The Litter Bug is out NOW!
At Kelly and Walsh bookstore (Pacific Place)
The Litter Bug on the Best Seller Shelf @ Kelly and Walsh (Pacific Place)
No. 3 in the Children’s Best Selling Section of The Brown Dog Bookshop!
https://www.browndogbooks.uk/products/the-litter-bug-sam-barbour
WORLDWIDE: (Paperback & EBook)
Amazon / Barnes and Noble / Blackwells / Bookshop UK / Brown Dog Books / Foyles / Waterstones / WH Smith and more …
HONG KONG (Paperback ONLY - $120)
-VIBE Book and Music Shop (Mui Wo) https://www.facebook.com/VibeSilvermineBay/
-Kelly and Walsh Bookstores (Central & Pacific Place) https://www.facebook.com/Kellyandwalsh/
-KIWIK International Limited (Kwai Hing)
-Fun to Read Outlet (Causeway Bay & Kwun Tong)
-The Lion Rock Press
Purchase Links: (WORLDWIDE)
Thank you to everyone who has purchased The Litter Bug so far! It’s very much appreciated.
Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=9781839524707&i=stripbooks...
Blackwells
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781839524707...
Barnes and Noble
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/.../the.../1141460212...
Bookshop UK
https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-litter-bug/9781839524707
Brown Dog Books
https://www.browndogbooks.uk/products/the-litter-bug-sam-barbour
Foyles
https://www.foyles.co.uk/.../the-litter-bug,sam-barbour...
Waterstones
The Litter Bug by Sam Barbour - Book Launch!
Debut Book for Children
Publication DATE: FRIDAY June 3rd, 2022!
Online Book Launch - Teacher Ham YouTube Channel!
www.youtube.com/c/TeacherHam
The Litter Bug
Synopsis:
Lovable, cheeky Bud loves eating junk food. Crisps, chocolate, sweets, cakes and doughnuts – he just can’t get enough of those tasty treats. He also has another very bad habit – dropping litter! ‘Don’t drop litter,’ Bud’s parents warn. ‘Stop dropping litter,’ Bud’s teacher Mr Tong nags. ‘Littering is bad,’ Bud’s classmates explain. However, Bud never, ever listens because he’s … a litter bug!
It seems that Bud will never change – until one Saturday afternoon when a visit to a very unusual sweet shop launches him on a strange adventure
Available on Amazon, Blackwells, WH Smith, Foyles, Brown Dog Books and more…
The Litter Bug is also available at Kelly and Walsh bookstores and VIBE Book and Music Shop in Hong Kong!
Amazon Description:
The debut children’s book by Hong Kong-based award-winning educator & songwriter, Sam Barbour aka Teacher Ham with over 2 million views on his Teacher Ham YouTube channel!
Bud, the junk food guzzling schoolboy drops litter everywhere and anywhere and worst of all...he doesn't even care! One Saturday afternoon, he enters a strange sweetshop called Strangely Sweet and is transported on a terrifying yet magical journey across Hong Kong with a mysterious woman called Helen, her faithful friend, Skye and a host of motley creatures from the dark and dirty alley. If you love magic and adventure, then this book is for YOU!
Studimation - Interview
Book Week: Episode 7 feat. Sam Barbour
Sam was interviewed by Zainab, founder of the Studimation YouTube Channel about his upcoming book for children, The Litter Bug, music and integrating music into education. Sincere thanks for the invitation.
‘He hauled himself up with the help of a broken twig and started walking. Bud hacked through the soaking wet grass as he tramped along miserably towards the path.’
(Chapter 5 - Bud the Litter Bug)
The Story of The Litter Bug
Sam has enjoyed writing in one form or another (songs, poems, short stories) since the age of 15. The Litter Bug started life as a drama for the school English Drama Club in 2016. It was very much inspired by the school where Sam has worked since 2009 and the teachers & students he has had the pleasure of working with. Sam decided to start adapting his original drama script into fiction book over 18,000+ words in August 2020. He has been working closely with Cornerstones Literary Consultancy in the UK and the wonderful children’s author Sandra Glover who has mentored him throughout. Illustrations were carefully constructed by the talented Hong Kong-based artist, Kay Wong. Sam will self-publish the story on FRIDAY 3rd JUNE, 2022 with Brown Dog Books in association with SSP Publishing in the UK.
Sam hopes to conduct school-workshops, book readings and zoom workshops across Hong Kong and beyond once the book is published. Work is already underway for his next novel for children. His sincere hope is that students of all ages can enjoy and relate to the adventures of Bud and feel inspired to continue their studies in English. Furthermore, Sam hopes that the book can raise children’s awareness of the issues of littering and environmental protection.
The Litter Bug will be available for sale on THIS PAGE from FRIDAY JUNE 3rd, 2022, at www.browndogbooks.uk and also on all major online digital retailers in both paperback & ebook formats.
The book is perfect for any school library or child’s bookshelf and is essential reading for any child who loves nature, environmental, magic & adventure!
Foreword by Dr Cheri Chan
It is a joy to see a picture book written for Hong Kong children. Stories are a powerful way to enable children to learn language and develop thinking skills. Children love reading stories that have interesting characters, complex plots, playful use of language and beautiful artwork. All these elements make the reading experience and the learning process meaningful, engaging and fun. However, for many English language teachers in Hong Kong, it is not easy to source high quality authentic story books that are well written, beautifully illustrated with an exciting plot that’ll keep the reader hooked from the beginning to the end. Until now! The Litter Bug by Sam Barbour is a magical story with strong interesting characters that the children will love and want to talk about. This book will provide teachers with numerous opportunities to generate rich conversations about Bud’s adventures. As the children accompany Bud on his exciting and life-changing journey, they will have a chance to explore important themes such as friendship, family, community, identity, kindness, diversity, loss, acceptance, and so on. Children can be encouraged to share their personal responses to the themes through a wide variety of meaningful tasks. The beautiful illustrations by Hong Kong-based artist Kay Wong will also enrich children’s aesthetic understanding of how images are used in picture books and help them make connections between visual and print texts.
Dr Cheri Chan Hong Kong-based English Language Teacher Educator