Good Read - Ellie Belly Series

My nephew and my niece have both read the Ellie Belly series by local author, Eliza Teoh, and they simply love the series. This series is suitable for Lower Primary kiddos. The books are humorous as they chart the silly and funny antics of Ellie and her best friend, Cammy, as they go about saving a different animal in each book.

They can relate to the characters and the settings in the book as Ellie, the main character, goes to a   local school whereby teachers assign worksheets and pupils have recess and Physical Education lessons. Ellie also lives in an HDB flat.

The books contain diary entries which are contributed by children in Singapore. Hence children are exposed to this text type as they read the book. Here is a diary entry from the book, "Pawful Peril".

The author has also included the definitions of difficult words mentioned in the story. Below is an example:

I think the books in the series are good models to show the young kiddos how good authors write vividly. An excerpt below shows the thoughts racing in Ellie's head. The kiddos can learn from the author and include the character's thoughts in their own narratives.