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11 Mar 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I chanced upon a stack of Faraway Tree books at the book exchange corner and only took one of them because I wasn’t sure if the son would take to it. Part of it stemmed from my reservations. I mean, I enjoyed reading Enid Blyton when I was young but...
1 Mar 2026 4 minute read 0 comments RionWeb3
I started getting into the habit of reading some posts a few days a week, and when it's something that makes me reflect, and now I believe it's the second time that an insight from the book "The Richest Man in Babylon" has ended up relating to the...
23 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Had a hot date with the son last Friday. Picked him up at 3pm to take him to the school library. (Don’t worry, I brought along my marking so that I can be justifiable to warrant taxpayers’ hard-earned money.) He ran to me excitedly, exclaiming that...
20 Feb 2026 3 minute read 2 comments RionWeb3
Have you ever read a book with commentary? If I have, I don't remember at the moment, but I recently started reading one and found it quite interesting because it brings another point of view on the subject. The book in question was "The Richest M...
16 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
“Wonder” is such a household name, so kudos to r.j palacio for not milking its fame but instead coming up with a book that explores the lives of secondary characters that appeared in “Wonder”. Except that Julian (the bully), Christopher (Auggie’s ol...
27 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Picked my boy extra early from the student care centre so that he could visit our school library. I was pleasantly surprised when he decided to borrow a book — a Chinese one at that. The librarian remarked that he was the first Primary One student to...
16 Jan 2026 2 minute read 0 comments RionWeb3
In the book Atomic Habits, one of the most interesting concepts is precisely how changing small habits and making small improvements can have such a large impact in the medium/long term. One of the most interesting examples that makes this evident...
7 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
How I picked it up: Was tidying up my classroom library and came across this charmingly illustrated book. Why I borrowed it: “The Shark in the Pool” comprises 3 stories, one of which is “Dinosaur Bones”. My boy only reads non-fiction books, and I hop...
14 Dec 2025 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
My son had vague aspirations of becoming a shinkansen driver, so when I stumbled upon this book and saw that the second occupation was shinkansen driver, I bought it without much hesitation. Even though I have got to first read the book and distil...
25 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
“Is a Camel a Mammal? All about Mammals” is a godsend for parents wanting to introduce the marvels of mammals to their children. Through this book, children will learn:- mammals have hair or fur. Wool is just what we call the hair of a lamb - the wor...
