BENIGNO AQUINO (Great Lives Series) 2020 Edition

Sylvia Mendez Ventura

Ilaw ng Tahanan Publishing, Inc.

<p>Excerpt from the Introduction: The eight animal stories in this book are retellings of selections from Filipino Popular Tales, collected by the eminent American folklorist Dean S. Fansler. The originals appeared in print for the first time in 1921, when the American Folk-Lore society published the anthology...The ultimate value of these classic animal tales is threefold. First, they make Filipino children aware of their cultural heritage. Second, they mirror the problems, imperfections, and foibles of human beings who must devise strategies for self-preservation and the improvement of their lot. Third, their diversity of animals who play their roles in these miniature dramas reminds us that the animal kingdom is a vast kingdom and that humanity is only a very small part of it. - Sylvia Mendez Ventura</p>

The Carabao-Turtle Race and Other Classic Philippine Animal Folk Tales

Tahanan Books for Young Readers

As a young girls, Asuncion Lopez-Rizal Bantug sat on her uncle Paciano's lap and asked him to tell her stories about his brother, Jose. Ms. Bantug, the granddaughter of Rizal's eldest sister Narcisa, was her family's journalist and chronicler. Fondly nicknamed "the little question boy," she piled her relatives for their recollections about Lolo Jose. Over the years, she copiously filled up notebooks with details about the life of our national hero. For over fifty years, Ms. Bantug's memoirs have served as the basis for many of the stories historians have told about Rizal. In 1938, Ms. Bantug won third prize in the Commonwealth Biography Contest for the life story she penned about her granduncle. That manuscript served the basis for this book. Here is an intimate account by the one lady who, perhaps more than any other living writer, can give us a rare insider's look at Rizal's private life. Tanahan Books for Young Readers has brought together a powerhouse cast of talent to create a solid biography tailor-made for young people. The book was co-written by Sylvia Mendez Ventura, herself a master writer of nonfiction, and edited by Nick Joaquin. The highly acclaimed artist Ben Cabrera--popularly known as Bencab--provided nearly twenty illustrations depicting the life of Rizal. Bencab based his work on numerous books, photographs, film clips, and paintings of the national hero. INDIO BRAVO: THE STORY OF JOSE RIZAL offers young Filipinos a lucid, detailed portrait of the man whose appointment at Bagumbayan ultimately paved the way for Philippine independence.

Indio Bravo : The Story of Jose Rizal

Asuncion Lopez-Rizal Bantug

Ten classic folk tales from the Philippines. There are stories of star-crossed lovers, elves, giants and underworlds. It is a fascinating look at the world of the Philippines before the coming of the Spanish. 55pp 8 x 10, All Ages

The Termite Queen and Other Classic Philippine Earth Tales - Philippine Book

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Books by Sylvia Mendez Ventura

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BENIGNO AQUINO (Great Lives Series) 2020 Edition

The Carabao-Turtle Race and Other Classic Philippine Animal Folk Tales

Indio Bravo : The Story of Jose Rizal

The Termite Queen and Other Classic Philippine Earth Tales - Philippine Book