When I found out that Singapore will be having its once-a-year Library Book Sale, first thought that came to my mind was: My Heart, Be Still. I’ve been here for three years, but for some reason this is the only time that I knew/learned about the Warehouse sale. Naturally, my family and I drove all the way to Singapore Expo to check out the books.
The weekly meme In My Mailbox hosted by The Story Siren seems to be the perfect venue to share all my 82 book finds from the Library Book Sale (excluding the six books that husband bought for himself). Here they are: yummylicious, fingerlickin’ booksbooksbooks!
My Van Allsburg Loot
The Wretched Stone Written and Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg
The Sweetest Fig, Written and Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg
Ben’s Dream, Story and Pictures by Chris Van Allsburg
A City in Winter by Mark Helprin, Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg
NYRB Titles and YA Fiction (now called YP? Young People?)
The Adventures of Pinnochio, Story of a Puppet. Written by Carlo Collodi, Translated by Nancy Canepa and Illustrations by Carmelo Lettere
The Island of Horses by Eilis Dillon, from the New York Review Children’s Collection
The Wind on the Moon by Eric Linklater, from the New York Review Children’s Collection
Clockwork by Philip Pullman and Illustrations by Leonid Gore
Five Little Peppers and How they Grew by Margaret Sidney and Foreword by Newbery Honor Author Ann M. Martin
I, Coriander by Sally Gardner
More YA Fiction
More Weird and Wonderful Words, Edited by Erin Mc Kean and Illustrations by Danny Shanahan with a Foreword by Richard Lederer
Double-Dare to be Scared: Another Thirteen Chilling Tales by Robert D. San Souci
The Color of Fire, A Novel by Ann Rinaldi
Regarding the Trees by Kate Klise and Illustrated by M. Sarah Klise
The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder by Brad Strickland
More YA
Some of the titles are chosen by my nine year old – I’m sure it’s easy to figure out what the titles are. Haha.
See you Later, Gladiator by Jon Scieszka and Illustrated by Adam McCauley
Hey Kid, Want to buy a Bridge? By Jon Scieszka and Illustrated by Adam McCauley
Viking It and Liking It by Jon Scieszka and Illustrated by Adam McCauley
Lakenham Prom by Mick Gowar and Illustrated by Clare Heronneau
Amelia’s 5th Grade Notebook by Marissa Moss
Amelia’s Must-Keep Resolutions for the Best Year Ever by Marissa Moss
Rotten School: The Heinie Prize by R. L. Stine and Illustrations by Trip Park
My Precious Picture Book Finds – such a Treat!
Way Home by Libby Hathorn and Gregory Rogers
The Puddleman by Raymond Briggs
The Last Alchemist by Colin Thompson
More Picture Books, Illustrated YA Fiction
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, Drawings by Gary Kelley and Design by Louise Fili
Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You. Accurately Restored and Described by Tony Diterlizzi and Holly Black
Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Madness Illustrated by Gris Grimly
Hidden Child by Isaac Millman
Picture Books (and a Graphic Novel/Comic)
The Sign of the Seahorse, A Tale of Greed and High Adventure in Two Acts by Graeme Base
Krazy & Ignatz by George Herriman. “Necromancy by the Blue Bean Bush.” Compunding the Complete Full-Page Comic Strips with some extra rarities 1933-34. Edited by Bill Blackbeard and Derya Ataker
The Adventures of Abdi by Madonna. Art by Olga Dugina & Andrej Dugin
The Happy Rain by Jack Sendak and Pictures by Maurice Sendak
Perfect Picture Books for our Fractured Fairy Tale theme this July/August
Fairytale News by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins
If the Shoe Fits, Written by Alan and Suzanne Osmond and Illustrated by Thomas Aarrestad: A Twice Upon a Time Tale
Frank Muir Retells The Three Little Pigs, Illustrated by Graham Philpot
Wingless: A Fairly Weird Fairy Tale by Paro Anand With equally Weird Illustrations by Atanu Roy
A few Adult Fiction would not hurt
The Dream Stealer by Gregory Maguire
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende
Unless by Carol Shields
Book Art and Comic Strips
The Museum at Purgatory by Nick Bantock
Beyond the Far Side by Gary Larson
Now Back to Regular YA Programming
The Unseen by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins
The Pepins and their Problems by Polly Horvath. Pictures by Marylin Hafner
Araminta Spookie: Vampire Brat as told to Angie Sage and Illustrated by Jimmy Pickering
Araminta Spookie: Frognapped as told to Angie Sage and Illustrated by Jimmy Pickering
The Sisters Grimm: Once Upon a Crime by Michael Buckley. Pictures by Peter Ferguson
The Strictest School in the World: Being the tale of a Clever Girl, A Rubber Boy and a Collection of Flying Machines, Mostly Broken by Howard Whitehouse. With Illustrations by Bill Slavin.
Amazing YA Titles from Award-winning Authors
The White Elephant by Sid Fleischman and Illustrations by Robert McGuire
Disappearing Act by Sid Fleischman and Illustrations by Chad Beckerman
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E. L. Konigsburg
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth Written and Illustrated by E. L. Konigsburg, A Newbery Honor Book
Up From Jericho Tel by E. L. Konigsburg
Autobiography of my Dead Brother by Walter Dean Myers. Art by Christopher Myers, National Book Award Finalist
The Dream Bearer by Walter Dean Myers. Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award
Because I Heart Jane Yolen
Here there be Witches by Jane Yolen and Illustrated by David Wilgus
Here there be Dragons by Jane Yolen and Illustrated by David Wilgus
A Rock ‘N’ Roll Fairy Tale: Pay the Piper by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple
Merlin by Jane Yolen
Hobby by Jane Yolen
AVI Titles
Midnight Magic by Avi
The Mayor of Central Park by Avi and Drawings by Brian Floca
Crispin at the Edge of the World by Avi
Silent Movie by Avi with pictures by C. B. Mordan
The End of the Beginning, Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an even smaller ant) by Avi, with illustrations by Tricia Tusa
Crispin, The Cross of Lead by Avi
Award-winning YA Books and Classics
Al Capone Does my Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman. A Michael L. Printz Honor Book
The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars, A Newbery Award Book
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall
Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg
The Book of Dragons by E. Nesbit
Uma Krishnaswami!
Chachaji’s Cup. Story by Uma Krishnaswami and Illustrations by Soumya Sitaraman
Naming Maya by Uma Krishnaswami
Can’t Get Enough of YA
Walter, The Story of a Rat by Barbara Wersba and Drawings by Donna Diamond
A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff
Deep Trouble by Debi Gliori
Riding Freedom Written by Pam Munoz Ryan and Drawings by Brian Selznick
The Boy, the Wolf, the Sheep, the Lettuce. A Little Search for Truth (or a rigmarole perhaps) by Allan Ahlberg, with Illustrations by Jessica Ahlberg
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos written by R. Lafevers
Now, I need a vacation – just six months alone in an island. Precious time to read through all these lovelies. Who’s with me?
Gathering Books 
*gasp!!* *gape* 82 books!!?? for…164SGD?!!! awesome!!
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I know my love i know. Thats why i asked my heart to be still.
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Me! Me! Me! Or else next time I come to Singapore I’ll bring books from Canada and we can swap. Would love to get my hands on some of the books you have there. Geesh – would have been worth my time and money to fly in just for the book sale! Only $130 cdn for those books?? JACKPOT!!! Enjoy!! (Bet your daughter is in heaven too esp. if she is on summer holidays and can read all day!)
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Corinne! We should definitely push through with the Bologna Book Fair in the next two years – I am sure I would enjoy a vacation with you in the streets of Italia or in a secluded beach – imagine the fun time we’d have (among other things).
Oh yeah, it’s about the books, right? Yup, Nearly forgot. Yes, we’d bring the books too. Hahahahha. Great conversation starters too – imagine the possibilities. Hahahah.
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Oh my gosh, I’m pretty sure my whole mouth filled with saliva reading this post.
You have no idea how jealous I am right now!
Hope you enjoy them and.. if you, uh.. need any help getting through them.. you know where to find me.
😉
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Hi Jo. Thanks for visiting. We should swap books one time! Haha. You have a great haul yourself this week. =)
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OMG. Nice haul. That’s an amazing deal no matter what. Come visit me over at Livre De Amour-Books of Love. New follower.
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Yes, it is truly an amazing deal. And it only happens once a year. It’s Christmas in July for me. =) It’s good that I’ve been a good girl this year. =)
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Great set! I love big library sales. I’ve been wanting to read Al Capone Does my Shorts.
My IMM
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I’ve also borrowed Al Capone a number of times from the library and end up returning it for not having time to really read through it. Now it’s mine! Yay!
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82 books?! That’s got to be some kind of record!!! Well done!
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It’s the Sale – people do go crazy on sales. Guilty as charged. =)
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Oh goodness, MY HEART be still!! I love book sales, and it looks like you got an awesome haul! Happy reading!
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Hi Penelope, I know. I had to restrain myself from coming back in the late afternoon. I knew I had enough. It helped that the book sale is quite far from where we live though. =)
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Wow great haul! You certainly made the most of the book sale. What a fun event! Hope you and your daughter enjoy all your new treasures.
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Oh yes, we are enjoying them. We are going through each of the titles, slowly but surely. Haha. With great deliberation. =) Thanks for visiting.
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Wow. Just, wow. I can’t even begin to say which ones look great though I am a little jealous of the Edgar Allan Poe picture book!
Once Upon A Time
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I believe I’ve reviewed this Edgar Allan Poe picture book for our Haunting Tales November of last year. I just feel bad that I was not able to see the other one – I know there are two Gris Grimly books on Poe, it’s good that at least I managed to get a hold of this one. =)
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OMG! I would love to go to a library sale. The books by Angie Sage look super cute! Hope you enjoy :).
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Yup! I just realized that I put back the Angie Sage book 2 – now I end up with Books 1, 3, and 4 – see? So I really had to physically restrain myself from returning in the evening. Hahaha.
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That is so awesome! I am so glad you were able to get a ton of wonderful books. Have fun reading 🙂
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Thanks Katelyn, you had a great haul yourself! =)
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:O Wow…. I am in awe!
And Jane Yolen and Chris Van Allsburg- you are so many kinds of awesome!
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Hi Coranne, thanks for visiting. I am particularly intrigued with Here There be Dragons and Here there be witches – I’m saving that for the last. And of course Van Allsburg is Love too. =)
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Wow that’s a lot of books. I’m pretty jealous of some of those titles 🙂 Great IMM
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I know. Now to find the time to read them all, huh? Thanks for visiting.
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82 books?! You had a GREAT haul this week! I could never fit that many in my house so good thing that sale isn’t here! Thanks for stopping by Book Brats earlier, new follower here! 😀
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Hi Megan, it was my pleasure to visit your site. You had a good set of books as well. I think I might need to get a moratorium from buying books after this one. =)
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That’s incredible! I love library booksales. Mine is under construction so we haven’t had a huge one in a long time. I’m so jealous! I added Here There Be Dragons to my list. Thanks for sharing. This post must have taken forever to put together.
Thanks for checking out 100 Stars Or Less. If you like YA (which I seem to think you do ;)) I wanted to share my other book blog with you, One A Day Y.A. (www.oneadayya.blogspot.com). Have a great week. Enjoy your books!
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Hi Erika, thank you for dropping by. Yes, it took quite a while to complete – what with the photos and the typing and the layout – but I’ve never had so much fun. I would definitely check out your other blog! =)
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I’m just happy those things don’t happen here. I’m out of money and i would have probably buy the same amount of books as you, no matter!!
I saw some good ones there. Especially the YA stash looks interesting 🙂
Also thanks for visiting my mailbox too:)
–Splash of our Worlds
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Hi Yiota. I know what you mean. *sigh* I really should not buy any more until end of the year. =)
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OMG I’d love for my local libraries to have sales like that!!! Amazing LOL
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Hi Angelica, thanks for visiting. Yes, sales like this should happen at least once a year 😉
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Hello from a Singaporean living in the US. I arrived at your blog via the Paper Tigers article, couldn’t find a comment button there but wanted to say thanks for it. My son is now just four months old but I would love to get hold of some Singapore picture books when we visit in November. Now I have an idea of which titles to pick up!
Also, what a great haul! Despite my many years as an nlb visitor, I never made it to a library sale. But seeing your loot changes my mind about library sales! Great blog by the way, I look forward to seeing what other recommendations you have.
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Hi Olduvai, so good to hear from you. San Francisco is one of my favorite cities – I lovelovelove visiting Green Apple. In the absence of Singapore’s Bras Basah and the once a year library Book Sale – I am sure that the delectable selections in Green Apple in the Bay Area would be a wonderful substitute.
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