Gain Your Copy Salted Fish – A Taste Of Singapore Crafted By Yeo Wei Wei Available As Paper Copy

is visiting the National Art Gallery for the first time with her favourite toy Cotton Bunny, Both of them notice a funny smell in one of the galleries, The smell seems to be coming from one of the paintings! Lynn and Cotton Bunny are about to embark on a journey that they will never forget, a journey where art, memory, and the present meet.


Salted Fish is the first title in the Dreaming Art Series where iconic works by Singaporean artists feature in original stories with accompanying illustrations.
Lynn is visiting an art museum for the first time, She knows that the National Art Gallery will have lots of art inside it, She and her toy bunny find a painting of fruit and then set out to see if they can find one with strawberries in it.
As they are looking, they smell something strange coming from one of the paintings, As she counts things in the painting, she and her bunny hear a voice speaking from the painting, Lynn finds herself drawn into the painting and learning about the way they are making salted fish, The taste of the salted fish reminds her of her grandmothers home, As she leaves the painting with a bundle of fish to take with her, she promises to return to the art museum again,

The story here is told with a quiet, gentle voice, Lynns interaction with the painting is not frightening at all, but an enthralling moment of connection, It is what one hopes a child will experience at an art museum, The story is built around a famous painting by Cheong Soo Pieng called Drying Salted Fish, At the end of the book, information on the painting and the artist is shared,

Shufangs art is engaging with the brighteyed child and the strong architectural

lines of the building itself, A muted palette that has pops of bright color at times adds to the quiet appeal of the book,

This book gives young readers a small taste of Singapore which they will probably appreciate much more than the smell of salted fish! Appropriate for ages.

Yeo Wei Wei was born in Singapore, She read English at the University of York before she completed her PhD at University of Cambridge in, Her short stories have appeared in journals and anthologies, Her other publications include essays on art and literature, a childrens picture book, translations of Chinese poetry, These Foolish Things is her first collection of short stories, She is currently working on a novel, Yeo Wei Wei was born in Singapore, She read English at the University of York before she completed her PhD at University of Cambridge in, Her short stories have appeared in journals and anthologies, Her other publications include essays on art and literature, a children's picture book, translations of Chinese poetry, These Foolish Things is her first collection of short stories, She is currently working on a novel, sitelink.