{"product_id":"little-heros-wish","title":"Little Hero's Wish","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEleven-year-old Ying Xiong’s name means ‘hero’. And that’s\nwhat he wants to be. But what’s the best way to be a hero?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eYing Xiong finds it hard to navigate through his troubled\ngrowing-up years in 1950s Singapore. He has an absent father who left him for\nhis home village in China. His mother has little time for him as she slogs hard\nall day to support their family. At first, he looks up to his Silat Road\nneighbour Dave, a mild police inspector who likes to harp on about the value of\nexercising patience and self-control. Then, an impressive senior officer John\nWei turns up in his rough neighbourhood and shows him what it’s like to take\naction and get things done. When Xiong runs into a series of difficulties, he\nis bewildered about who he wishes to emulate and the kind of person he wants to\nbecome. As he stumbles through his choices and the paths to take, Xiong\ndiscovers what it means to be a real hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Hero’s Wish\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of fiction inspired\nby real events from the childhood years of the author’s father in 1950s\nSingapore. It follows from Xiong’s journey in the award-winning and\nbestselling \u003ci\u003eLittle Hero\u003c\/i\u003e, inspired by the author’s family’s lived\nexperiences in post-war 1940s Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Lim-Leh’s\u003c\/b\u003e foray in chapter book writing started\nin 2024 with her historical fiction book\u003ci\u003e Little Hero\u003c\/i\u003e, which ranked\n#1 Amazon Singapore Children’s Books bestseller and #1 Straits Times Children’s\nBooks bestseller. \u003ci\u003eLittle Hero\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLittle Hero’s Wish\u003c\/i\u003e are\ninspired by her family’s lived experiences in 1940s and 1950s post-war\nSingapore.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe backstory of Emily’s writing journey began in 1998 when she lost her voice\nto a rare voice affliction, Spasmodic Dysphonia. In her search for her lost\nvoice, Emily found a new God-given voice in writing. In 2007, she was a winner\nof Singapore Book Council’s First Time Writers Initiative with her debut book\u003ci\u003e Prince\nBear \u0026amp; Pauper Bear\u003c\/i\u003e, a story about a teddy bear without a mouth who\ncould not speak. Today, she is a multi-award-winning author of over 50\nchildren’s books. Her awards include:\u003cbr\u003e\n• 3-time winner of the IPPY Awards, the world’s largest book awards,\u003cbr\u003e\n• 4-time winner of U.S.-based Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards,\u003cbr\u003e\n• Mediacorp’s Singapore Woman Award Honoree, for inspiring readers through her\nbooks,\u003cbr\u003e\n• Public Service Medal (Covid-19) from the Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore,\nfor her voluntary book projects for the community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44832003784911,"sku":"9789815351019","price":11.88,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_34955a96-2a4a-4190-9a7a-61cf07020567.jpg?v=1770623118","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/little-heros-wish","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}