{"title":"Prominent Singaporeans","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"harry-2","title":"Harry Grows Up: The Early Years of Lee Kuan Yew (book 2)","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e🎁Recommended for ages 3 and above\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2nd Prize Winner of Popular Readers' Choice Awards 2015, English (Children) Category\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Harry2-rp-sample.pdf?1525029969813563653\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e    |    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/853\/Harry-Grows-Up\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the e-book\u003c\/a\u003e    |    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/collections\/picture-books\/harry-lee\"\u003eGet the series\u003c\/a\u003e    |    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.storytel.com\/sg\/en\/books\/harry-grows-up-the-early-years-of-lee-kuan-yew-1533208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eListen to the audiobook\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarry Grows Up\u003c\/em\u003e is the second book in the series of picture books about the life of Singapore’s remarkable leader, Lee Kuan Yew. In the first book, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/a-boy-named-harry-book-1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Boy Named Harry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, young readers learn what it was like for him to grow up in British-ruled Singapore. In this book, Harry is now a teenager, eager to start college. But his world is suddenly turned upside down when the Japanese capture Singapore. This engaging story tells about Harry\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es courage, from the years of the Japanese Occupation to the founding of the People’s Action Party. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePatrick Yee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is an award-winning illustrator of more than 100 children’s books. 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But Philip refused to give up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePeh Shing Huei\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a Singapore Literature Prize-winning author of several books, including the No. 1 bestseller\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNeither Civil Nor Servant: The Philip Yeo Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/tall-order-the-goh-chok-tong-story-volume-1-pos\"\u003eTall Order: The Goh Chok Tong Story\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eHe is a founding partner of content agency The Nutgraf, and former news editor and China bureau chief at\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Straits Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOther books written and co-written by the author:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDream Island: The Mad, Mad World of Philip Yeo\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProject 0812: The Inside Story of Singapore's Journey to Olympic Glory\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRings of Stars and Crescent: 70 Years of the Olympic Movement in Singapore\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen the Party Ends: China's Leaps and Stumbles after the Beijing Olympics\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStruck by Lightning: Singaporean Voices Post-1965\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLai Hui Li\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Singapore-born Malaysian who has always loved to draw. 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