{"id":173,"date":"2014-05-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/2014\/05\/20\/asian-spice-kids-star-anise-superstar\/"},"modified":"2014-10-03T18:18:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T10:18:47","slug":"asian-spice-kids-star-anise-superstar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/2014\/05\/asian-spice-kids-star-anise-superstar\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Spice Kids: Star Anise Superstar!"},"content":{"rendered":"
I use quite a lot of Asian spices in my cooking and Dana enjoyed the holiday camp on Spices at Kids Gallery<\/a> early this year so when we first discovered this children’s book devoted entirely to Asian Spices, I thought it was an ingenious initiative – what a great way to introduce a part of our Asian heritage to the younger ones. <\/p>\n Star Anise Superstar<\/a> is the first title in the bilingual Asian Spice Kids<\/strong> series written by Linn Shekinah targeted at children ages 4-8. Sponsored by the Ministry of Education\u2019s Lee Kuan Yew Bilingualism Fund, the series aims to promote Asian Values through stories which young children can relate to. In the book, Star Anise dreams of being a star but feels neglected in Spice Town. She then sets off in search of ‘stardom’, bring the children along on a journey of self-discovery to find out what it really means to be a ‘star’. We asked Dana to write a short review of the book and this is her contribution:<\/p>\n “I like this book because I learnt that a star is not supposed to be popular, talented or famous. A star is supposed to be caring to her friends.” Dana Joy, 6<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n