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- Winner of the 2025 Popular Reader’s Choice Awards, English (Children) Books Category
- Second place for the 2016–2017 Red Dot Book Award (Older Readers)
- Shortlisted for the 2016 Popular Reader’s Choice Awards, English (Children) Books Category
- Shortlisted for the 2016 Singapore Book Awards, Best Non-Fiction Title
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An action-packed journey through Singapore’s hidden history.

With more than 25,000 copies sold, Danger Dan and Gadget Girl continue their adventure uncovering Singapore’s history—from the legend of Sang Nila Utama and the curious case of Raffles versus Farquhar to modern marvels like Changi Airport, HDB flats and, of course, food. Join the superhero duo as they zoom through Secrets of Singapore. It’s an action-packed journey into Singapore’s past and present, filled with brand-new secrets and just as much action as ever!
“Danger Dan and Gadget Girl have really outsmarted me this time. There are secrets of Singapore that I didn’t even know about! Secrets of Singapore is a comprehensive account of everything Singaporean—from history to politics to transport, education and food—and has fascinating details, interesting commentaries and humorous illustrations. It is a book that should be in every Singaporean kid’s collection.”
—Dr Cheah Yin Mee, partner and consultant, Learning Ventures, council member, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Singapore

“I wish Danger Dan and Gadget Girl were around to help me with History back when I was in school. Secrets of Singapore will be a boon for those mugging for Social Studies, as it presents facts about the social and cultural history of Singapore in an interesting way, with memorable drawings and illustrations by James Tan.”
—Lim Cheng Tju, Country Editor for the International Journal of Comic Art

“An easy-to-read, interesting book that should appeal to any young reader who wants to find out more about Singapore’s history, and which contains many fun facts that are not commonly known.”
—Lee Siong Boon, history teacher

“Surprisingly fun and good.”
—Nadine Bailey, teacher librarian

“Secrets of Singapore is one for the history buffs, both young and old... It’s written in a breezy and accessible style, with lots of graphics, including cheesy puns of the sort I used to ROFL at when I was a child.”
—Sassy Mama
Lesley-Anne and Monica Lim are a mother-daughter writing team with a shared love for writing, eating and sleeping (though not always in that order). Despite the occasional mother-daughter disagreement, they’ve found the perfect balance to create the Secrets of Singapore series. They are also the authors of the Danger Dan series and the Danger Dan and Gadget Girl series.

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