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　　Unravel the beauty of choices with "The Red String", a captivating picture book presented by The National Kidney Foundation, featuring the inimitable illustrations of Ah Guo 阿果, along with writer Perry Ho. The story narrates the delightful adventure of a boy as he navigates life’s choices, symbolised by the red string that represents our interconnected existence.

　　Through this heartwarming tale of love, hope, and self-discovery, young readers are encouraged to recognise the impact of the choices today that may shape their tomorrows. This initiative subtly aims to heighten awareness of kidney health, weaving a tale that explores diverse perspectives and fosters new connections.

　　"Planting the seeds of kidney disease prevention in the minds of the young is the key to cultivating a healthier future. By instilling awareness and healthy habits early on, we empower the next generation to make informed choices, fostering a foundation of well-being that reaches far beyond themselves. Investing in the health education of our youth is an investment in a future where kidney disease is not just treated but prevented, paving the way for a generation that values and prioritizes lifelong well-being." Said Tim Oei, Chief Executive Officer, NKF.

　　There is a pressing need for our next generations to be aware of the choices they make. With its simple yet profound messaging, "The Red String" hopes to captivate and capture the imagination of young readers, and spur them on their own journeys of well-being and discovery.

２０２４大众“读者票选好书” 中文组优胜者
Popular Reader’s Choice Award 2024 Winner

　　Unravel the beauty of choices with "The Red String", a captivating picture book presented by The National Kidney Foundation, featuring the inimitable illustrations of Ah Guo 阿果, along with writer Perry Ho. The story narrates the delightful adventure of a boy as he navigates life’s choices, symbolised by the red string that represents our interconnected existence.

　　Through this heartwarming tale of love, hope, and self-discovery, young readers are encouraged to recognise the impact of the choices today that may shape their tomorrows. This initiative subtly aims to heighten awareness of kidney health, weaving a tale that explores diverse perspectives and fosters new connections.

　　"Planting the seeds of kidney disease prevention in the minds of the young is the key to cultivating a healthier future. By instilling awareness and healthy habits early on, we empower the next generation to make informed choices, fostering a foundation of well-being that reaches far beyond themselves. Investing in the health education of our youth is an investment in a future where kidney disease is not just treated but prevented, paving the way for a generation that values and prioritizes lifelong well-being." Said Tim Oei, Chief Executive Officer, NKF.

　　There is a pressing need for our next generations to be aware of the choices they make. With its simple yet profound messaging, "The Red String" hopes to captivate and capture the imagination of young readers, and spur them on their own journeys of well-being and discovery.

　　What is it like growing up in Singapore? This vibrant island is a mosaic of diverse cultures, filled with seemingly ordinary moments that can turn into unforgettable memories. Join a young boy from a new immigrant family as he navigates his unique childhood and discovers the magic in every corner of this equatorial island.

　　What is it like growing up in Singapore? This vibrant island is a mosaic of diverse cultures, filled with seemingly ordinary moments that can turn into unforgettable memories. Join a young boy from a new immigrant family as he navigates his unique childhood and discovers the magic in every corner of this equatorial island.

　　在新加坡成長是一段怎樣的旅程？在這個多元文化交融的小島上，處處都充滿看似平常卻令人難忘的驚喜。這本童詩繪本通過一個新移民家庭小孩的視角，帶你領略別樣的赤道島國童年，感受獨特而溫暖的瞬間。

　　在新加坡成長是一段怎樣的旅程？在這個多元文化交融的小島上，處處都充滿看似平常卻令人難忘的驚喜。這本童詩繪本通過一個新移民家庭小孩的視角，帶你領略別樣的赤道島國童年，感受獨特而溫暖的瞬間。

　　全球每年丟棄超過 13 億噸的穀物。當中有好大的百分比的食物處於可食用的狀態。越富裕、越發達的國家，情況越嚴重。暴殄天物如瘟疫一般，成為了消費者，還有餐飲業者的日常作息。醜的、邊角料、體型不達標的、儲存不當的、因生產過量導致售價暴跌的食材……全都淪為垃圾堆填區的一部分。 

　　世界浪費這些食物的當兒，每天依然有超過 8 億人挨餓，令人十分心痛。 

　　將剩餘食材、醜食和邊角料轉化為精緻餐點的餐廳此時正在各個大城市悄悄地崛起，而這些尊重環境、減少浪費、無偏見的都是全世界最好的大廚。 《食荒人》講述的，正是這麼一家專門將「垃圾」食物再循環成為美食的精品餐廳。書中透過講述來自破碎家庭的餐飲業者從成長到成熟、成功的故事，來探討、來反諷現代人對待食物、家庭、愛情和「價值」這兩個字的態度。

作者簡介

　　曾榮獲七屆新加坡金曲獎最佳作詞，也是第一位四度入圍台灣金曲獎最佳作詞的小寒，寫過陳奕迅《孤獨患者》、林俊傑《偉大的渺小》、林憶蓮《纖維》、蔡依林《我》、蔡健雅《達爾文》、張惠瑠《壞男人的歌詞》、《囍閑人》、《愛鎗人》、《愛鎗人》等。

　　擁有病毒學博士學位的她在為流行樂壇寫詞之餘，也為音樂劇如《老九》《聊齋》；電影如《881》《為你轉身》；大型活動如推廣華語運動、新加坡國慶、妝藝大遊行等填詞。

　　除了創作歌詞，小寒也是特約作者，已為《聯合晚報》與《新明日報》寫了超過十五年的專欄。她的第一本圖文並茂的小品散文集《眼淚是膠囊》於2011年初上架，並已再版四次。長篇小說《無指幸福》分別於新加坡（2013）、馬來西亞（2014）與中國（2015）出版，還有奇幻勵志小說《回不去的候車站》（2015）、得獎的生活勵志小品《幸好我不是滿分女生》（2017）都出自她的手，並已在中國出版。她為青少年編寫的校園小說《穿校服的老師》於 2019 年底上架，續集《整人中學》也已經於 2021 年初出版。

　　欲知更多小寒資料，請遊覽：https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh-sg/小寒_(填詞人)

　　資深新聞工作者鄭明杉在2021年推出了《頭家青春夢》，為108位「頭家」記錄少年織夢、壯年追夢、中年圓夢的心路歷程，引起了廣泛關注，也受到了各行業老闆的歡迎。不過，本地青少年卻沒機會閱讀這本大型書籍。

　　為了讓青少年尤其是中學生有機會了解新加坡老闆們如何一步一腳印實現自己的理想，玲子傳媒特別從這108位「頭家」中，精選出各行業老闆的20篇創業和守業故事，並重新改寫和修訂，出版成學生讀本《老闆青春夢》，希望家長和老師們可以推薦給孩子和學生，作為華文課外。

　　出版社與作者在編選20位老闆的故事時，並不著重在老闆們的事業版圖或公司規模，而是遴選較有故事性、更有勵志性的故事，或者是學生可能認識、熟悉的本地品牌，希望能以此吸引更多學生閱讀，也希望孩子們在閱讀本書後，能向書中追求自己的理想事業。

　　尤今慣常以如刃的目光讀大地，以細膩的心思讀生活，再以璀璨的筆桿，，寫繽紛的世界。

　　她說：「小時看漫畫，常常看到牧牛的童子坐在牛背上吹笛子，因此把牛目為浪漫的象徵；年齡稍長，讀及牛的頌詩，又把牛當成是勞動的楷模。成長之後，背著行囊，足履四海，才發現牛和世間萬物一樣，沒有一個固定不變的『模式』。

　　同樣是雲，卻美醜不一。同樣是河，卻有悲有喜。同樣是泥，卻大好大壞。把囿限於模子之內的目光看世界，不但辜負了大地，也糟蹋了萬物。 」

　　《傷心的水》一書內收了一百篇袖珍小品，敘述了一百則喜怒哀樂的故事。人間有愛，萬物有情，即使是一滴水珠、一片樹葉，也有感覺，只要用心眼去體會，便能通過它們，聽到一條河、一棵樹的故事；而當小河匯人大海、小樹紮根於大地時，我們便也同時能夠聽到驚濤拍岸的澎湃、小樹紮根於大地時，我們便也同時能夠聽到驚濤拍岸的澎湃、根鬚入土的呢喃。

　　豆花不說謊。

　　當豆花那人投注了多少心力多少心思、放進了多少精神多少努力，豆花都以無聲的語言明明白白而又坦坦白白地說出來。

　　文字，也不說謊。 身為終生筆耕不輟學的人，尤今時時刻刻都在細心、虛心而耐心地聆聽她筆下的文字對她說話，分分秒秒都做好再次衝刺的；準備。

　　《豆花不說謊》一書，共分五輯，收錄了80篇小品文。

　　第一輯「愛的絲帶」，說了16則有關親情的小故事；第二輯「味蕾記憶」，藉著13道美味的食品窺探人生百態；第三輯「浮雲心情」寫的是11則足履天涯的趣聞；第四輯「百般滋味」讓讀者品嚐21則從砂礫與世界的第5節故事相讀得了第1957章的歌曲相讀。 80則故事，80樣心情。

　　80個感動，80種感悟。

　　Modern Singapore was forged in the flames of a volatile past. Different groups fought to tear Singapore apart during our early years of nation building.

　　This five-book series traces those turbulent years and tell the stories of the people who witnessed history up close. Written in a clear and down-to-earth way, packed with photographs and with pages of graphic novel storytelling, these booklets will appeal to students, young people and anyone looking for a vivid and concise overview of Singapore’s turbulent years.

The five titles in the series are:

• Battle for Hearts and Minds: Fighting the Communist Threat, 1948-1963 The fight against the communist threat in Singapore and Malaya in the years immediately after World War II. (76 pages)
  
  
• The Undeclared War: Konfrontasi Indonesia’s Konfrontasi (Confrontation) campaign against Malaysia and Singapore in the 1960s, including the 1965 bombing of MacDonald House in Orchard Road that killed three innocent people. (64 pages)
  
  
• Into The Fire: 1964 Racial Riots The deadly racial riots of July and September 1964 that took place against a backdrop of growing political tension in Singapore and Malaysia. (52 pages)
  
  
• Singapore Is Out: Separation and Independence The fight for merger and the issues that led to political tension between Singapore and Malaysia and, eventually, to independence for Singapore. (48 pages)
  
  
• War Is Far From Over: Fighting the Communist Threat, 1968-1989 The havoc wreaked when the communists resumed their attacks in Malaysia and Singapore in the 1960s and 1970s. (60 pages)

　　After Japan was hit by a triple disaster — an earthquake, a tsunami, and a nuclear meltdown — in 2011, Singapore raised about S$35.7 million, one of its largest contributions for disaster relief in another country.

　　In 2023, the year after Japan had relaxed border measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic that erupted in 2020, 591,267 travellers from Singapore visited Japan. This was equivalent to almost 15 per cent of Singapore’s resident population. In 2024, this number grew further by 16.9 per cent to 691,100.

　　The people of Singapore have shown strong support for Japan, even though Japan had occupied their home from 1942 to 1945, during the Second World War.

　　Things improved later. After Singapore became independent in 1965, Japan established diplomatic relations with it in 1966 and contributed significantly to its development. Both countries have also since cooperated in various areas, including the economic, defence, and security spheres.

　　The Land of the Rising Sun and the Lion City: The Story of Japan and Singapore illustrates the growing ties between both countries through their people’s experiences. The collection of 68 essays is contributed by more than 80 writers from various walks of life, including government officials, entrepreneurs, artists, academics, and journalists.

　　They include Singapore’s Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs Pang Kin Keong and Japan’s former Special Advisor on National Security Miyagawa Makio, who led the negotiations for the 2002 Japan–Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement; former Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs Tan Chin Tiong and Bilahari Kausikan; Nippon Paint Chairman Goh Hup Jin; Albirex Niigata President Korenaga Daisuke; TungLok Group President Andrew Tjioe; chef Willin Low; Enshu Sado School’s Grand Master Kobori Sojitsu; World Toilet Organization founder Jack Sim; Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) Singapore Office’s Executive Director Shiraishi Takuya; Gardens by the Bay Chief Executive Felix Loh; Japan Creative Centre Director Kawabe Akiko; Singapore Film Society Chairman Kenneth Tan; Artistic Director of the Singapore Biennale 2006 and 2008, Nanjo Fumio; National Gallery Singapore’s Assistant Chief Executive Aun Koh; Cultural Medallion winners Iskandar Jalil, Dick Lee, and Eric Khoo; YouTuber Ghib Ojisan; and journalists Walter Sim and Michiyo Ishida. Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan and Japan’s former Minister for Digital Transformation Kono Taro penned the forewords.

　　生活圓融和諧，全因處處有愛。鑲嵌著「愛」的日子，不論是酸、甜、苦、辣、鹹，各有牽動人心處，就算是淡吧，也是足堪咀嚼的好滋味。

　　尤今以「愛心、耐心、恆心、信心」為原料，搓成堅韌亮麗的金絲銀線，以它們繡出一幅又一幅雋永的「文字圖畫」。

　　浮現在這幅色彩斑斕圖畫裡的，是觸動人心而又恆遠常新的親情、友情、愛情、師生情、主僱情、夫妻情、兩代情。本書總共收集了十三篇小說，包括了千來字的微型小說、三四千字的短篇小說和四萬餘字的中篇小說。

　　尤今以書中的小說來「練武習藝」，在創作方式和技巧上，在素材的選取和剪裁上，作了多種不同的嘗試，為她個人的小說創作開拓了一個新的面貌。

　　本書收錄了作者從80年代末至2011年創作的微型小說精選作品共48篇，反映了作者在不同的人生成長階段中對事物的不同體會和感受，其中大部分反映了現今社會中父母與子女之間親情密度的有待考量，人情的冷漠、社會的光怪百態。

　　同時附上四篇來自中國和本地作家、學者的評論，希望讀者們能從中對作品有更深一層的認識與了解。

作者簡介

　　艾禺原名劉桂嵐，新加坡作家協會副會長，世界華文微型小說研究會副秘書、世界海外華文女作家會員，創作體裁以微型小說和兒童文學為主，作品包括《困鳥》（短篇小說）、《風雲再起》（微型小說）、《艾禺禺的《花神》《最後一束小花》（小花本媽媽的故事）、《藍色小說》（《小花》（微小說）、《新花本》的小花本》（微小說）（微小說）、《新花本》（微小說》）的《新花本》）小說了《新本》（《白色媽媽》年小說）、《鏡子裡的秘密》（少年小說）和《天狼星遊戲事件簿》（少年小說）、《海魂》（短篇小說集）、《奇怪的畫像》（小飛魚讀本系列）、《窗內窗外》和《假書》（百果香系列-新加坡花園）、《大白小司庫》和《大小小女教育》和《大小書》和《小老師》和《小老師》）、《大白小小教師》和《大小書》和《小老師》和《小女孩》和《小老師》。主編作品：《逍遙曲》《城市的記憶》《城市的足音》，新加坡作家協會刊物《新華文學》編委。

　　《艾禺微型小說》曾獲選為 2006年「讀吧，新加坡」全民閱讀活動讀物之一。多次在文藝創作比賽中得獎。

　　曾任新傳媒華文戲劇組故事策劃、編審、編劇二十餘年，現為駐校作家兼自由撰稿人。

　　快樂，是有聲音、有形狀的；它無所不在；但是啊，許多人卻置若罔聞、視而不見！尤今相信，心裡有桃源，處處是桃源；而心中的桃源，來自人生的頓悟。借助《釋放快樂》這部小品文集，她希望能在各個不同的層面與廣大的讀者分享她個人釋放快樂之道。

　　《釋放快樂》一書是新加坡著名作家尤今的最新小品集，收錄了 61 則小品文。

　　全書共分五輯：第一輯《唯一選擇》，13 則故事全以親情和友情為中心，展現「人間有愛」的溫馨主題；第二輯《快樂點心》，暢述了 13 則足履天涯的旅遊故事，從沙礫中看世界，處啟都是閃亮的啟示錄；示》，敘述了 10 則有關教育的小故事，明確地傳達了個人的教學理念；第四輯《幸福指數》，透過 13 則趣味滿溢的真實故事，體現雋永的生活情趣；第五輯《逆風前行》，，12 則有關文化與人的評論和軼事。