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Catherine Khoo

Renowned for his wisdom and sense of fairness, Justice Bao was a high-ranking magistrate during the Song dynasty in ancient China. In The Case of the Missing Coins, Justice Bao as to decide what to do when a merchant accuses a woodcutter of stealing his money. Should he take the word of the well-dressed merchant or believe the shabby woodcutter who can barely speak for himself?

© 2013 by Catherine Khoo. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2020.

Paul Courtenay Hyu

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Asia's Lost Legends

Justice Bao: The Case of the Missing Coins

Dewi had a very mean stepmother and a very lazy stepsister. She was blamed for her father's death and was treated badly. But everything changed on the day the earth shook. It was the day houses toppled and trees crashed to the ground. It was the day Dewi found her stepmother and stepsister trapped under the rubble. How could Dewi save them?

© 2017 by Catherine Khoo. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2020.

Tina Chiang

Dewi: The Day the Earth Shook

Shortlisted for Singapore Book Awards 2018 (Best Children’s Picture Book).

In a South Indian village, a girl named Savitri has a greedy brother who summons a mighty demon to work for him. The demon, Rakshasa, tells him he must be kept busy or he will eat the brother. Eventually, the brother runs out of tasks for Rakshasa, and Savitri must think of an impossible task to keep Rakshasa busy–she challenges the demon to straighten her curly hair.

© 2017 by Catherine Khoo. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2020.

Savitri: The Task for the Mighty Demon

The fifth book in the cultural series Asia's Lost Legends, this is a wonderful Cambodian tale about kindness, generosity and forgiveness.

Kompheak was born with no legs. His father, who was ashamed of the child’s deformity, ordered that the baby be sent down the river. But as fate would have it, the baby is found and raised by a wise man who teaches the child the ways of healing. In time, Kompheak becomes a famous medicine boy. He travels far and wide in a wheelchair built especially for him. But one day Kompheak meets a dying old man with a familiar face, and his life changes forever.

© 2018 by Catherine Khoo. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2020.

Kompheak: The Medicine Boy with No Legs

In this latest instalment of the popular picture book series, Asia's Lost Legends, the story travels to the steppes of Mongolia, where lives a young fiddle player named Suho and his beloved horse, Khuur. The two friends are insearable until a cruel king tries to tear them apart. But the bond between Suho and Khuur is so strong that it cannot be broken. Instead, it inspires the creation of Mongolia’s national instrument.

© 2019 by Catherine Khoo. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2020.

Suho: The Creation of the Horse-head Fiddle

In ancient Vietnam, there once lived a King called Hung Vuong. He was a benevolent king who ruled wisely and with much kindness. As Hung Vuong grew old, he had to pick one of his children to succeed him. To help him decide, the sons were given an important task to prepare a meal fit for a king. The two older sons journeyed to the farthest lands to find the rarest ingredients. The youngest, Lang Liêu, was a humble prince who merely prepared a simple meal with great care, using locally harvested rice grains, Vietnam’s most precious edible commodity. While his brothers impressed their father with exotic dishes using the most exclusive ingredients, Lang Liêu fashioned simple glutinous rice cakes for the king—the bánh chưng and bánh giầy. Who will win the crown and rule the land?

© 2020 by Catherine Khoo. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2020.

Lang Liêu: The Prince and the Precious Rice Cakes

The eighth book in the cultural series Asia's Lost Legends, this is a Malaysian tale of how a young princess becomes the first Peranakan.

When Li Po travels from China to Malaysia to marry the Sultan of Malacca, the people are reluctant to welcome her as their Princess. But Li Po embraces all aspects of her new home and very cleverly blends elements of her past and present cultures. With her command of the Malay language and her ability to create new clothes and foods, she forms a hybrid culture—that of the Peranakans. Will the people of Malacca accept her now?

© 2021 by Catherine Khoo. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2022.

Asia's Lost Legends - The book series

Asia's Lost Legends - The book series

Asia's Lost Legends books in order

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