Real places.
A little magic.
Illustrated books that begin somewhere true.
Leo’s World Adventures · Book One
The Merlion Who Forgot
A Story of Singapore
For more than fifty years, the Merlion has stood by Marina Bay, watching Singapore grow. Then one morning, just before sunrise, a boy named Leo stands beneath the statue with a notebook full of facts and no feeling for any of it, and whispers a wish.
The magic lasts only until sunset — and the Merlion remembers Singapore only in pieces. Together they have one day to find its story.
Inside the book
One day across Singapore — the old river and the glass towers, a hawker centre at lunchtime, the Supertrees, a family of otters, Changi Airport, and the great ships at the port. At every stop, a memory comes back.
About the press
Stormglass Press publishes illustrated books about real places. Our books start with somewhere true — a city, a coastline, a country — and let a little wonder in.
Facts and magic are not opposites in a children’s book. The best ones use one to make the other stick.
The author
Krish Bhatnagar wrote The Merlion Who Forgot at thirteen, during the summer before eighth grade. It began as a school geography assignment — write a children’s book about a country. He chose Singapore, where his mother was born.