Make learning fun and engaging with Clever Minds! This workbook is specially designed to strengthen key skills in English, Math, and Social Studies. Packed with interactive activities, practice exercises, and problem-solving puzzles, it keeps children motivated while making study time enjoyable.
What’s Inside:
English Skills – Reading comprehension, writing practice, grammar, spelling, and vocabulary building
Math Skills – Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, sums, and word problems to practice
Social Studies – Basic environment, geography, community, and general knowledge activities.
Problem-Solving Activities –Each activity is designed to boost logical thinking and enhance problem-solving skills
Versatile Learning – Great for homeschooling, classroom practice, or extra learning at home.
In 1950 Malaya, also the Year of the Tiger based on the Chinese zodiac calendar, a baby girl was born. In the Tan household, superstitions prevail as the grandmother, Ah Ma believed that the baby girl was subjected to the “tiger curse” and will only bring misfortune and bad luck. The baby girl must be given up for adoption.
Che’ Tah and Wahab, their neighbour who already had two children, opened their hearts and modest home to the baby, naming her Zaiton. Raised amidst the warmth of Wahab’s household, and next door to her biological family, Zaiton blossomed into a spirited and independent young soul. Despite the challenges of childhood, and the occasional whispers and taunts that made her doubt her roots, Zaiton navigated them with courage, strengthened by the support and love of her siblings, whether related by blood or chosen. After all, family is love.
Through Zaiton’s journey, The Year of the Tiger celebrates the power of love and family, offering a heartwarming tale inspired by the author’s mother. Unlike conventional adoption narratives marked by feelings of displacement and unbelonging, Zaiton’s story is one of gratitude and abundance, showcasing the richness of having not one, but two families who cherish her deeply.
“Medicine is so advanced these days. This treatment is going to work,” my father insisted, even as his doctor had just explained that the liver cancer treatment was about life extension, not a cure.
What followed was a year and a half of navigating his care while he refused to acknowledge he was dying. Family tensions surfaced that we had spent decades avoiding. Singapore’s healthcare system excelled at treatment but struggled with the human side of terminal illness. And I discovered that caregiving someone in denial is nothing like what anyone prepares you for.
This book peels back the sanitized narratives around illness and death. It looks at how terminal diagnoses can reignite unresolved trauma and force us to confront what we’ve avoided in ourselves, our families, and our cultures. For anyone who has faced loss and found themselves asking what really matters in the end.
Caught up in the distractions of our daily lives, we often forget to pause and truly see the world around us. Start With One is a celebration of the extraordinary potential within ordinary people. Through real-life stories, this book highlights the profound impact of small, meaningful acts of kindness by everyday heroes—individuals who chose to step up and make a difference, often without seeking recognition or glory.
These stories, filled with courage, resilience, and heart, remind us that heroism doesn’t require capes or headlines—it simply requires a choice. With wit and warmth, the author weaves together accounts of people who acted selflessly, showing that even small gestures can create powerful ripples of change.
This inspiring collection is not just a testament to the goodness in humanity; it’s a call to action. It invites readers to believe in their own ability to make an impact, no matter how small the act may seem. Whether you’re searching for hope or ready to be the hope, Start With One will leave you inspired to see the hero within yourself.
Bound by Blood, Bridged by Love is a moving novel that bridges two cultures through the bond between a brother and sister separated by distance but united by blood. Set in the aftermath of World War II, Yumisan, a young Japanese woman, discovers she has a Burmese half-brother, Maung Maung—born from her father’s wartime relationship with a local woman in Myanmar. Determined to uncover her family’s hidden past, Yumisan travels to Myanmar to find him. Their meeting sparks a complex journey of discovery and reconciliation, as both siblings confront cultural divides, the wounds left by war, and the difficult path toward understanding and forgiveness.
When James meets Eden, he has plateaued into a joyless existence, while she has transformed into a furious banshee. James teaches Eden how to diffuse her anger. After all, he had been in a similar situation before. An unlikely friendship sprouts between them and blooms into mutual respect and admiration. Before they know it, feelings start to surface. Both had been burned before, but James and Eden take their chances. But can their fledgling relationship survive when James’ past comes back with a heartfelt apology and tears in her eyes?
Michelle Macabebe dreams of adventure outside their island, Luna Asul. For that, she must survive the boredom in high school until she leaves for the university. However, the adventure she seeks comes early against her will, when a talking fat cat chooses her for an out-of-this world (literally) and suspicious competition.
Bickering deities, (not-so) gentle giants, a moon-eating dragon, and overworked gods—all the forgotten stories from her childhood had come to life. As Chi navigates the land of gods and Neithers, and finishes the missions, competing with four other contestants (who had issues of their own), her real-life problems are piling up; from a strict mother to a one-sided crush, and a secret that broke her heart, and potentially, her brother and best friend as well.
Then there’s also a supernatural rebellion of the Neithers in the lower realms, waiting to happen.
Amidst her confusion and search for meaning in all that’s happening, will Chi find the answers she seeks on this journey?
Enter the pulse-racing world of Zoe Kim, an intrepid journalist, in the seedy streets near Seoul. As she uncovers a nefarious sex trafficking ring, a twist of fate sets her on a relentless quest for truth and justice.
Despite facing a soul-searching identity crisis and a traumatic, life-threatening encounter, she courageously investigates a sinister international trafficking ring in Los Angeles and Asia against her chief editor’s orders. After being side-lined at work, Zoe’s obsession with exposing a nefarious international sex trafficking operation leads her to risk everything, even putting her own life in danger, as she impulsively sacrifices her relationship with her boyfriend and everyone else.
To her horror, she uncovers a haunting family secret that connects her to past atrocities and present-day trafficking. In a final showdown with a notorious crime boss, Kim confronts the shadows of history and fights for justice and generational healing.
Will her courage lead to justice? Follow her relentless pursuit in Butterflies and witness a powerful story that transcends boundaries about the power of love and truth, forgiveness and embracing identity that showcases the indomitable human spirit.
A dreamy romp, Ahn Love opens with Margaret visiting her widowed father Sam Ahn for his ninetieth birthday. His crippling loneliness – marked by a conviction that if his orchids ever bloom, his wife will come back to life – transports Margaret to the Ahns’ seven-day cruise across the Pacific in the summer of ’69 when she was a lovesick teen nicknamed Monkey, when her beloved if not servile Uncle Bong betrayed the family, and when her beautiful mother’s encounter with a Brazilian playboy ultimately charted her death a decade later.
Like the seas, the journey had its highs and lows. It was magic, tragic, exotic and erotic – all things new to Margaret, including her romance with the dashing Adam Kang, a young Korean Brit who loved her but hated himself as the two sailed through a whole courtship as if ship years were measured in hours. Indeed, clocked love and lost paradise lay the seeds of Ahn Love.
Following the battle at Tilsor, Keix and her friends split up to gather troops to stop ExA from taking over the world. However, they soon find themselves contending with forces out of their control as they discover that their enemies—and even reluctant allies—have access to power beyond their wildest imagination.
With time ticking, old secrets resurfacing, and the past and present unravelling right in front of their eyes, will they be able to convince everyone to put aside their differences to eliminate ExA? Or will all that they’ve done come to naught because peace comes at a cost that none can pay?
