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Bangkok Read For Life World Book Capital 2013

Bangkok Read For Life World Book Capital 2013. Jan’13 – Mar’13. At. KIS International School. Bangkok World Book Awards. There are 9 international schools joining the project. Everyone reads the books from the list and votes on the blog ( http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GFKTQKX )

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Bangkok Read For Life World Book Capital 2013

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  1. BangkokRead For LifeWorld Book Capital 2013 Jan’13 – Mar’13 At KIS International School

  2. Bangkok World Book Awards There are 9 international schools joining the project. Everyone reads the books from the list and votes on the blog (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GFKTQKX) Everyone can also post the comments about the books at : (http://blogs.shrewsbury.ac.th/bkkbookawards) Closing date, March 29th, 2013. Announce the popular titles/authors. Some of the authors have been contacted so they know about this activity.

  3. Picture Book The Umbrella Queen By Shirin Bridges A story about a girl who lives in Chiang Mai and paints umbrellas for a living, but longs to be different. Hush! A Thai Lullaby By Minfong Ho A beautiful shorter picture book, celebrating rural Thailand as a setting.

  4. Picture Book A Path of Stars By Anne Sibley O’Brien A longer picture book, telling the story of a Cambodian refugee family Juk’s Adventure in Bangkok By Meng Lin Chen A multilingual children’s introduction to the sights of Bangkok

  5. Junior Book The White Elephant By Sid Fleischman A young boy mahout gets given a white elephant by a spoilt young prince – how can he and his “normal” elephant make enough money to take care of the white elephant as well? A fun story with overtones of when Elmer covered himself in mud… The Silk Umbrellas By Carolyn Marsden About a girl who loves painting umbrellas, but discovers that she needs to start working at a radio factory to provide for her family

  6. Junior Book Tua and the Elephant By R. P. Harris A lovely story, also from Chiang Mai, about a girl who rescues an elephant from an abusive mahout… and then has to decide how she can take care of him The Happiness of Kati By Jane Vejjajiva A gentle story about a girl who grows up with her grandparents, and her discoveries about her family. (Translated from Thai)

  7. Teen Book Behind the Painting and Other Stories By Siburapha A romantic story about post-war Thai society – a Thai student goes to university in Japan, and becomes infatuated with an older woman there (translated from Thai) Letters from Thailand By Botan Historical fiction about a Chinese boy who travels to Bangkok to make his fortunes – set in Chinatown at the turn of the century. The novel unfolds through his letters to his beloved mother in China.

  8. Teen Book Carrion Floating By By Chart Korbjitti A cynical novella about the realities of low-level police corruption in Bangkok (translated from Thai) Escaping the Tiger By Laura Manivong A tense adventure story about a Laotian family who escape to Thailand, only to find their UN refugee camp squalid and just as dangerous.

  9. Teen Book Grandad, There’s a Head on the Beach: A Jimm Juree Mystery By Colin Cotterill A compelling detective story about Burmese fishermen in the South of Thailand – both funny and disquieting at the same time.

  10. THANK YOU

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