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A Storm

Illustrated storybook on the excitement and dangers of a tropical rainstorm

Designer
Kwan Shan Mei (关山美)
Client
Educational Publications Bureau
Year
1974

Dimensions: 127 x 184 mm
Printer: Toppan Printing Co.
Reprinted: November 1975

The book was published for the Ministry of Education's Primary Pilot Project, a 1970s experiment to educate children through play instead of the conventional reading and writing process.

It was one of four books in the "Green Series" reading scheme for Primary Two students:

  • The Clever Monkey
  • The Singapore Youth Festival
  • A Storm
  • The Little Guppy
References
  • "Mixed views on that 3-year proposal." The Straits Times, 14 April 1975, 11.
  • "Teachers invited to help write books." The Straits Times, 2 May 1973, 10.
Category
  1. Publications
Industry
  1. Education
Decade
  1. 1970s
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