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Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival 2012

The Hong Kong International Literary Festival (HKILF) has extended its reach to children with the introduction of the exclusive Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival (YRF12). The inaugural festival will take place from 5th to 18th March, 2012.

Dedicated to children up to the age of 14, the YRF is bringing overseas authors of children's books here to share with Hong Kong readers the joys of reading. The impressive line-up includes Adeline Foo, Christopher Cheng, Dianne Wolfer, Eliza Teoh, Eoin Colfer, Mem Fox, Peter Brown, Princess Laurentien van Oranje, Sally Kindberg, and Hong Kong's very own Sarah Brennan.

Key Objective of YRF12:

to motivate the youngsters of Hong Kong to develop a habit of reading and to increase their English fluency through literature
to better equip teachers and parents with tools to support students and children alike to read
to attract even more schools to join the programme though a new subsidy scheme
to fully engage young book lovers through a series of workshops, Meet-The-Author sessions, talks and symposium

As the official bookseller, The Commercial Press is giving the YRF12 its full support; we are delighted to announce Sally Kindberg and Eliza Teoh will be hosting workshops at our Tsimshatsui branch and Sarah Brennan will be storytelling from her latest book Pinyin Panda at our home base at Olympian City. So stay tuned for further details. In the meantime, check out www.youngreadersfestival.org.hk for more information.

All titles featured by the authors at the Festival will be available at our shops shortly. The ordered form can be downloaded now! Ordered by School, please click here. Ordered by Individual, please click here.

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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes Author: Mem Fox Publisher: Walker Date of Publication: Aug,2009 Price: HK$105.00 All over the world, babies are different. Yet in some ways they are very much the same: each one has ten little fingers and ten little toes A– to play with, to tickle, to wave. A............

Horse Mad Author: Dianne Wolfer Publisher: Fremantle Press Date of Publication: Aug,2005 Price: HK$109.00 On her eighth birthday Alice wakes up to discover she is no longer a horse. This is a problem as her best friends are in the Pony Club, and her world is now turned upside down. She............

Lighthouse Girl Author: Dianne Wolfer Publisher: Fremantle Press Date of Publication: Apr,2011 Price: HK$181.00 Fay lives alone with her father on bleak, windswept Breaksea Island, but her isolated life takes a dramatic turn with the outbreak of World War I. Fay collects the messages of l............

Choices Author: Dianne Wolfer Publisher: Fremantle Press Date of Publication: Apr,2010 Price: HK$163.00 Told in a nonjudgmental narrative that confronts issues head-on, this story follows 17-year-old Elisabeth who discovers she is pregnant and has a tough choice to make: keep the bab............

The Curious Garden (HB) Author: Peter Brown Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Date of Publication: Apr,2009 Price: HK$161.00 One boy's quest for a greener world... one garden at a time. While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. A............

Artemis Fowl #1 Author: Eoin Colfer Publisher: Puffin UK Price: HK$116.00 Twelve-year-old villain, Artemis Fowl, is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom. But he's taking on more tha............

Artemis Fowl #2: The Arctic Incident Author: Eoin Colfer Publisher: Puffin UK Price: HK$116.00 Someone has been supplying Class A illegal human power sources to the goblins. Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit is sure that her arch-enemy, thirteen-year-old Artemis Fowl,............

Artemis Fowl #3: The Eternity Code Author: Eoin Colfer Publisher: Puffin UK Price: HK$116.00 Thirteen-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has constructed a supercomputer from stolen fairy technology. In the wrong hands it could be fatal for humans and fairies alike. ............

Artemis Fowl #6: The Time Paradox Author: Eoin Colfer Publisher: Puffin UK Price: HK$116.00 Teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has a new mission – and this time it's personal. Artemis's mother is dangerously ill, and the only way to find a cure is for Artemis – ............

Artemis Fowl #4: The Opal Deception Author: Eoin Colfer Publisher: Puffin UK Price: HK$116.00 Evil pixie, Opal Koboi, is back and she's more dangerous than ever. This time she doesn't just want power over the fairy People - this time she wants the humans too. Captain Holly ............

Artemis Fowl #5: The Lost Colony Author: Eoin Colfer Publisher: Puffin UK Price: HK$101.00 Ten millennia ago, the fairy People were defeated in a great battle with mankind, forcing them to move underground. Only the eighth family of fairies remained undefeated: the demon............

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