/whatever).
Beast quest packs available at Scholastic.co.uk in varied forms. This one delivers worldwide.
eg of BQ mega pack (6 series in all) for close to 80pounds.
http://clubs-shop.scholastic.co.uk/products/78976 -
Tri-mum:
These books are all hardcover, so tend to be pricey. Borders may stock it - so if there is coupon for more than 30%, grab that coupon and try. But I would say, it's not quite popular in library (unlike G. Stilton books), so if you prefer, go library and borrow. I know Geylang East Library has a good selection of these.
MPH is out of stock for this book and is selling at $45....it's so expensive for a children book. Beside online purchase, any idea where can I find this?
Sorry, but $45 a book is way too daunting for me.
I just checked, bookdepository.co.uk has Nicholas books. About USD18 (SGD about 26). Delivery is included. I think this is a pretty good price.
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/search?searchTerm=nicholas+by+goscinny&search=%3CSPAN%3E%3CEM%3EFind%26nbsp%3Bbook%3C%2FEM%3E%3C%2FSPAN%3E -
[Editor's note: This book reommendation is selected for http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/smelly-bill-books.]
I recently borrowed Smelly Bill books (author is Daniel Postgate) from JP section (preschooler) of the library. I have so far seen 3 related titles (Smelly Bill, Smelly Bill Again, Smelly Bill in love).
It's about a dog who is very smelly becos he doesn't like to bathe. His nemesis is Great Aunt Bleach (GAB) who likes to clean everything and never shys away from a challenge. The books are typically about the cleaning war between GAB and Smelly Bill (and sometimes plus his gang) - GAB usually emerges the winner.
Books are written in a rhyming style with big fonts, colourful pictures, and picturesque words. My 3y/o and 6 y/o kids loved it becos it's full of action and drama (I had to read the warring parts thrice for my kids in 1 sitting). Books not thick, can finish easily in minutes. -
Can anyone advise where to get Mr Men and Little Miss Collections?
Hi Hquek, do you know where i can order this set? I mean the cheaper site?
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