{"id":657,"date":"2025-10-29T05:55:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T05:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/?page_id=657"},"modified":"2025-10-30T04:33:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T04:33:23","slug":"tackling-tough-topics-turning-lifes-challenges-into-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/tackling-tough-topics-turning-lifes-challenges-into-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Tackling Tough Topics \u2013 Turning Life\u2019s Challenges into\u00a0Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Can children\u2019s books help kids navigate life\u2019s tough moments? Join four authors as they dive into how stories about adversity can foster empathy and build resilience in young readers. From tackling difficult conversations to sparking empowering journeys, discover how these stories prepare kids for the world\u2019s challenges. The authors will also share their approach to addressing sensitive topics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Ter Cheah is the author of \u201cONE,\u201d which is loosely based on her experiences as a child with soft-tissue cancer in the late 1970s and having her right leg amputated at the mid-calf. Intended as a children\u2019s book, she is touched that adults who have also found life\u2019s challenges difficult have told her that the book has provided some encouragement.<\/p>

    The National Library Board has translated \u201cONE\u201d into Bahasa Melayu, Tamil and Chinese and these hard-cover versions are available for borrowing from its libraries. \u201cONE\u201d is also available in Thailand in its translated version.<\/p>

    A mother of two, a qualified lawyer and an accredited Think On Your Feet\u00ae trainer, Ter Cheah enjoys giving book talks in local schools, volunteering with the Children\u2019s Cancer Foundation, and singing in choirs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Joanne is a theatre teacher who enjoys directing plays, writing plays and stories, listening to jazz music and drinking an obscene amount of earl grey tea. She can\u2019t help but turn all her books into plays and get it performed!\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Laura Peh is the founder of Cinnamon Art Publishing (est. 2020), a roving bookshop and publisher of children\u2019s books specialising in underrepresented topics such as arts, culture and social issues. The picture book \u201cPacita Abad: The Woman who Painted the World\u201d was selected for the 2025 BRAW Amazing Bookshelf exhibition at the Bologna Children\u2019s Book Fair. As part of their social mission, the roving bookshop supports independent publishers from developing countries with a focus on Arabic literature. Laura has been invited to trade conferences in Sharjah, Cairo, Bologna, Zagreb and Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Low Lai Chow is a children\u2019s book author with nine books to her name including Catch Mee If You Can: Find the Noodles, Eat the Noodles!, a Best Picture Book finalist in the Singapore Book Awards 2023. Her latest book, Becoming Margaret Leng Tan: The Toy Piano Virtuoso Who Couldn\u2019t Stop Counting was shortlisted for the prestigious Hedwig Anuar Children\u2019s Book Award 2024. Lai Chow\u2019s Goodreads rating is a somewhat decent 4.18\/5.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Can children\u2019s books help kids navigate life\u2019s tough moments? Join four authors as they dive into how stories about adversity can foster empathy and build resilience in young readers. From tackling difficult conversations to sparking empowering journeys, discover how these stories prepare kids for the world\u2019s challenges. The authors will also share their approach to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-657","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1022,"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657\/revisions\/1022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}