Once upon a Singapore... Traders by Tina Sim Soek Tien & Alan Bay / Paperback 2018 / Asiapac Books / Color Comic book

Paperback 2018

ISBN-10: 9812297324

ISBN: 9789812297327  / 978-9812297327

PAGES: 133

PUBLISHER: Asiapac Books

LANGUAGE: English

English Summary:

While flipping through Grandpa's photo album of his childhood days, Aloysius and Grandpa are magically transported to 1900s Singapore. Aloysius, having grown up in a world of iPhones and movie theaters, finds himself in a foreign land, where cinemas travel around on wheels and letters take two weeks to arrive!

With Grandpa as his tour guide, Aloysius travels around olden Singapore and meets traders who once did a roaring trade—and provided invaluable service to their communities—but are now vanishing. What else will Aloysius discover during this journey? How will experiencing the past change Aloysius? Will he find out how naughty Grandpa was at his age?

Join Aloysius and Grandpa on a zany journey to the past! Just as Aloysius and Grandpa were transported through their book, Once Upon A Singapore… Traders will bring you on a fantastic and colorful ride as you get to meet the traders who are still remembered fondly by generations of Singaporeans today.

----

Once Upon A Singapore... Traders shows that the stories of individuals are as much a part of our heritage as any building or hawker dish. The book transports us to a time before Facebook, smartphones, and even before hawker centres; it immerses us in a world where milkmen visited houses with their cows and goats, cinemas traveled around on wheels, and parrots told fortunes. It shows the close relationships people used to have with these traders, who were an essential part of local community.