Singapore online bookseller localbooks.sg has done some good branding work. The bubble envelope is bold and cheerful, and the books I ordered came with a friendly note on which someone had written my name, and a little word search that promotes local authors.
See below to find out which books I ordered. (They were on sale.)
Four Books from LocalBooks.sg
Two of them are picture books and not local.
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I love this book. It’s like Frindle by Andrew Clements in that it teaches readers that language is what you make it.
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This book shows people queueing up for something or other across every page until the end, when you find out what they’re all waiting for. It’s cute.
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This is a book of political cartoons by a Singapore-born artist.
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This is a book of newspaper columns by a Singapore journalist.