FAQs
Hi there!
Do you breathe, dream and live books? If yes, you’re in the right place.
At “Right Reads”, I review books for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, pre-teens and young adults that help young readers to:
- learn English as second language
- discover cultures of the world
- feed a curious and creative mind
- embrace new (and different) experiences and ideas
- develop a love for learning and
- ultimately, cultivate a reading culture
Here, you will find a review of EACH and EVERY book that I have ever read as a child/teen and books I read to my child or other children.
I will also assign ratings to each book as follows:
Rating: 
The perfect book! Fantastic story, fascinating characters, excellent details, captivating illustrations etc. A book I’ll read (or the kid will demand) again and again…
Rating: 
An absorbing read, which kept me (or the kid) glued to its pages right from the start. I may also recommend the book for discussion. Yet, the book isn’t the dog-eared, well-thumbed, memorised passages read again-and-again kind…
Rating:
A respectable read but due to personal interests or by its own nature does not lend itself to re-reading?
Rating:
Uh-oh…the writer / publisher may have to re-think some sections of the book and come up with a second edition.
Rating:
A total waste of time. I sincerely hope NOT to find such a book as it totally kills one’s budding interest in reading.
I also review movies and other audio-visual material that help to develop language skills or an appreciation of reading in English.
How do we contact you?
If you have a book/educational product you’d like me to review (or advertising queries), contact me here.
How did it all begin?
At 8 years old, I began my lifelong affair with books when I stumbled upon Reader’s Digest one rainy day…
At 10 years old, the Headmistress at my new school invited me to borrow ANY book I fancied from her bookshelf when she found me with my nose quietly buried in one of her books. She was pleased I did not turn her office upside down 
At 12 years old, my classmates and I went on book binges – at the speed of one book a day! LOL those fun and carefree old schoolgirl days.
At 18 years old, I discovered the pleasure of excavating for old treasures in secondhand bookshops. Hours of burrowing were rewarded with delightful finds of old books passed down from grandfather to granddaughter, original signed copies by authors…
Upon graduation, I became an English teacher and had great fun teaching English-as-a-foreign language and English skills to students, young and old, from countries like Brazil, China, Indonesia, Germany, Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia…
I delighted in reading the books off the readings lists of American, Australian and British academic programmes since I had to discuss them in class
These years were a challenge as I had to get active, cheeky and restless teens interested in reading, analyzing and appreciating classic and modern English poetry, drama, short stories and novels.
A change of careers brought me to the countries I’d only read about and into MORE bookstores I could lose myself in…
When I became a Mother, I re-visited childhood favourites and books I bought for other children around me AND discovering new books my child picks out!
How often will you post?
I’ll be posting as fast as I can but if I’m late, that means my nose is blissfully buried in a book! Or…I’m busy being a work-at-home Mum.
Happy reading!
