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  Tan Kah Kee: Entrepeneur Par...

  JDC Amane

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  In 1890, a teenage Tan Kah Kee left his hometown in Jimei, Fujian, embarking on a journey towards Singapore to join his father’s business. He single-handedly cleared his father’s debts and built thriving rubber and pineapple businesses. He lived through the harsh realities of the Great Depression and two gruelling world wars, barely escaping Japanese capture during World War Two. Despite battling numerous setbacks, he remained a charitable and compassionate man. 
   
  Illustrated by JDC Amane (creator of Lim Bo Seng and Stamford Raffles), Tan Kah Kee: Entrepreneur Par Excellence reveals the illustrious story of the “Rubber King.” Learn about his challenges, triumphs, and unwavering commitment to education and philanthropy. Be inspired by the indomitable spirit of Tan Kah Kee, a visionary leader who shaped the landscape of Singaporean education.

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  Oliver's Great Big Universe

  Jorge Cham

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  Oliver has a lot going on starting his first year of middle school: new friends, new classes, new everything. But at least there’s one thing that still makes sense: SCIENCE! Determined to be an astrophysicist one day, Oliver explains everything he learns—like how the sun burps, how ghost particles fly through you, and the uncanny similarities between Mercury and cafeteria meatballs. (Also, there are time-bending black holes, exploding supernova stars, and aliens! Well, there could be aliens.) 
   
  Oliver finally feels like he’s starting to figure things out … but can he stay out of the principal’s office, or catch a break from his annoying sister? With laugh-outloud humor, Oliver’s Great Big Universe follows an eleven-year-old who’s taking on the whole universe—if he can survive middle school first.

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  Denison Avenue

  Christina Wong

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  A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders
  		 
  Bringing together ink artwork and fiction, Denison Avenue by Daniel Innes (illustrations) and Christina Wong (text) follows the elderly Wong Cho Sum, who, living in Toronto’s gentrifying Chinatown–Kensington Market, begins to collect bottles and cans after the sudden loss of her husband as a way to fill her days and keep grief and loneliness at bay. In her long walks around the city, Cho Sum meets new friends, confronts classism and racism, and learns how to build a life as a widow in a neighborhood that is being destroyed and rebuilt, leaving elders like her behind.
  		 
  A poignant meditation on loss, aging, gentrification, and the barriers that Chinese Canadian seniors experience in big cities, Denison Avenue beautifully combines visual art, fiction, and the endangered Toisan dialect to create a book that is truly unforgettable.

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  Aesop's Fables-A New Revised...

  Aesop

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  "The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.  Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses."

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  Gratitiude - The Adventures of...

  Magdalena Gruca

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  Do you know what a Gratitude List is? Fenek’s grandma will be happy to explain everything about it not just to her grandson, but to all the readers!Thanks to this book, your child will:learn the meaning of another emotion – gratitude;realise that there are many things s/he should be happy about and grateful for;understand that s/he should not complain so much, as there are people in the world who lack the things they need to live, and we can help these people. The Adventures of Fenek - Books for younger children 
  Thematic series that respond to the needs of pre-school and kindergarten teachers, parents, and psychologists. 20-page brochures are published in series of four books each, and they are all thematically related.

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  Kishti Hadsa

  Rabindranath Tagore

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  Kishti Hadsa by Rabindranath Tagore, translated into Punjabi by Professor Achru Singh, is a captivating novel full of events, emotions, and cultural depth. Originally published in 1906 in Bengali and later translated into English by Tagore himself, the story explores human relationships, societal customs, and the richness of Indian culture. The narrative is engaging and suspenseful, keeping readers hooked from beginning to end. Through its vivid portrayal of characters and their experiences, the novel reflects on social traditions, human emotions, and the beauty of life.

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