Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Books for 3+yr olds & 5yr olds

Originally asked on 01/08/2007:
Hello…



I would like to find out if you could recommend me any good English & Chinese books for 5yr olds & 3+yr olds please?



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The following are some recommended English and Chinese titles for children aged 3 - 5 years old:

ENGLISH
1) Books by Laurence & Catherine Anholt - one of the world's most successful author/illustrator teams and among the 100 Most Borrowed Authors from Libraries. Their books have won numerous awards include the prestigious Nestle Smarties Gold Award.
i) Title Chimp and Zee's words and pictures / Catherine and Laurence Anholt.
Author Anholt, Catherine.
Publisher London : Frances Lincoln Children's, 2006.
Call no.: JP 428.1 ANH

ii) Title Babysitter bear / Catherine and Laurence Anholt.
Author Anholt, Catherine.
Publisher London : Puffin Books, 2004.
Call no.: JP ANH

iii) Title Foolish Jack and the bean stack / written by Laurence Anholt ; illustrated by Arthur Robins.
Author Anholt, Laurence.
Publisher Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2004.
Call no.: JS ANH


2) Books by Eric Carle - acclaimed author and illustrator of popular picture books for young children
Some titles include:
i) Title Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? / by Bill Martin, Jr. ; pictures by Eric Carle.
Author Martin, Bill, 1916-
Publisher London : Hamish Hamilton, 1997.
Call no.: JP MAR -[BA]

ii) Title The very hungry caterpillar / by Eric Carle.
Author Carle, Eric.
Publisher London : Puffin, 2003.
Call no.: JP CAR -[BA]

iii) Title The tiny seed / Eric Carle.
Author Carle, Eric.
Publisher Natick, MA : Picture Book Studio : Distributed in USA by Alphabet Press, c1987.
Call no.: JP 582 CAR


CHINESE
1) The Wo Hui Du series- There are several parts in this series.
1st Part- Sheng zi(vocabulary)
There are 10 Books in this part

Some books in this part:
i) Title Jia ting wu pin / [bian zhe, Su Zhaorong, Zhang Huijun ; hui tu, Mi Xue].
Publisher Singapore : Yu miao shu shi, 2005.
Call No: JP Chinese 495.1 JTW -[BA]

ii) Title Dong wu / [bian zhe, Su Zhaorong, Zhang Huijun ; hui tu, Wu Qinglin].
Publisher Singapore : Yu miao shu shi, 2005.
Call No: JP Chinese 495.1 DW -[BA]

iii) Title Yan se / [bian zhe, Su Zhaorong, Zhang Huijun ; hui tu, Wu Qinglin].
Publisher Singapore : Yu miao shu shi, 2005.
Call No: JP Chinese 495.1 YS -[BA]

2nd Part-Ju Zi( Sentence)
There are 12 books in this part

Some books in this part:
i) Title Zao can / bian zhe, Su Zhaorong, Zhang Huijun ; hui tu, Su Fei, Wu Qinglin.
Publisher Xinjiapo : Yu miao you jiao, 2004.
Call No: JP Chinese 495.1 ZC -[BA]

ii) Title Chi shui guo / bian zhe, Su Zhaorong, Zhang Huijun ; hui tu, Su Fei, Wu Qinglin.
Publisher Xinjiapo : Yu miao you jiao, 2004
Call No: JP Chinese 495.1 CSG -[BA]

iii) Title Wo men yi qi wan / bian zhe, Su Zhaorong, Zhang Huijun ; hui tu, Su Fei, Wu Qinglin.
Publisher Xinjiapo : Yu miao you jiao, 2004.
Call No: JP Chinese 495.1 WMY -[BA]

3rd Part-Jian Dan de Shu
There are 12 books in this part

i) Title Zuo jia wu , kan dian shi / bian zhe, Su Zhaorong, Zhang Huijun ; hui tu, Su Lin.
Publisher Xinjiapo : Yu miao shu shi, 2005.
Call No: JP Chinese 495.1 ZJW -[BA]

ii) Title Yun dong yuan / bian zhe, Su Zhaorong, Zhang Huijun ; hui tu, Su Lin.
Publisher Xinjiapo : Yu miao shu shi, 2005.
Call No: JP Chinese 495.1 YDY -[BA]

4th Part: Gu Shi(Stories)

There are 12 books in this part
Title Xiao niao de jia / bian zhe, Su Zhaorong, Zhang Huijun ; hui tu, Shu Lin.
Publisher Xinjiapo : Yu miao shu shi, 2005.
Call No: JP Chinese XND -[BA]

2) Nao Nao/Yang Yang De Gu Shi/series
Call No: J SING XND

To check the availability of these titles, please use our online catalogue at http://www.nlb.gov.sg/

You may also wish to visit the children's section at any of our Regional Libraries where there are resources such as book lists available.

Hope the above information will be of help to you. If you have further queries, feel free to email us again.

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