![]() She recalled how she visited school after school to talk about the first book in her series, which was published in 2011. Ms Teoh, who based the title character on her younger daughter Ellie, said years of hard work lie behind her success: "A book doesn't just sit on the bookshelf and get discovered." Ms Teoh's book won the first prize in the English (children) category. Other winners included Spiaking Singlish by poet Gwee Li Sui, second in the English (adult) category, and Ellie Belly: Not A Penguin by Eliza Teoh, the ninth book in the bestselling Ellie Belly series. ![]() ![]() The awards were conferred on the second day of Popular's annual BookFest at the Suntec Singapore Exhibition and Convention Centre. Both books are published by The Straits Times Press. ![]()
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