{"product_id":"little-hero-s-wish-book-2","title":"Little Hero’s Wish (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\u003cp\u003eEleven-year-old Ying Xiong’s name means ‘hero’. And that’s what he wants to be. But what’s the best way to be a hero?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYing Xiong finds it hard to navigate through his troubled growing-up years in 1950s Singapore. He has an absent father who left him for his home village in China. His mother has little time for him as she slogs hard all day to support their family. At first, he looks up to his Silat Road neighbour Dave, a mild police inspector who likes to harp on about the value of exercising patience and self-control. Then, an impressive senior officer John Wei turns up in his rough neighbourhood and shows him what it’s like to take action and get things done. When Xiong runs into a series of difficulties, he is bewildered about who he wishes to emulate and the kind of person he wants to become. As he stumbles through his choices and the paths to take, Xiong discovers what it means to be a real hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLittle Hero’s Wish\u003c\/em\u003e is a work of fiction inspired by real events from the childhood years of the author’s father in 1950s Singapore. It follows from Xiong’s journey in the award-winning and bestselling \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/little-hero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLittle Hero\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, inspired by the author’s family’s lived experiences in post-war 1940s Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmily Lim-Leh\u003c\/strong\u003e’s foray in chapter book writing started in 2024 with her historical fiction book \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/little-hero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLittle Hero\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, which ranked #1 Amazon Singapore Children’s Books bestseller and #1 Straits Times Children’s Books bestseller. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/little-hero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLittle Hero\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLittle Hero’s Wish\u003c\/em\u003e are inspired by her family’s lived experiences in 1940s and 1950s post-war Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe backstory of Emily’s writing journey began in 1998 when she lost her voice to a rare voice affliction, Spasmodic Dysphonia. In her search for her lost voice, Emily found a new God-given voice in writing. In 2007, she was a winner of Singapore Book Council’s First Time Writers Initiative with her debut book Prince Bear \u0026amp; Pauper Bear, a story about a teddy bear without a mouth who could not speak. Today, she is a multi-award-winning author of over 50 children’s books. Her awards include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3-time winner of the IPPY Awards, the world’s largest book awards,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4-time winner of U.S.-based Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMediacorp’s Singapore Woman Award Honoree, for inspiring readers through her books,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublic Service Medal (Covid-19) from the Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore, for her voluntary book projects for the community.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmily blogs about books and writing at her blog \u003ca href=\"mummumstheword.wordpress.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003emummumstheword.wordpress.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Times Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51436777046313,"sku":"9789815351019","price":10.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/9789815351019.jpg?v=1761677531","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/little-hero-s-wish-book-2","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}