Contributors / September 2010 (Issue 12)


Margaret Hui Lian Lim
ImageMargaret Hui Lian Lim, born in the State of Sarawak, East Malaysia, is the author of the Payah rainforest adventure series (now available on Amazon.com), set deep in the heart of Sarawak on the Island of Borneo. In the Payah, Payah, an eight-year-old Native Sarawakian, takes care of a baby orang utan, rescues a hornbill and a mouse deer. Four Eyes finds Payah grieving over the orang utan and hornbill which have been sent to the Wild Life Rehabilitation Centre. She soon forgets her loss when Four Eyes, an orphaned runaway, turns up. Precious Jade and Turnip Head, the third in the series, introduces two children from the Chinese community. Turnip Head, the luckiest boy ever born, befriends Four Eyes, but the friendship turns out unlucky for everyone else except Turnip Head. Nonah tells of a shy young Muslim girl transplanted against her will from a coastal fishing village to Payah's home deep in the rain forest. She shares an unforgettable adventure with Paya and her friends in Sarawak's loveliest of National Parks, Gunung Mulu, which abounds with caves, foiling the work of rare plant smugglers. All these four titles are available from Marketasia Distributors, Singapore (email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and Linda Lingard from Resident's Bookshop, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). Tomasina, an illustrated book for young readers, tells of how a mouse deer and a spider-hunting bird lead an extremely rare crocodile hatchling to safety. Published by Cerdik Publications, Malaysia (email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). Nonah or the Ghost of Gunung Mulu made the 2010 Honour List of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Lim was present at the award ceremony at the IBBY congress which was held in Santiago de Compostela on 9th September, 2010. Lim blogs here. [Read]

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