"Kampung Boy "is a favorite of millions of readers in Southeast Asia. Written by Malaysia famous cartonist ( Mohamed Nor Khalid) or Lat, Lat recounts the life of Mat, a Muslim boy growing up in rural Malaysia in the 1950s: his adventures and mischief-making, fishing trips, religious study, and work on his family's rubber plantation. This book provides a bit more cultural background to the autobiographical "Kampung Boy". Although some of the games portrayed in the book are more common in rural areas, even city kids like me will be reminded of childhood games like the bird-water-rock thing (Malaysian version of rock-paper-scissors) and batu seremban (five-stones, similar to jacks but played with pebbles).