Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Busy Busy Things That Go is a sticker book that is packed with diggers, tractors and other machine scenarios. There are over 2000 stickers for your little one to stick and paste. This 48 pages paperback book was published on December 2014 by Parragon Publishing. It is suitable for ages 3 onwards.
The Giant of Jum is a book written by uniquely talented author and poet Elli Woollard. This colourful and beautifully illustrated book is brought to life by an award-winning children’s illustrator and animation director Benji Davies. It was published on 23rd April 2015 by Macmillan Children’s Books and available to buy as hardback or paperback via Amazon.
Mermaid is the second book written by well-loved CBeebies’ presenter Cerrie Burnell. This beautifully illustrated book is brought to life by Laura Elle Anderson. It was published by Scholastic on 2nd April 2015 and is available to buy via Amazon.
Many Chinese sweet desserts are quite light and refreshing. They are not very often found in the UK Chinese restaurants with plates of fresh fruits or fried banana fritters the more common options. I love eating sweet desserts after a heavy meal in Singapore especially like ice kachang, grass jelly and many more yummy delicious desserts.
Learning to make creative cakes is something I’ve always wanted to do. Having only a couple hours of a sugar craft course, I did made a few creative cakes like a Batman cake and Spider-man cupcakes I made for my son’s birthday.
Baseball cakelet is a recipe I found on Cupcake Envy by Amy Eilert published by Tuttle Publishing. She is a self-taught cake designer whose love of baking and working with her hands found a perfect outlet in cake making. She founded Cupcake Envy in Wake Forest, North Carolina in 2006. In this book, it showcases a range of her cleverly single-serving cakelets that resemble a stylish party dress, a desktop humidor, a cheery coffee cup, an adorable baby bottle, a wicked voodoo doll, a stylish purse and even a baseball!
The Adventures of the Cuddle Pirate is a series of children’s books written by Kelly Elsworthy and beautifully illustrated by Becky Dench. It is about a healthy pirate & his crew who are out solving unhealthy mysteries but there is always someone out there trying to ruin all the healthy food!
In the story, the cuddle pirate has five crew members who are all named after healthy fruits or vegetables. They are Blueberry Beth, Broccoli Brad, Strawberry Sally, Milky Max and Tomato Tommy!
Milly, Molly is a series of early reader books suitable for Key Stage 1 aged 5 to 7. It is broken down into 6 levels with 10 books in each set, to slowly build up children’s confidence and teach them to think about what they are reading. It was first published in 2000 and has been translated into 40 languages. They are a series of New Zealand children’s books written by Gill Pittar and beautifully illustrated by Cris Morrell. It was published by Sweet Cherry Publishing on 15 April 2014.
Milly and Molly are both good friends from different ethnic backgrounds, and they promote the acceptance of diversity and the learning of life skills. Milly is a 7 year old girl of dark skin and hair who love cats and the colour yellow. Molly is a 7 year old girl of light skin and bright blonde-orange hair. She likes princesses, cats and yellow too. Each book promotes learning of life skills.
T-Rex Terror is the latest addition to the Dino Supersaurus range of books. The humorous comic strips are written by Timothy Knapman with fantastic illustrations by Tim Wesson. It is suitable for ages 6 to 12. It was published on 31 December 2014 by Parragon Publishing. The book is paperback containing about 32 pages and contains a few sentences on each comic strips with both big and small sized fonts. The book cover dividers are really handy to bookmark a page.
Glitterbelle is the new enchanting Princess series from Parragon. Glitterbelle is modern day sparkly princess who is smart, funny and very enthusiastic! She loves her parents (the King and the Queen), adores her pet dog Bob, enjoys racing around on her scooter and can be found climbing trees with her best friends Dazzlina and Angel. Just like all princesses, Glitterbelle has pretty dresses covered in sequins, but she prefers wearing leggings and her glittery trainers!
Don’t Chew the Royal Shoe is a debut picture book written by author and illustrator Kate Leake. This book is Kate’s first book as author and illustrator following her success illustrating popular titles such as Never Say No to a Princess and The Very Messy Mermaid.
A Treasury of Christmas Stories and Songs is a book that comes with six wonderful Christmas stories, including simple retellings of traditional tales, plus 12 classic rhymes and carols. It is very beautifully illustrated for all the family to enjoy. It was released on 1st September 2014 and published by Parragon.
Horrid Henry’s Tricky Tricks is a book written by Francesca Simon and illustrated by Tony Ross. This is the ten favourite stories with some brand-new material to celebrate 20 horrid years of the nation’s favourite naughty little boy Horrid Henry’s trickiest ever tricks! It was released on 6th November 2014 and published by Orion Publishing.
A Year Full of Stories is a book written by Georgie Adams and illustrated by Selina Young. It was released on 7th November 2013 and published by Orion Books.
Miaow Miaow Bow Wow is a book written by Francesca Simon and illustrated by Emily Bolam. This is the red Early Reader and is the next step on your reading journey. It was released on 2nd August 2012 and published by Orion Books.
