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about dayna

	loves to read		loves to run
		loves dogs & animals		loves gymnastics

Dayna's Favourites

Dayna left CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School in Singapore in Mid 2009 to study at Columba College in Dunedin, New Zealand. She is having fun learning French, German, Chinese & English in New Zealand. She loves to read both fiction and non-fiction books. In the book, she will explain in greater details about the types of books she read, ranging from adventure books, animal theme books to biographies (& autobiographies). Her top 5 favourite books when she was 12 were: ·      Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight, published by Bantam Doubleday Dell. ·      Marley and Me by John Grogan, published by Hodder & Stoughton ·      Mao’s Last Dancer by Li CunXin published by Penguin Books Ltd. ·      Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink published by Aladdin Paperbacks. ·      Willow and Twig by Jean Little published by the Penguin Group. She loves animals; dogs in particular and she likes to read about them.

	When she was much younger, Dayna wanted to be a Palaeontologist.		But, she got bored.
So, she wants to be a Gymnast.		...then a Veterinarian. Now, she wants to be a Physiotherapist.

Dayna's Writing Experience

Dayna started writing this book when she was ten years old. It took her approximately nine months of perseverance and hard work to complete it. Writing this book was difficult for Dayna. She almost gave up initially, as she did not have any experience in writing a book.

She did not know how to begin, even writing the table of contents was difficult; planning and organising the content of the book was alien to her. She has very little knowledge of writing styles. Her only writing experience was writing compositions in school.  Taking the first step to write the first paragraph was the toughest.

You will read about her difficulties and the challenges she faced and how she overcame them in this book. Dayna also learned that by dividing the book or project into smaller and manageable parts, no project is too difficult.

In fact, according to Dayna, everyone can write a book.

"You don't need to be a "A" student to write a book."

"You don't need to be good at writing compositions in order to write a book."

"If you have passion in the topic of interest, you can write about it."

"Many children have the impression that a good writer must be good at writing composition in school."

"Ideally yes, but not necessary! Simply because, in writing composition, you are given very limited time to complete the composition. Whereas in writing a book, you can take as long as you want to improve the contents, the sentence structures, the grammar and the choice of words."

"So don't be discouraged, IT IS POSSIBLE even if you did not score "As" in your compositions."

"Everyone can write a book if they write according to their interest!"

"It took me nine months to complete the book, not ninety minutes!"

"Reflecting back, I think it was difficult at the beginning because...I told myself that it was difficult."

Dayna's Activities

x					...just having FUN!
Dayna loves gymnastics. She won 4 medals (1 Gold, 3 Bronzes) at the National inter-School Gymnastics Competition in 2008. She used to train several times a week. Unfortunately, she sustained serious injury on her foot and was unable to continue. Dayna learned to accept the painful reality that her gym days are over and moved on from there. Dayna had great fun with her gym activities. She had the opportunity to train with some of the young gymnasts in China during the Dec 2007 holidays. She woke up at 4.40am every morning, jog on the snow-covered road to the gymnasium at 5am under freezing temperature of -20 to -24 degree celsius. They trained from 5.30am to 6.30pm with breakfast & lunch breaks in between. It was an  eye-opener and a great experience for Dayna.

						...just having more FUN!

...just having FUN again!

Dayna Tan was recently recognised as the "Youngest Published Author" by the Singapore Book of Records.

For more details, please click icon below.

singaporebookofrecords.com

The 7th episode of Record Breakers featuring Dayna as the Youngest Published Author will be aired on 26 Jan 08 ( Sat ) at 1.30pm on Kids Central Channel. Record Breakers is a reality race for kids age 9-12 years old competing in teams of 2 to discover the little known facts of Singapore records or Singaporean World records.

Books that Dayna enjoyed when she was in Paya Lebar Methodist Girls Primary School (PLMGS)

Some of the Animal Theme books that she enjoyed include:

·      Animal Ark series by Lucy Daniels published by Hodder Children’s Books.

·      Animal Ark series by Lucy Daniels published by Scholastic Inc.

·      Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, published by Harper Collins Publishers Inc. It’s a classic, it was first published in 1877.

·      Blind Beauty by K. M. Peyton, published by Scholastic Children's Books.

·      Dolphin Diaries by Lucy Daniels published by Hodder Children’s Books.

·      Jenny Dale’s Kitten Tales published by published by Macmillan Children’s Books.

·      Jenny Dale’s Police Pup Series published by Macmillan Children’s Books.

·      Jenny Dale’s Puppy Tales published by Macmillan Children’s Books.

·      Jesse The Border Collie by Lucy Daniels published by Hodder Children’s Books.

·      Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight, published by Bantam Doubleday Dell.

·      Marley and Me by John Grogan, published by Hodder & Stoughton

·      National Velvet by Enid Bagnold published by Avon Books Inc.

·      Puppy Patrol Series by Jenny Dale published by Scholastic Inc.

·      The Hidden Life of Dogs by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas published by Orion Books.

·      Unbroken by Jessie Haas published by Harper Collins Publishers Inc.

Some of the Famous People she learned about include:

·      Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator by Augusta Stevenson published by Aladdin Paperbacks.

·      Alexander Graham Bell by Emma Fischel published by Franklin Watts.

·      Althea Gibson, Young Tennis Player by Beatrice Gormley published by Aladdin Paperbacks.

·      Amos Fortune, Freeman by Elizabeth Yates published by Penguin Books Ltd.

·      Anne Frank by Ruth Ashley published by Aladdin Paperbacks.

·      Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl, edited by Otto H. Frank & Mirjam Pressler, published by Puffin Books.

·      Christopher Columbus by Kathleen Kudlinski published by Aladdin Paperbacks.

·      David Livingstone by Dan Larsen published by Barbour and Company, Inc.

·      Elijah by Susan Martins Miller published by Barbour and Company, Inc.

·      Helen Keller by Harriet Castor published by Franklin Watts.

·      Hudson Taylor by Susan Martins Miller published by Barbour and Company, Inc.

·      Jim Thorpe, Olympic Champion by Guernsey Van Riper, Jr published by Aladdin Paperbacks.

·      Lou Gehrig, one of Baseball’s Greatest by Guernsey Van Riper, Jr published by Aladdin Paperbacks.

·      Louisa May Alcott, Young Novelist by Beatrice Gormley published by Aladdin Paperbacks.

·      Mao’s Last Dancer by Li CunXin published by Penguin Books Ltd.

·      Pocahontas, Young Peacemaker by Leslie Gourse published by Aladdin Paperbacks.

·      Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin published by Barbour and Company, Inc.

·      Ronald Reagan, the Young Leader by Montrew Dunham published by Aladdin Paperbacks.

·      Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States by Helen Albee Monsell published by Random House, Inc.

·      Thunder in the Valley – The Life of David Zeisberger by Kristi Lorene published by Barbour and Company, Inc.

Some Classic & Award Winning books that she enjoyed include:

·      Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll published by Penguin Books Ltd.

·      Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink published by Aladdin Paperbacks.

·      Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White published by the Penguin Group.

·      Heidi by Johanna Spyri published by Egmont Books Limited.

·      Heidi Grows Up by Charles Tritten published by Williams Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.

·      Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder published by Penguin Books Ltd.

·      Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson published by the Penguin Group.

·      Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata published by Aladdin Paperbacks.

·      Moby Dick by Herman Melville published by Playmore Inc.

·      Return to the Wells by Lorna Hill published by Pan Books Ltd.

·      The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis published by Harper Collins Publishers.

·      The Crowstarver by Dick King-Smith published by Transworld Publishers

·      The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo published by Playmore Inc.

·      The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett published by Egmont Books Limited.

·      The Water-babies by Charles Kingsley published by Egmont Books Limited.

·      The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame published by Playmore Inc.

·      Willow and Twig by Jean Little published by the Penguin Group.

Some of the book series that she enjoyed reading include:

·      Enid Blyton’s Popular Rewards Series published by Award Publications Limited.

·      Geronimo Stilton by Geronimo Stilton published by Scholastic Inc.

·      Lizzie McGuire published by Disney Press.

·      Nancy Drew Files by Carolyn Keene published by Aladdin Paperbacks.

·      Nancy Drew Mystery Stories by Carolyn Keene published by Grosset & Dunlap Inc.

·      Nancy Drew Notebooks by Carolyn Keene published by Aladdin Paperbacks.

·      The New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley published by Harper Entertainment.

·      The Secret Seven Series by Enid Blyton published by Hodder Children’s Books.

·      The Sleepover Club published by Harper Collins Publishers.

·      Two of a Kind published by Harper Entertainment.

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