About Magic Valley

Magic Valley transforms real-world experiences of children 4+ into personalised interactive stories, nurturing essential life skills and a deeper love of our natural world. Backed by pedagogical experts, each story is carefully crafted with age-appropriate and engaging content to spark valuable learning amongst children.

Our Backstory

Magic Valley leverages decades of expertise from the Mandai Wildlife Group and the wildlife parks at Mandai Wildlife Reserve. Our personalised storybooks allow children to be the hero of each story adventure alongside animal buddies inspired by real animals found in Mandai Wildlife Reserve.

Created by Mandai X, Magic Valley aims to empower children to contribute towards a sustainable future where people and nature thrive in harmony through the valuable life lessons encompassed within each Magic Valley story.

Meet our experts

Dr Jacqueline Chung

Senior Director (Leadership Development) of Anglican Preschool Services

Dr Jacqueline Chung holds a PhD in early childhood education and is an ECDA Fellow who trains, coaches, and mentors EC leaders. She received an ECDA award and Exchange Leadership Initiative (ELI) recognition for her outstanding leadership contributions. Beyond leadership development, she is passionate about the arts and advocates for inclusionin preschools. Jacqueline was the first in Asia to become a certified trainer of Key to Learning, a Vygotskian approach to early childhood education, and she is also a Gallup Strengths coach.

Prof Leo Tan

Professor Emeritus, National University of Singapore

Prof Tan is a marine biologist by training. His research interests lie in ecology, taxonomy, conservation, mangrove regeneration and science education. He was Professor of Biological Sciences at NUS and NTU, RestrictedDirector of the Singapore Science Centre, Dean of Science and the Director of NIE and Chairman of the National Parks Board.