Ready, Kueh Set, Go!
$18.35
English ISBN:
978-981-94-4169-3 (Paperback)
Page Count: 36pp
Year Published: 2025
Author: Peh Shing Huei
Publisher: The Nutgraf Books
Dimensions: 22 × 22 × 3.7 cm
Format: Paperback
Ready, Kueh Set, Go! is an energetic tale that follows five young kuehs at the annual Combined Schools Sports Meet. Each kueh is a champion in their field, but everything changes when Huat Kueh tries to upstage the rest. In the battle of the kuehs, who will emerge champion?
Published in honour of the 185th anniversary of the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan, the book pays homage to the clan association’s long history of promoting education, as well as its deep-rooted cultural values of camaraderie and cooperation. The “Famous Five” are also an excellent introduction for young readers to the colourful world of Hokkien kuehs.
Ready, Kueh Set, Go! is written by Peh Shing Huei and illustrated by Quek Hong Shin, the duo behind the bestselling children’s book, Pineapple, Let’s Roll! This slender, easy-to-read volume is sure to fire up the imaginations – and appetites – of children across Singapore, as well as their appreciation of Hokkien culture.
Peh is a Singapore Literature Prize-winning author and journalist. He is the author of numerous bestsellers, including Neither Civil Nor Servant, The Last Fools, and The First Fools. He also wrote a pair of authorised biographies on former Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong: Tall Order and Standing Tall. His maiden solo title When The Party Ends won the SIngapore Literature Prize for its gripping on-the-ground reportage of ethnic riots, natural disasters, and political upheavals. In addition, he has four picture books, including Panjang which was shortlisted for the Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award and Ready, Kueh Set, Go! which won the Singapore Book Awards in 2026. His books are repeated winners of the Popular Readers’ Choice Awards. He is a regular commentator on Singapore and China affairs, and was The Straits Times’ news editor and China bureau chief. He is a political science graduate of the National University of Singapore and Columbia University in New York.
About the Illustrator
Quek Hong Shin is a Singaporean freelance author and illustrator whose works include picture books such as The Amazing Sarong, Universe of Feelings, and Chou Chou. His titles were nominated twice for The Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award. The Incredible Basket, published by Epigram Books, won Best Children’s Book at the 2019 Singapore Book Awards. Grandma’s Tiger, written by Alan John and illustrated by Hong Shin is on The White Ravens 2023, an international recommendation list of children’s literature. In 2024, he illustrated a bestselling children’s book based on Singapore’s presidential election, Pineapple, Let’s Roll!
