Little Blue

This is a first time effort by my friend Kiat and his girlfriend for an illustrated story book. This book is now available in the bookstores in Singapore.

When I first read this story in their website - http://www.beanbagbeanpaste.com, I was very intrigued by this story of loss. I must admit that I like melancholy. This is very sad because the main character is a girl dealing with loss at a young age.

I like the colour pencil drawings (done mostly by Cheryl Heng) though was a little disappointed to find out that it was not bilingual (English and Japanese) as in the website draft copy. I felt that most people who know a little Japanese would be able to read both versions and that it would appeal to anime fans. Nevertheless, Kiat is now trying to find a Japanese publisher and that in the next run after this batch of 10,000, they would incorporate the Japanese version into the main book making it bilingual.

For those who like to read the japanese version, it is still available on the webite. The team is now working on the next book - Orine's Sound Canvas.

Little blue cover