Tampines Library Story Time

The children from Tampines got acquainted with The Elephant and the Tree, and Jin Pyn one Tuesday afternoon and evening on Dec 12 in Tampines LIbrary, and Community Library, all thanks to the children's librarian, Krist Chan.

They had a good time watching the short documentary by Jin Pyn, based loosely on the book.

Borders Fun

The eletree trio strikes again! This time storytelling in Borders, on a crowded Sunday afternoon on December 16, in the midst of the Christmas shopping frenzy.


As always, Jin Pyn, the author and illustrator of The Elephant and the Tree, enjoyed interacting with the children, and the children, receiving their freebies.

Kids Company magazine

The Elephant and the Tree is great company for kids too, as featured in the January issue of KIDS COMPANY magazine.



KIDS COMPANY, January 2007

MADE IN SINGAPORE, SAVING THE WORLD
The tree and the elephant were best of friends, until man came along. Set in black, this simple message tells us about the sad effects of deforestation. Good for ages 5 and up. Five per cent of the proceeds from the sale of this book funds elephant welfare projects.

Featured in Lifestyle - the most widely circulated magazine in Singapore

Lifestyle's review was again a testament to the timeless quality of The Elephant and the Tree.



LIFESTYLE read

Lime-green crayon sketches on matt black pages. Minimal writing but what a strong message in a few words. Jin Pyn has done a wonderful job of drawing attention to the plight of elephants (and all wildlife), to nature abused by selfish, callous humans. My heart breaks for elephants, orang utans, tigers and all life on earth (including trees) we have destroyed. Although designed as a child’s book, this is for all who care. I’m keeping it because it’s such a simply beautiful book.

For the STYLE-ish adults

Very rarely can a children's tale bring adults back to the fairytale world of the lost wonder years. The Elephant and the Tree has done just that. Discerningly stylish adults have taken to The Elephant and the Tree. Although designed as a children's book, it has made it to STYLE magazine's January 2007's checklist!



STYLE CHECKLIST

AN ELEPHANT”S TALE
Relive childhood bliss with the whimsical The Elephant and the Tree, written and illustrated by Jin Pyn. The charming story of an elephant’s love for its tree friend, accompanied by deceptively sophisticated graphic design will have you smiling and feeling about five again. Five per cent of sales proceeds go to funding elephant welfare projects.

Crossing over to Mandarin Channel 8 News

Dec 7 - The Elephant and the Tree was selected for feature in the mandarin television channel, Channel 8's news coverage of the official opening of Page One at VivoCity and the announcement of the inclusion of a new graphic novel category for MDA and NDBCS's First Time Writers and Illustrators Publishing Initiative.

A Very Special Arts Event

It was a very special afternoon that some authors from the First-Time Writers and Illustrators Publishing Initiative shared with the kids from the Very Special Arts camp.


Both the authors and the children thoroughly enjoyed the storytelling session. bp2.blogger.com/_tmxqsl18s74/RZS300Tx0XI/AAAAAAAAABY/ubqtGBGJM9I/s200/VSA-storytelling-crowd-face-camera.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013834403192885618" />


They performed a drama based on the book. In the play, we met the other elephants and trees, as well as other animals in the forest.


A fairytale come true.

subTEXT success

The subTEXT session on Dec 7 in the National Library was publicised by The Straits Times.


30% of the crowd, most of whom are in the literary arts scene of Singapore, bought a copy of The Elephant and the Tree as they liked the illustrations.

It's so cute!

"It's so cute!" was the most common reaction to The Elephant and the Tree at the CLEAN AND GREEN WEEK SCHOOLS CARNIVAL.


Many children who visited the booth left with a new knowledge about the relationship between elephants and trees, as well as the plight of some elephants in captivity.

Many simply stood watching the naturally funny animals on the documentary again and again.

Most were also a card richer - a calendar card that is.

The elephant and the tree found the children cute too.