<![CDATA[Craze for Children's Books!]]>Many S'porean parents are willing to buy tons and tons of storybooks for their beloved children. My recent craze is buying children's books, think i have spent QUITE a lot (thks to my hubby's support).


I am wondering if ALL the storybooks purchased will be \"read\" to good use. OR its the kiasu parents who wans to juz buy and keep (becoz everyone else is buying). Hee... think i have both reasons to support my purchase. What abt you? 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/10482/craze-for-children-s-booksRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 11:29:00 GMTThu, 29 Apr 2010 16:22:39 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Thu, 16 Feb 2017 07:26:02 GMT]]>Hi parents!


I'm a final-year student from NUS and for my thesis, am writing a children's book that teaches children (4-6) about stress.
Would you guys mind taking a moment to read 2 versions of the story (very short) and doing a survey after?

The whole process is about 5 minutes!

Here're the links to the stories:
Story 1: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=102049326984903&set=a.102048753651627.1073741826.100015395071834&type=3&theater

Story 2: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=102050973651405&set=a.102050806984755.1073741827.100015395071834&type=3&l=f3d39bbd6d&theater

Survey: https://goo.gl/forms/BJp4AHJFWzTsITnb2

Thanks!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1754799https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1754799Thu, 16 Feb 2017 07:26:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Mon, 17 Nov 2014 08:20:29 GMT]]>When children buy storybooks,they want to read the books and are interested in them.Sometimes,it may be an unpopular book. 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1416357https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1416357Mon, 17 Nov 2014 08:20:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:33:30 GMT]]>When children buy storybooks,they want to read the books and are interested in them.Sometimes,it may be an unpopular book. 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1416339https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1416339Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:33:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:45:10 GMT]]>Thks lambchop for your recommendations wor! My kids oso like to read wat u have listed down.


I didn’t know that B. Bear has chapter books. My kids have read all the series that they could find in the library.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/988694https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/988694Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:45:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:02:44 GMT]]>

lambchop1976:
dimsum:

Thanks for sharing, lampchop. My boy likes #2,3,4, 5 and 7.


U shd let him try Berenstain Bears. This is a series I highly recommend all parents who wish to impart moral values n tell their little ones some milestones in their life ain't fearful at all. Like going to the dentist, etc.

Berenstain Bears beginner series and chapter books series are written by a couple Stan n Jan Berenstain. they both had passed on. hey left behind this series which I personally benefit from when I read them when I was a child.

There are titles such as too much TV, too much peer pressure etc.

Stan n Jan children( Mike) have since took over the writing of the Bears but I find the new title ain't as good as when in their parents cos Steven n Jan were writing as part of educating their own children. They sharedwhat most parents worried n concerned abt.

You can get the beginners books in the national library but chapter books are scarce. I have been blessed by a doctor fren who gave the whole series beginners books and some chapter books to my babies then. Hmm... I think my library has far greater volumes than our national libraries add together 😉

He had read a few beginners books when he was younger. I would like to buy more books but no space to put more bookshelves!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/988672https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/988672Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:02:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:35:29 GMT]]>

dimsum:
Thanks for sharing, lampchop. My boy likes #2,3,4, 5 and 7.

U shd let him try Berenstain Bears. This is a series I highly recommend all parents who wish to impart moral values n tell their little ones some milestones in their life ain't fearful at all. Like going to the dentist, etc.

Berenstain Bears beginner series and chapter books series are written by a couple Stan n Jan Berenstain. they both had passed on. hey left behind this series which I personally benefit from when I read them when I was a child.

There are titles such as too much TV, too much peer pressure etc.

Stan n Jan children( Mike) have since took over the writing of the Bears but I find the new title ain't as good as when in their parents cos Steven n Jan were writing as part of educating their own children. They sharedwhat most parents worried n concerned abt.

You can get the beginners books in the national library but chapter books are scarce. I have been blessed by a doctor fren who gave the whole series beginners books and some chapter books to my babies then. Hmm... I think my library has far greater volumes than our national libraries add together 😉

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/987231https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/987231Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:35:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:08:20 GMT]]>Thanks for sharing, lampchop. My boy likes #2,3,4, 5 and 7.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/986476https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/986476Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:08:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:34:48 GMT]]>

kids_r_innocent:
dimsum:

Yes, fishpond is a local website. I am still waiting for my first purchase to arrive 😂 Ordering process was smooth and easy. Strongly recommend you to check it out!


Sounds so tempting leh. But no new title that has caught my eye yet.

Any latest children's book recommendation or craze? :evil: maybe I can find an excuse to buy then.

Hi I wrote the below in another thread. I hope parents here find this list of books help. I still hv a longer list but no time to type out.

\"I did not put my sons thro any reading prog jus my own. I do have a list of \"timely books\" which i will recommend them to read.
(Oh my sons: P3, P1 and K2)

1. The Berenstain Bears Chapter Books -- not the normal beginner readers series but the chpater books, they are \"extinct\" in many bookstores but can get from online if you are willing to pay. They are very good. Authors are a couple Jan and Stan Berenstain who are very hands-on parents. The stories in their books are based on their parenting issues as they brought up their children. Great moral values here. Sadly both authors had passed on with Jan recently.

2. Magic School Bus series (chp books #1-20)

3. Magic Tree House books #1 --49 with the recent Stallion by Starlight launched in March 2013. It is a perfect blend of magic, adventure, history and science in different books. Topic ranges from pirates to Titanic, pandas to historic opics such as Amercian revolution, Abraham Lincoln and science based eg rainforests, space, dino etc etc and even seasonal stories such as thanksgiving, christmas etc. It also come with research guides (FACT TRACKER) where more details on the particular topic is discussed --like a non-fiction book.

4. Horrible Histories
5. Horrible Science
6. Dead Famous

#4 --6: initally my boys P3 & p1 dun like them but now they are mad abt it. we evn watch the DVDs. We bought the whole series.

7 Discovery box is a must have magazine for my kids. Recently we also subscribed to National Geog kids --Pathfinder edition

I hope this list helps \"

And regarding website to buy online books:
1) I bought my whole Famous Five set from Amazon during one of their sale.
2) Fishpond -- yes its a local online site. Books are usual much cheaper than what u r paying in \"physical\" bookstores.
3) Book Depository -- usu I cf theior price with Fishpond.

I got my Horrible Histories n HScience at $120 for the whole 2 sets where the so-called sale in school/stores ar at buy 2 get 1 free at $10.90ea book.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/986119https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/986119Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:34:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:25:45 GMT]]>

dimsum:
Yes, fishpond is a local website. I am still waiting for my first purchase to arrive 😂 Ordering process was smooth and easy. Strongly recommend you to check it out!

Sounds so tempting leh. But no new title that has caught my eye yet.

Any latest children's book recommendation or craze? :evil: maybe I can find an excuse to buy then.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/986113https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/986113Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:25:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:41:43 GMT]]>Yes, fishpond is a local website. I am still waiting for my first purchase to arrive 😂 Ordering process was smooth and easy. Strongly recommend you to check it out!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/986016https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/986016Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:41:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:33:51 GMT]]>

dimsum:
kids_r_innocent:

I saw an ad recently on reasonable pricing for the sale of children's books, it's on fish pod or fish pond, sori can't rem the exact name. Anyone has experience with them yet?


I just bought from fishpond after clicking on the ad that keeps flashing in KSP. That website oo.sg is fantastic. Allowing me to compare the prices of books across different on-line book stores. I have always been buying from book depository. But based on the comparison, fishpond sometimes is cheaper than bookdepository. .

Hi hi dear dimsum,

It's so nice to hear from u. Seems like u r a great book fan oso.

Haha... Exactly! Tats wat I saw on the KSP web. I wonder does Chief do any purchases himself too? :evil: So is this fishpond tingy a local website? Is your experiences good wif them so far?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/985949https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/985949Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:33:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:04:43 GMT]]>

kids_r_innocent:
I saw an ad recently on reasonable pricing for the sale of children's books, it's on fish pod or fish pond, sori can't rem the exact name. Anyone has experience with them yet?

I just bought from fishpond after clicking on the ad that keeps flashing in KSP. That website oo.sg is fantastic. Allowing me to compare the prices of books across different on-line book stores. I have always been buying from book depository. But based on the comparison, fishpond sometimes is cheaper than bookdepository. .

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/985881https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/985881Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:04:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:57:46 GMT]]>I saw an ad recently on reasonable pricing for the sale of children’s books, it’s on fish pod or fish pond, sori can’t rem the exact name. Anyone has experience with them yet?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/985876https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/985876Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:57:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:50:36 GMT]]>Hi ,

Thanks for sharing hquek- i will look for more books for DD !
Just to share, i purchased some books for my DD in taobao through Peeka

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10058533663
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2013.1.0.158.DmzTxH&id=15895676328

Its pretty interactive for DD as one of it is flip up type !!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/983859https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/983859Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:50:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Tue, 31 May 2011 08:41:08 GMT]]>I try to borrow, but there are some good authors that I fear I won’t remember in time to come for DS2 leh…so herein lies the temptation to buy. (I give any excuse)

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/433936https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/433936Tue, 31 May 2011 08:41:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Tue, 31 May 2011 08:37:56 GMT]]>just went online to reserve story books for my p3 dd…save some money from buying them from book stores hahaaaa…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/433933https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/433933Tue, 31 May 2011 08:37:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Tue, 31 May 2011 08:34:33 GMT]]>:thankyou: hquek,


Will keep this author in mind for DS 😄 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/433927https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/433927Tue, 31 May 2011 08:34:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Tue, 31 May 2011 05:54:18 GMT]]>hi autumnbronze,


The books are fairly thin. I would recommend this to children 3 y/r onwards - in fact I think this is good for lower pri kids becos he uses good phrases to describe the scene and happenings. I’m actually trying to ask DS1 (7 y/o) to write out the good phrases so hopefully he’ll remember some of it.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/433744https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/433744Tue, 31 May 2011 05:54:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Tue, 31 May 2011 04:21:06 GMT]]>

hquek:
Went to library and discovered Paul Geraghty's books. We read \"dinosaur in danger\" and I would highly recommend that (have borrowed but not yet read his other works).

Hi hquek,

For what age group are his books suitable for??

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/433640https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/433640Tue, 31 May 2011 04:21:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Tue, 31 May 2011 03:34:12 GMT]]>Went to library and discovered Paul Geraghty’s books. We read "dinosaur in danger" and I would highly recommend that (have borrowed but not yet read his other works).


‘Dino is danger’ is about a young dino who lost her family after a volcanic eruption. Alone and unable to hunt, she was on the verge of starvation until she came across another group of dinos (who happened to be her family’s enemies). The story goes on to tell how she eventually won acceptance and joined this group.

Story is very well written with good phrases galore. Pictures are beautifully drawn and the story itself is about dinosaurs (which kids, esp boys, tend to like).

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/433594https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/433594Tue, 31 May 2011 03:34:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Thu, 26 May 2011 12:16:25 GMT]]>Wats beastquest bk abt? Is it good bk?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/431018https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/431018Thu, 26 May 2011 12:16:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:58:58 GMT]]>

dimsum:


Thanks for the info! So many different types of packaging! Are the illustrations coloured? Yours has 4 diff volumes but I am only looking for volume 1.
No prob... always hope to share what i can. Hmm... the illustrations in this books are not coloured.

If i did not remembered wrongly, our dear Tamarind has bought and recommended a copy of this book and its illustrations are coloured but juz cant recall where is the link.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/217311https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/217311Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:58:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:52:36 GMT]]>

kids_r_innocent:
dimsum:

Hi, I want to buy Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne. Are the following 2 originals? The publisher is the same, Egmont.


This one is Paperback
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9781405211161/Winnie-the-Pooh

This one is Hardback
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9781405223980/Winnie-the-Pooh

Thanks in advance!

Hi dimsum,

Juz wanna to give my share of info. I have bought Winnie the Pooh but is in this packaging:

http://www.amazon.com/Pooh-Library-original-set-Original/dp/0525444513/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1279031212&sr=1-3

Thanks for the info! So many different types of packaging! Are the illustrations coloured? Yours has 4 diff volumes but I am only looking for volume 1.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/217308https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/217308Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:52:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Craze for Children's Books! on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:42:21 GMT]]>

dimsum:
Hi, I want to buy Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne. Are the following 2 originals? The publisher is the same, Egmont.


This one is Paperback
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9781405211161/Winnie-the-Pooh

This one is Hardback
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9781405223980/Winnie-the-Pooh

Thanks in advance!
Hi dimsum,

Juz wanna to give my share of info. I have bought Winnie the Pooh but is in this packaging:

http://www.amazon.com/Pooh-Library-original-set-Original/dp/0525444513/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1279031212&sr=1-3

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/217301https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/217301Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:42:21 GMT