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"I read the book with much delight and must say I have learnt a thing or two from it.  "I read 320 books at 9" is refreshing - written simply, clearly and with a dash of humour.  The young author's enthusiasm for reading is convincing and infectious. I strongly recommend this book to be used by the schools. Dayna has not only written a credible piece of work but in doing, she is also advocating, by example, the importance of reading in one's life. Credit must also go to her parents who nurture her love for books. You should introduce the book to all the schools.”

Dr Khoo Kim Choo

Founder and Chairman, Sunbird child Development Centre.

Consultant/Advisor to UNICEF, UNESCO, Korean Education Development Institute,

Vietnam MOE, Singapore MOE-MCYS (PQA) Committee.

Listed in Marquis' Who's Who in the World and in the Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science.

"In this book, Dayna’s enthusiasm will ignite your interest, passion and excitement in the joy of reading. Reading this book is like reading all 320 books that Dayna has read. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have!"

                                                            Adam Khoo

Best-Selling Author of Six Books, Including the National Best-Seller

‘I Am Gifted, So Are You!’ and ‘Master Your Mind, Design Your Destiny’.

“Dayna Tan is not only a voracious reader, but she has a wonderful innate curiosity about the world and its people.  Her urge to share these joys with others has driven her to write this book.  Everything she says about reading is true.  Reading is the true window to the world.  The pull of other transient thrills have taken many of the young away from reading.  Dayna’s book is a timely reminder to all of us of the true value of reading for fun.”

Dr N Varaprasad

CEO, National Library Board

“I humbly salute Dayna for her remarkable thirst for knowledge.  To read 320 books in a year is feat indeed.  She is a wonderful role model for children, young and old and with this book of hers where she generously shared her reading experience, it would certainly encourage more children to read.  Great job Dayna, way to go.” 

Serene Wee
President, The Society for Reading & Literacy

“It is truly an achievement for someone as young as Dayna to write a book. This should be an inspiration to everyone, young and old, that passion will motivate you to achieve the impossible. Dayna has taken the path not trodden by many 11 year olds and that is to write a book. It is not a small feat because this book is filled with love for the things that have touched her life and made her what she is today.”

Mrs Christine Ho

Principal, Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Primary)

“Congratulations, Dayna! A truly entertaining and informative book. Your thoughts are well-organised and I enjoy your writing style. Well done! Reading your book has also evoked my memory of my primary school years when my class was tasked to find out the name of the first man in space. It was through this assignment that I acquired my reading habit. Yes, certainly, I fully agree with you that reading is fun and enjoyable.

I believe this book will be a source of inspiration to both readers and non-readers alike. It serves to rekindle the enthusiastic readers’ passion to read more books and enthuse the reluctant readers to pick up a book and read. A promising, young budding writer indeed…”

Shirley Ng

Principal, North Spring Primary School

“Reading is pleasurable only if we enjoy the activity. I am proud of Dayna and of her courage to share with others what is evidently a pleasurable experience for her. Dayna’s sharing opens a window to let us peek into our young readers’ reading experience. Her thoughts reflect the innocence, humour and curiosity of a child. Most importantly, her reading experience assures others that reading can be fun. For those who find reading challenging, perhaps you could pick up this book and let Dayna inspire you to read.”

Mrs Veronica Lim

Teacher, Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Primary)

“I'm finding it very interesting, especially in the way she weaves the essence of the books she has read to convey her points. I'm an avid fiction reader, so it's refreshing reading Dayna's take on non-fiction materials.”

Ms Raneetha Rajaratnam

Assistant Manager, NLB

"My daughter enjoyed reading Dayna's book so much so that she's been reading it everyday & enjoying every bit of it."

Diana Ang

Parent of 10 year-old daughter

"Amazing. Inspiring. In fact, the reading of 320 books at the age of nine is already a great achievement (regardless of topic), let alone the authorship of a book. How many children read 50 (let alone 100 or 320) books by nine? It simply shows that there is so much potential in every person—and I feel so proud of her achievement at such a young age. It also saddens me when I think of how much hidden and untapped potential there is within the youths these days. To Dayna: Congratulations! You are going to be one of the leaders/leading authorities in whatever you do in the future, if you keep this attitude of lifelong learning/growth and taking (the correct) action up. I look forward to your book!”

Isaac Chua

"I Say WOW, So Can You! I would like really to congratulate Dayna Tan”  

Othmane (Morocco)

"I am impressed that a 11 year old girl is so daring to take a big step. I believe with this mindset, she will go far in life, as she is willing to try and not afraid of failures. I believe I should be daring like the girl who’s so daring to take a big step. Thank you”  

 Joshua Gan

"Many a times people fail is because of external factors - they NEVER give their dreams a chance… Its really inspiring to read about the story of Dayna… Thanks!”  

Jun Yuan

“If all the young can fulfill their dreams, what a great world we will be in. Imagine all the young in Singapore fulfilling their wildest dreams…what will Singapore turn into…A place of dreams of course. Dayna will be an inspiration to my daughter, Cheryl.”

C Y Tan

"What an inspiring story in that it does not matter how old you are everyone can chase their dreams. Thanks again for sharing this with us and congratulations to Dayna.”

Arthur (Bermuda)

“Hey Dayna. Congrats. You have inspired me to read more books and write more books too. you rule!”

Geraldine Khor

"Hi Dayna! I have read the book and I love it so much! Such an inspiration to write a book of my own!" 

Sara Mah

"I was very inspired by this story. Dayna has indeed given all of us a wake-up call. Many people thought about writing a book all their lives but stops there. Dayna took on this thought seed and manifested it.

Sherry Ker

"Dayna, congrats to you, its not easy to be an author on the age of 11, you are really a hardworking girl, i will surely buy your book.”

Gabriella Cynthia

"Wow… cool. I’m impressed indeed, to think that some adults can’t even be compared to a 11 yr old gal… seriously, we should be inspired and get going to realise our dreams too… i think she’ll be very successful in the future if she keep this dynamic thinking up… the impt thing was that she took ACTION to live her dream, instead of juz dreaming about it…”

Jojo

"It is amazing for a 11 year old girl to become a author and anyone can do that if you have the right mindst. With the right mindset that make you put into action and your action will determine your life. This is the law of attraction.”  

Honman

"Truely inspiring. A great limiting belief buster. A new leg of belief to support the table of belief that anyone can be a writer, an author.  Imagine this book title: “I can write a book at age 10, so can you!” Go Dayna, keep up the spirit.”

Redsmoke

"Wow! This is super impressive! 11 years old… She really has a bright future ahead of her! It is really heart warming to see people having big dreams at a younger age than ever.”

Calvin

"It’s truly amazing. She made me feel so small because all I can do so far is to translate I’M GIFTED book to Vietnamese and publish it in Vietnam.  Look like we all must take more ACTIONS.”  

Kenny Tran

"Congrats Dayna, gal, u can be a world-wide famous author one day!! Write another book, ya! How about a book about dogs??"

Niki (Indonesia)

"Wow that amazing, it really possible to those who believe in their dream and took action.”  

John

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