Difference between revisions of "Bookworm Club"
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The '''Bookworm Club''' was a Singaporean organisation devoted to | The '''Bookworm Club''' was a Singaporean organisation devoted to publishing, import, and distribution of children's literature. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The Bookworm Club was founded in the mid-to-late 1980s, by David Chong. | The Bookworm Club was founded in the mid-to-late 1980s, by David Chong. | ||
The Club had a subsidiary publishing house, also under the Bookworm brand, that was responsible for publishing books under the Bookworm brand, listed below. | The Club had a subsidiary publishing house, also under the Bookworm brand, that was responsible for publishing books under the Bookworm brand, listed below. Their best-known and best-selling product is probably the Bookworm Short Stories series, which was a favourite of school-children in the 1990s. | ||
The Bookworm Club was also involved in marketing and distribution of children's books. They had a particular interest in children's encyclopaedias, and | The Bookworm Club was also involved in marketing and distribution of children's books. They had a particular interest in children's encyclopaedias, and were responsible for distribution of Macmillan's Encyclopaedia in Singapore. | ||
The Club quietly folded sometime in late 2007 or early 2008, after purported declining readership. | |||
==Products== | ==Products== | ||
*Bookworm Annual Comics | |||
*Bookworm Adventures | |||
*Bookworm Funny Bone | |||
*Bookworm Investigators | |||
*Bookworm Magic Crazy | |||
*Bookworm Picture Reader | *Bookworm Picture Reader | ||
*Bookworm Science Crazy | |||
*Bookworm Short Stories (series) | |||
*Easy Reader (series) | |||
*Freddie the Dragon (series) | |||
*Smarty Magazine | *Smarty Magazine | ||
*Bookworm | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/19960515000000*/http://www.bookworm.com.sg/ Archived versions of the Bookworm website] | |||
Revision as of 00:42, 15 July 2013
The Bookworm Club was a Singaporean organisation devoted to publishing, import, and distribution of children's literature.
History
The Bookworm Club was founded in the mid-to-late 1980s, by David Chong.
The Club had a subsidiary publishing house, also under the Bookworm brand, that was responsible for publishing books under the Bookworm brand, listed below. Their best-known and best-selling product is probably the Bookworm Short Stories series, which was a favourite of school-children in the 1990s.
The Bookworm Club was also involved in marketing and distribution of children's books. They had a particular interest in children's encyclopaedias, and were responsible for distribution of Macmillan's Encyclopaedia in Singapore.
The Club quietly folded sometime in late 2007 or early 2008, after purported declining readership.
Products
- Bookworm Annual Comics
- Bookworm Adventures
- Bookworm Funny Bone
- Bookworm Investigators
- Bookworm Magic Crazy
- Bookworm Picture Reader
- Bookworm Science Crazy
- Bookworm Short Stories (series)
- Easy Reader (series)
- Freddie the Dragon (series)
- Smarty Magazine