In this week's roundup of the latest books: time travel, waxing philosophical and a guide to kissing frogs. Kinokuniya Books at Suria KLCC is offering a 25% discount on the tag price of the featured titles - only with the coupon in today's StarTwo.
It's fiction, but it's real!
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I thought it'd be interesting to highlight three illustrations, by different illustrators, of the same scene in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (originally titled Alice's Adventures Underground) by Lewis Carroll.
I thought it'd be fairly easy to find a well-known scene/image that had been depicted in all three of the editions of Alice that I own and am familiar with, but this wasn't so.
Alice, getting to grips (literally) with a live flamingo as a croquet mallet, is the scene I finally chose, illustrated by Lewis Carroll himself, John Tenniel, and Helen Oxenbury.
The first book in a new trilogy and a ghost story are the two novels featured in today's Junior Reading Room in StarTwo. The other titles are picture books including Barbara Lehman's latest wordless effort and the surreal tale of a dog and his strange encounters of the six-legged kind.
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This week's Junior Reading Room offers a mixed-bag of books, from exciting thrillers to serious literary fiction to adorable animal-themed picture books. Cut out the coupon (available only in the newspaper) to enjoy 25% discount, on the featured books, at Kinokuniya Bookstore.
No discount this week, but Reading Room's selection offers treats for those who like to be kept at the edge of their seats.
April 2007
The Lost Thing: A Tale for Those Who Have More Important Things to Pay Attention To
By Shaun Tan
Publisher: Lothian Books, 32 pages
A boy encounters a "lost thing" on the beach. Despite it's huge size, no one else seems to notice it, being too busy with ... life. At home, it towers over his parents, as they read the papers and watch telly, but remains "invisible". When the thing is pointed out to them, they make irrelevant comments and then ignore it again. The boy decides to find a place for the lost thing to go. He sees an ad in the paper, posted by The Federal Department of Odds and Ends, whose motto is "Sweepus underum carpetae". It claims to be the place for lost things. The boy sets off, with the thing, to find this department, but gets mysteriously directed elsewhere. Will the lost thing ever belong? And what about the other lost things in this world. Do we even notice them or do we have more important things to pay attention to?
Tots to Teens's latest picks for a rockin' bookshelf are highlighted in StarMag's Reads Monthly pullout.
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First published on 8th March, 2002 in StarTwo
Review by DAPHNE LEE
ONCE
By James Herbert
Publisher: Macmillan, 400
(ISBN: 978-0333761403)
First published on 10th May, 2002 in StarTwo.
Review by DAPHNE LEE
ATONEMENT
By Ian McEwan
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 388
(ISBN: 978-0224062527)
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June 2008: Jenny Wagner (Author) & Ron Brooks (Illustrator): John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat
John Brown is an old English sheep dog. He belongs to Rose, an old widow, and is a deeply devoted companion. Says Rose, "We are all right, John Brown. Just the two of us. You and me." But one night, Rose notices a cat in the garden. A midnight cat. She is fascinated by the cat. John Brown doesn't approve. He tells the cat to leave. But Rose wants the cat. She longs for it. She leaves it milk in a bowl, which John Brown tips over. Finally, Rose takes to her bed and declares that she might stay there forever. John Brown is sad and decides that, because he loves Rose so much, he will put up with the midnight cat. This is a strange picture book - quite gloomy and sombre. The midnight cat is slightly sinister - could it be a symbol of death? When John Brown finally allows the cat into the cottage, is he really accepting Rose's death? Perhaps being a true friend includes being able to let go.
