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This post is part of our series for the duration of the Circuit Breaker measures to shine a spotlight on SingLit books that we find to be uniquely encouraging. If you already own the book, perhaps you might want to dig out your copy to read again. If you don’t already have it, we’ll drop a link to our online catalogue below. Happy reading! ===== The Invisible People series, by author Ames Chen and illustrator Jayl Chen, came to our attention this year. Each of the books in this series — currently comprising of Uncles at Work, Aunty Goes Home,...

We’re starting a new series of posts for the duration of the Circuit Breaker measures to shine a spotlight on SingLit books that we find to be uniquely encouraging. If you already own the book, why not dig out your copy to read again? If you don’t already have it, we’ll drop a link to our online catalogue below. Happy reading! ===== Every year as part of the #BuySingLit Campaign, Woods in the Books runs Hello SingLit!, a pop up book fair celebrating local literature. This year, we were invited to work together with Arts in Your Neighbourhood, bringing local...

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'Who thinks it's too CROWded?''Who is chasing the PIGeon?'Michael Escolier’s clever wordplay stands out in this beautiful hardcover picture book, encouraging kids to scour playful illustrations for answers that are slyly hidden within the questions themselves. Of course it is the disgruntled CROW who finds the boat too crowded. There's runs the PIG as it barrels towards the put out pigeon. Colour change and capitals on the answer within the questions turn them into graphic elements to suit the book. While it seems at first as though it is only the illustrated setting that knits the seemingly disparate questions into...