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When I Was A Kid (2011)

by Boey(Favorite Author)

4.37 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Cheeming Boey

review 1: haha I really like this book. its so funny and cute. I like the way he drew his pictures of him self and family and everything else. I like how he talks about at the bad things he would do and steel from his parents, and talk about his favorite chips and the things he hated doing and all the things he imagined when he like 9 years old. haha this book really made me smile, laught and think about the same things I would do when I was kid. this book is really heartwarming. I love it.!
review 2: Finally, Malaysia's answer to Calvin and Hobbes. This slice-of-life from the author's childhood in the pre-internet 80's is filled with hilarious recollections and accompanied by tiny, exquisite stick-like drawings of himself and most commonly, his loving and garang (fierc... moree) mom who also provides the most awesome foreword I've ever read.For a lot of us who grew up in that era, this is a must read. The descriptions of his childhood home, his pets, the hobbies and games that mostly used his imagination and basically whatever was lying around - are particularly vivid and resonating. There are jarring moments when he uses Americanisms to refer to certain things like first grade instead of standard one but these are minor. I'd think his best market would be Malaysians.This charming little picture-biography deserves to be more widely read. It was self-funded mostly through a kickstarter project and I hope there's a sequel. Check out his blog iamboey.com! less

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