Between The Lines: Religion in Hong Kong schools: teach it, don’t preach it

  Schools should not promote religion, but they should teach it. Understanding history is impossible without an understanding of the religious traditions that helped shape the world. From a purely secular standpoint, even atheists should know and understand what they choose not to believe in. Schools have very different approaches to the question of religious… Continue reading Between The Lines: Religion in Hong Kong schools: teach it, don’t preach it

Hit children’s author Jon Klassen tells Hongkongers how to write for kids

South China Morning Post – Tuesday, 17 November, 2015 By Kavita Daswani (life@scmp.com) Jon Klassen was chugging along comfortably as an illustrator for other people’s books – including Caroline Stutson’s award-winning 2010 title Cats’ Night Out – and working as an animator on films such as Coraline. But when he elected to write and illustrate his… Continue reading Hit children’s author Jon Klassen tells Hongkongers how to write for kids

2015 Pop-Up Book Shop!

Please come by for a festive drink while shopping for children’s books this December! We will have a wide selection of English and Chinese titles, including baby book gift sets, transitional readers for those children beginning to read independently and chapter books for the book worms.  

Between The Lines: Let children play musical instruments, their way

If your evening routine includes arguments, incentives and timers in order to cajole your children to practise an instrument, you might want to rethink your approach. While creating music should be a joyful lifelong experience, the path towards mastery of an instrument can be tempestuous if the motivation is wrong. Music, like competitive sports, Advanced… Continue reading Between The Lines: Let children play musical instruments, their way