There's a Fire in the Forest

There's a fire in the forest

There's fire in the forest

It burned down dead trees

And bushes and dry leaves

Animals had to run

Away from the heat

From the fire

Or someplace higher

Or they become burnt meat

When the fire is over

New trees grew

And the animals came back

For the forest is new

Trees, bushes, sun

All is well

Until men came with guns

They killed the animals

And cleared the forest

Animals died

Trees were cut

Forests died

Men, - they lied

It is mad

Men are bad

Children will be sad

Of the wonderful things

they never had.

1 September 2013

How to Create Fun-To-Read Children Picture Books

Creating Children Picture Books Workshop, Universiti Putra Malaysia. July 2015. Photo courtesy Dr Noris Norowi. Have Fun Creating Your Own Picture Books Workshop, Bedok Library, Singapore - for the Asian Festival of Children's Content ( www.afcc.com.sg ). 31 May 2015. Photo courtesy of En Zamri Mohamad. For the past one year, I’ve had the privilege of sharing/giving talks to primary school students, university students, parents, fellow writers and librarians. Subject: How to create your own picture books for children With these sharing sessions, came great feedbacks. I think it would be useful to share some of what I shared during the sessions with you today. Hopefully we both can learn a thing or two, and can put them into good use :) What I would normally do is present slides on the ingredients of a children picture book (story, characters, settings, backgrounds, story arches, conflicts, scenes setups, motifs, and if the audiences are up to it - layers). I w...

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Ketupat

My sister asked if i could draw her some ketupats for her school's Raya invitation card.

Doodles

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