tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2023-02-07T12:32:28+08:00 Peatix Arts House Limited tag:peatix.com,2023:event-3422713 2023-01-08T11:45:00SGT 2023-01-08T11:45:00SGT

In addition to reading a selection of stories from his book, the author will take audiences behind the making of the multi-award winning and best-selling book Mist-Bound: How to Glue back your Grandpa, including its world, its creatures, and more!Recommended age group: 8 - 12 years oldLocation: Programme Zone (level 1), Woodlands Regional Libraryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz5UrzY-VfI-- Daryl Kho is the author of Mist-Bound: How to Glue Back Grandpa, the multiple award-winning and bestselling fantasy novel for kids and families published by Penguin Books SEAsia. Inspired by his father's affliction with and eventual passing from dementia, the book hopes to increase appreciation for the elderly, raise dementia awareness and highlight the importance of familial love in keeping one glued together. It also aspires to grow an appreciation for the power of stories, especially the tales found within our elders' minds and from around our own backyards. Due to its prosocial themes, Mist-Bound has been supported by non-profit organizations such as Dementia Singapore (part of Alzheimer's International) and TOUCH Community Services (Singapore's preeminent social services charity).Mist-Bound swept all of Singapore's major kids and youth literary awards in 2022. It was awarded the Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award (HABA) by the Singapore Book Council , given biennially to Singapore's most outstanding children's middle-grade book. Next, it won the 2022 Singapore Book Award for Best Young Persons Title (ages 7-18 years), presented by the Singapore Book Publishers Association.  In addition, Mist-bound was a finalist for the Singapore Book Awards' Book of the Year Award and was also voted by the public into the Top Ten Reader’s Choice Award category. Multiple language translations of Mist-Bound are in the works, and a screen adaptation is currently in development.

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