Woods in the Books Blog — The Little EcoHero Project

Little EcoHero 2019 is in full swing! So far, we have begun our charge for a greener future by introducing a $1 charge on paper bags, setting up collection points at both Woods in the Books and Books Ahoy! for used paper bags, and we have more plans to come! As our wonderful customers have responded to our calls for paper bags, some of you have asked if we’re worried whether our move to stop giving out our paper bags might hurt our brand. Is it silly for a tiny set up like Woods in the Books to just stop...

Little EcoHero continues! Sign up for your slot at our Peatix page! Let’s clean the ocean or there will soon be more rubbish than fish in the sea! Race against time to help the ocean recover from pollution and draw the fish back into the seas! Come for StoryTime and play the Little EcoHero Game to learn all about how you can reduce rubbish around you. Are you ready to clean up the ocean? Ready, get set, go! The Woods in the Books elves want to inspire and empower mighty little ones to save the seas! With hands-on activities, art...

For the third July in a row, Yong Siak Street bloomed to life with balloons, bunting, and happy little ones who set out to conquer the Children's Street Trail. Every year, we cross our fingers and our toes for good weather, and this year clearly all that digit-crossing paid off! At our registration booth for the Children's Street Trail activities outside, trailgoers must have felt bad for our elves, because we had more than one person sympathetically say, "It must be very hot for you!" But thankfully our outdoor elves were equipped with our very stylish DIY ladybird sun visors...

Can you recycle a fish? Do birds have noses? Will scotch tape thrown into the ocean make fish stick together, unable to move? In our last Little EcoHero session, these were some of the questions that spontaneously came from the children who joined in with us to learn about green living through games and a story reading! When we began the Little EcoHero project, one of our aims was to help kids understand the problem of plastic pollution in terms that are relatable to them. Throughout the design of the exhibit, from our choices in game design to the visual...