FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Meet Mat, a Muslim boy growing up in rural Malaysia in the 1950s: his adventures and mischief-making, fishing trips, religious study, and work on his family's rubber plantation. Meanwhile , the traditional way of life in his village (or kampung ) is steadily disappearing, with tin mines and factory jobs gradually replacing family farms and rubber small-holders. When Mat himself leaves for boarding school, he can only hope that his familiar kampung will still be there when he returns. Kampung Boy is hilarious and affectionate, with brilliant, super-expressive artwork that opens a window into a world that has now nearly vanished.

Kampung Boy (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Turtleback Books

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A graphic novel relates the life experiences, from birth to beginning boarding school, - del of a Muslim boy growing up on a rubber plantation in rural Malaysia in the 1950s.

Kampung Boy

Kampung Boy is a favorite of millions of readers in Southeast Asia. With masterful economy worthy of Charles Schultz, Lat recounts the life of Mat, a Muslim boy growing up in rural Malaysia in the 1950s: his adventures and mischief-making, fishing trips, religious study, and work on his family's rubber plantation. Meanwhile, the traditional way of life in his village (or kampung) is steadily disappearing, with tin mines and factory jobs gradually replacing family farms and rubber small-holders. When Mat himself leaves for boarding school, he can only hope that his familiar kampung will still be there when he returns. Kampung Boy is hilarious and affectionate, with brilliant, super-expressive artwork that opens a window into a world that has now nearly vanished.

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

First Second

Malaysian teenager Mat makes a life-changing move from the quiet kampung where he was born to Ipoh, the rapidly industrializing nearby town. Living far from his rural roots at a boarding school, he discovers bustling streets, modern music, heady literature, budding romance, and through it all his growing passion for art.
The companion novel to the critically acclaimed Kampung Boy, Town Boy offers more of Lat's delicious storytelling and enchanting pen-and-ink artwork. At once exotic and familiar, his cartoon world builds a bridge for readers into another world, another culture, and another time.

Town Boy

Children's Books

History

<ul><li>The full-color Liquid City anthology brings together creators based mainly in Southeast Asia, such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. From Leong Wan Kok's distinct post-apocalyptic landscapes and alien creatures to Lat's unique and charming take on Malaysian life, from Mike Carey's meditation on colonialism to Ken Foo's dark tales of regurgitations and bodily transformations, Liquid City presents an edgy vision of lives in cities past, present, and future. </li></ul>

Liquid City

Comics & Graphic Novels

Carey, Mike

Liew, Sonny

Alanguilan, Gerry

Foster, Jon

Others

Graphic Novels

IMAGE COMICS +

Town Boy: Las aventuras de un joven en Malasia

Manga

Dibbuks

Mohammad Nor Khalid, far better known as Lat, is Malaysia’s top cartoonist. In Lat: My Life and Cartoons he tells for the first time the story of his life. From his childhood in the idyllic village atmosphere so evocatively captured by him in his bestselling book Kampung Boy, through his years as a crime reporter in 1970s Kuala Lumpur, and several decades as an editorial and freelance cartoonist, Lat has achieved celebrity status and won the hearts and attention of millions with his inimitable style and perceptive insights. Respected by cartoonists around the world and venerated by the Malaysian public, his cartoons have been translated into nine languages and his animated series Kampung Boy has been broadcast in many countries including Canada. This treasure trove of memories tells the story of a man whose cartoons have come to represent the collective memories of an entire country. The book is illustrated throughout with photographs, memorabilia and carefully selected cartoons.

LAT: My Life and Cartoons

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Editions Didier Millet

Kampung Boy: Yesterday and Today

Mph Group Publishing

The Kampung Boy

Unknown, Author

Forever Lat

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