Woods in the Books Blog — Elf Reads

Sundays are for Reading - The Happy Hunter by Roger Duvoisin When Mr. Bobbin watches the hunters go past from the bench by his front door, he’s so filled with admiration for their shiny guns that he decides to be a hunter too. So begins The Happy Hunter, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 1962, a charming and lighthearted fable of how animals and humans can live together in harmony. Initially, clad in his hunter’s gear, Mr. Bobbin’s first forays as a hunter makes animals take fright.  But it isn’t long before they discover his approach always comes...

Sundays are for Reading - Because of Mr. Terupt She looked at Mr. Terupt. I was close enough to hear her say, “There’s magic in this room with you here, Mr. Terupt. Magic.” -Because of Mr. Terupt   Mr. Terupt arrives at Snow Hill School at the start of the school year, bringing with him more fun, excitement, and drama than any of the seven narrators of this book would have dreamed that school could hold. Through his unique connection with each student and his methods of making school interesting, readers will come to see how a single teacher can...

On the banks of the Kallang River in the year 1937, a young girl met the pilot Amelia Earhart, and her dreams changed forever.

The Sengkang Snoopers are back once again for a second adventure! On this school holiday outing to Sentosa, the four intrepid Snoopers and their faithful parrot are on the trail of hidden treasure from the Japanese Occupation in a story filled with shady characters and secret tunnels. Where the first Sengkang Snoopers outing brought the group together — Zizi and her parrot Kuning, Basulingam (known as Bus), and siblings Su Lin and Su Yang — Peter Tan’s The Secret of the Tiger’s Den builds on that foundation. From spooky lights in the darkness to midnight explorations of pirate tunnels beneath...