Craze for Children's Books!

[znzyzyzx]

Charmaine_chong:

Hi all,


My 4yo son likes to re-read stories. He is hooked on Elmer series (chinese version) at the moment that i bought for him a year ago. He wants to have and own the books. I spent few thousands to set up a small library at home. We now visit library once a month as i target to finish up all the books we have at home FIRST.

ORDER CHINESE BOOKS FROM DANGDANG
dangdang has substantial collection of chinese books.

The cheapest is to join spree in singaporemotherhood but be careful of joining spree organiser. There are some rotten eggs. My experience has been good for joning spree so far.

Secondly, you may want to consider to use http://www.65daigou.com/Default.aspx .

Its company registered name is : Ching International Service Pte.Ltd
ACRA Registration No: 200909419G

Its freight charge is 30-50% lesser than order direct from dangdang.

It will be good if your order >SGD180 as it has some cost you need to pay irregardless of how many books you buy.

Order direct from dangdang is the last resort. Its freight can be as high as 80-90% of the cost of the books. Some books are very heavy.

Getting chinese books in local book store is the most expesive mode. However, i am not sure about the sales, whether it is cheaper or same charge as buying direct from overseas.

Anyone knows it, please share your experience.

ENGLISH BOOKS
For english books from Amazon, books people and other sites, I understand that a lot of them using vpost or borders. Appreciate expert's advise on how to go about it.

Some of my friends bought from this site, is free delivery worldwide but not all are cheap. Please do comparison.

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/

Hi, thanks for the freight company contact. Have been asking around for it, cause have been spending a bomb at Dang Dang. Haha, just cant resist buying.

[Charmaine_chong]

Hi znzyzyzx,


You are welcome. I spent about SGD500 just to purchase books from dangdang within 3 months time.

I ordered books about parenting, health, cooking, baking, children stories + activity books.

Do share with us service of daigou.

[Charmaine_chong]

Hi Hquek,


Thanks.

Seems like MPH or Borders are great place to hunt for books.

Any idea when will be MPH sales?

[hquek]

Charmaine_chong:

Hi Hquek,


Thanks.

Seems like MPH or Borders are great place to hunt for books.

Any idea when will be MPH sales?

next one 25 June thereabouts.

[kids_r_innocent]

HyperKiasu:

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 got the book at abt $25. My girl was so sad about the tree at the end of the story and she also kept asking why this and why that...

Oh... \"the missing piece\", will keep a lookout for this book. Thks!!

[kids_r_innocent]

hquek:

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

Wow... hquek, you are really into children's books. Thks for the lobang on the rainbow magic series. I would like to get it but no lobang to deliver it to UK address.

[tamarind]

kids_r_innocent:

HyperKiasu:

[quote=\"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 got the book at abt $25. My girl was so sad about the tree at the end of the story and she also kept asking why this and why that...

Oh... \"the missing piece\", will keep a lookout for this book. Thks!![/quote]
We have The Giving Tree, The missing piece, as well as Lafcadio The Lion who shot back, all by Shel Silverstein. Both my kids love Lafcadio the best ! It is a very funny book, I think it is the author's best book, though it is not as famous as The Giving Tree. The missing piece is very simple compared to The Giving Tree, though there is a deeper meaning to the book, young kids will not be able to understand. Lafcadio has more words and a much more complicated plot, written in a way that young kids can understand. Checkout the books in my blog :
http://tamarindphonics.blogspot.com/2010/03/picture-books-from-my-home-library.html

I bought most of my books from amazon.com, hardcover books are cheaper compared to local bookshops. Amazon has 4-for-3 promotion for most paperback books. The collections in local bookshops are quite pathetic and I always cannot find the books that I want, that is why I would rather buy from amazon.com. I usually organize my own amazon sprees in SMH forum, and share shipping costs with other mommies

[tamarind]

kids_r_innocent:

hquek:

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

Wow... hquek, you are really into children's books. Thks for the lobang on the rainbow magic series. I would like to get it but no lobang to deliver it to UK address.

You can apply for a vpost account to ship the books to Singapore from UK. But take note that the cost of shipping can be much more than the price of the books. There was once I bought books that cost 20 pounds, but paid about SGD60 of shipping charge :roll:

Actually the Rainbow Magic series is a bit repetitive, personally I feel that reading 7 books in a series in good enough.

[markfch]

Hi tamarind,


There’s something I wish to seek your opinion on. I’ve PM you. Thanks.

[kids_r_innocent]

tamarind:

You can apply for a vpost account to ship the books to Singapore from UK. But take note that the cost of shipping can be much more than the price of the books. There was once I bought books that cost 20 pounds, but paid about SGD60 of shipping charge :roll:

Actually the Rainbow Magic series is a bit repetitive, personally I feel that reading 7 books in a series in good enough.

Hee... thks Tamarind for your info!!!

I do agree with you that the Rainbow Magic series is repetitive but my gal is just so addictive to this series of books though she will read other type of books. She will grab her Rainbow Magic bks again after she has finished with other authors.