![[Read! Fest 2017] Print & Stage- Shallot, Strong and Steady! by Linn Shekinah](https://tickikids.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/z2.cache/gallery/activities/7168/image_5aa51baf7013d7.24856140.jpg "[Read! Fest 2017] Print & Stage- Shallot, Strong and Steady! by Linn Shekinah")
NLB’s annual celebration of the joy of reading returns! Read! Fest 2017 invites the curious and bookish of all ages to spice up their reading diet through an array of programmes across the public libraries.
In this storytelling session, the author of bilingual picture book series, The Asian Spice Kids will share one of her stories with the participants. In this story, the Asian Spice Kids move to a new home and they find their spice corner a little too small. Shallot annoys her friends by getting in their way and they chase her away. But when the Spice Kids come face to face with a giant, Shallot unexpectedly saves the day. This is a hearty tale about respect, friendship and the courage to stand up for what is right.
About the Author
Linn Shekinah made her first foray into children’s picture books with “The Watchtower Warrior”. It won the Media Development Authority’s First-Time Writers & Illustrators Publishing Initiative Award and an Australian reviewer described the book as “a gateway into a fascinating chapter of Chinese cultural and social heritage”.
Her second picture book, “Dou Dou, the Little Imperial Chef” won the Grand Prize of Samsung KidsTime Award in 2016.
The other picture books were commissioned, including PUB’s “Water Wally’s Journey: A Surprise Visitor” and “The Fearless Twins and the Magical Kaleidoscope: A Narrow Escape” by Preservation Monuments Board, National Heritage Board.
With the support of the Ministry of Education’s Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism, she self-published her first bilingual picture books series, the “Asian Spice Kids”. The series, with five titles, comes in two editions: English and Malay, English and Chinese.
No registration is required. Suitable for children aged 4 - 6 years old.
Age
4–6
Price
Free
Links
Address
Singapore23 Serangoon Central, #04-82/83, Singapore 556083
How to get there?
North East Line:
Take Exit B
Upon leaving the MRT station, turn right Walk up the staircase to Level 1 of nex (Isetan)
Take the escalator (beside G2000) or lift (between J West and Manicure Room) to Level 4R
Circle Line:
Take Exit G
Enter Level B2 of nex
Turn right and take the lift beside ToriGO! to Level 4R
After exiting the lift lobby at Level 4R, proceed to the left
Car Park:
Enter nex from the car park
Head towards where Isetan is and take the escalator or lift in that area to Level 4R
Bus stops or Taxi stand along Serangoon Central:
Enter Level 1 of nex(ESPRIT) by taking the longer escalator
Turn left and take the escaltor (beside G2000) or lift (between J West and Manicure Room) to Level 4R