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New children's book emphasizes waterway conservation  

The Glass Table by Leigh K Cunningham offers an insightful and entertaining way of looking at the impact we have on the planet 

SINGAPORE-The Glass Table by Leigh K Cunningham stresses the importance of environmental conservation through a children's fantasy story. 

In The Glass Table, 12 children disappear while holidaying at a lake during the summer school holidays. While the police and community suspect the children have been abducted, it is a mystery as to how 12 children could disappear in broad daylight from campgrounds that were overflowing with visitors. 

The missing children are cast into a spell to live in the river Kai as spirits, divided into two opposing groups: the river spirits and the wood spirits. The river spirits can escape the spell and return home as children, but only with dire consequences for the wood spirits. While rivalries pit the two groups against each other, they unite when a greater threat emerges on the banks of the river Kai. 

Cunningham aims to introduce a number of emotional, child-friendly themes through the diverse characters in The Glass Table. The children deal with matters such as the death of a sibling, prejudice and bullying. These issues are explored as the children strive to free themselves from the spell while preserving the ecology of the river that has become their home. They learn about acceptance, trust, and working together in order to find solutions to their dilemma without consequences for nature or for each other. The Glass Table is the first  in a series for children 8-12 years. 

The Glass Table is available exclusively in Singapore at Times Bookstores, on Amazon.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

 Available exclusively in Singapore at Times Bookstores

 




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