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In My Mailbox / New Crayons: More From Singapore

Every Sunday for the In My Mailbox meme, YA book bloggers share the books they bought, borrowed, or received over the past week. New Crayons is a similar meme that incorporates children's books and books for adults, and focuses on multicultural literature. These are the other ASIAN books I bought and received while I was in Singapore a couple of weeks ago: The Book That Was Handed Down written by Yixian Quek and illustrated by Grace Duan Ying (Straits Times Press, 2008) Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah (Scholastic Paperbacks, reprint edition 2008) Where the Streets Had a Name by Randa Abdel-Fattah (Marion Lloyd Books, 2009) Anya's War by Andrea Alban (Feiwel & Friends, 2011) Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari (Macmillan Children's Books, 2011) Indian Children's Favourite Stories written by Rosemarie Somaiah and illustrated by Ranjan Somaiah (Tuttle Publishing, 2006) I also bought a bunch of Singaporean and Japanese teen magazines when I