Attack Of The Swordfish And Other Singapore Tales

Myths and legends have long been used to impart values and explain why certain places got their names, or even how mountains or rivers came to be. Although, at times, these tales may seem hard to believe, they do offer a civilisation or country an oral tradition that tells of how people lived in the past, their belief systems and their cultural and moral values.

Interestingly, these tales, regardless of where they are from, all celebrate universal values of honesty, hard work, filial piety and the importance of resourcefulness.

Attack of the Swordfish and Other Singapore Tales illustrates that Singapore has her fair share of local legends which are interesting. It also meets the need for a truly Singaporean book conceptualised, written, fully illustrated and creatively directed by Singaporeans, for Singaporean children.

This is NHB’s first attempt at capturing one aspect of Singapore's intangible heritage through oral tradition. In a sense, this is our gift to our future generations for them to read and enjoy our very own tales.

Resource pages are added to each story which would give information on certain ideas picked up from each story.