Book Fair ends today
By James Kon

People and students at the book fair 

Mrs Helen Chin helping students look for educational toys 

Ten thousand school children and people have visited the Book Fair since it was launched by Dato Paduka Awg Haji Dani Haji Ibrahim on May 2 in the International Convention Centre. Books ranging from school textbooks to novels, magazines, cookbooks, encyclopędia, car books and others are sold. The book fair aims to encourage people to read more and to build the habit of reading.

There are 70 booths selling books while some computer companies also showcase the latest technology in lap tops and desk tops. Some government agencies are taking part like the History Department, Language and Literature Bureau and the Museum Department. There are also booths selling stationeries to the students.

In another room, serious discussion on topics related with the language and literature has taken place in the past days.

Some children have the opportunity to read and discover a lot of interesting books and buy them at affordable prices. Students are given chances to win prizes at the Quiz in the Book Fair.

The question for the quiz is fairly easy, and prizes are donated by the exhibitors.

Today there will be more prizes to be grabbed as it is the last day of the book fair and the public are welcome to join in the fun of reading books as well as in winning all the prizes in the quiz.

Meanwhile, pre-school kids from Jigsaw Primary School in Berakas visited the Book Fair last Friday.

The children toured the book fair under the supervision of their teacher and watched an educational cartoon video featuring Donald Duck and the Seven Dwarfs to teach children words and sing along songs.

Happy faces of the children appeared when they saw their favourite cartoon character teaching them spelling.

Mrs Helen Chin, the principal of Jigsaw Primary School, said by taking the children to the book fair, it can instil the habit of reading books to them at a tender age.

The children went to the educational toy booth of A.L.K International Sdn Bhd and were able to bring back educational toys for building their word spelling and learning the English language.

Courtesy of Sunday Bulletin