"WHO DOESN'T LOVE A GOOD STORY? THAT WHAT HIS-STORY MEANS_ THE STORY OF US! OUR PREHISTORIC LOLOS AND LOLAS WERE COOL, INTERESTING, AND CLEVER FOLKS. MEET THEM AND OUR COUNTRY'S FIRST FAMS UP CLOSE IN THIS FASCINATING BOOK ABOUT HOW OUR ISLANDS WERE FORMED, HOW OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS LIVED, AND THE BEGINNINGS OF OUR NATION." "FACTS CULLED FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIGS AND THE SLEUTHING OF HISTORIANS ARE BROUGHT TO LIFE IN THIS WITTY, MUCH-NEEDED BOOK." -- DR WILLY RONQUILLO, FORMER HEAD, ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES "THE PAST ONCE THOUGHT AS BORING BY KIDS IS GIVENB A NEW TWIST. HISTORY COMES ALIVE IN THIS EASY AND ENGAGING BOOK." --NINA LIM-YUSON, PRESIDENT AND CEO, MUSEO PAMBATA FOUNDATION, INC." HALO-HALO HISTORIES WAS CREATED TO MAKE THE STUDY OF PHILIPPINE HISTORY FUN ANBD ENGAGING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE--THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK IN THE SERIES. FOR AGES 12 AND UP.

Halo Halo Histories Book 1: A Lolong Time Ago

MICHELLINE SUAREZ

JOONEE GARCIA

DIVINE REYES

Tahanan Books for Young Readers

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

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

Sylvia Mendez Ventura

A First Look At Philippine Flowers - Philippine Book

Lolita J. Bulalacao

The book explains the fascinating mysteries behind eight natural wonders of the Philippines. Through clear diagrams and photos, young readers will learn how volcanoes, islands, lakes and caves have evolved over thousands of years into incredible geologic forms.

Incredible Mysteries : Natural Wonders of the Philippines

Maria Elena Paterno

Roberto De Ocampo

Francisca Flores-Caberoy

Children's Books

Marcelina's father comes home from a trip to Manila with beautiful hand-made sleeping mats for each member of his large family, including the three daughters who died when they were very young.

The mats

Arcellana, Francisco

Excerpt from the Introduction: This stories in this book come from folklore, and because the authorship of folklore is collective, the stories continually evolve as they are sung or recited. The stories in this collection are retold for children. They use language and situations that children can understand and identify with in their more limited experience of the world...The other selections of this book speak of human interactions-- punishments for vanity, rewards for humility, and the triumph of the underdog...There are eight stories in all. Two tell of human dealings with creatures not of our world...Why are things the way they are. What happens when people offend, cheat, or take advantage of each other?...These are questions you may have heard from your children. These are questions these stories attempt to answer. But to see folk tales as simply answers to questions is to do them an injustice. They were conceived as much to provide enjoyment as to instruct. Folk tales allow us to take imaginative leaps beyond our everyday lives. Ultimately, they are a springboard for the soul. - Maria Elena Paterno

The Girl Who Turned Into a Fish and Other Classic Philippine Water Tales

Christmas in the Philippines is like a tall glass of halo-halo, with Filipino sweetened beans, pinipig, saba, nangka, Chinese gulaman, Spanish leche flan, and American ice cream--it's coroful to look at and delicious too! Mother and daughter authors Lin Acacio-Flores and Annette Flores Garcia's collection of original Yuletide stories, set in different parts of the Philippines, clebrate well-loved Filipino customs and time-honored traditions. Illustrated with zest and warmth by Albert Gamos, these tales of love, friendship, sharing, and forgiveness are sure to delight young readers for Christmas and throughout the year.

A Child's Treasury Of Philippine Christmas Stories - Philippine Book

Lin Acacio—Flores

Annette Flores Garcia

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. These fascinating origin tales tell us about how the Philippines began, why the sun follows the moon, how the first rainbow arose and how lightning and thunder came to be. These are magical stories from the mist of time. 55pp 8 x 10, All Ages

The Warrior Dance and Other Classic Philippine Sky Tales

Philippine Children's Book. A collection of 10 stories - all Palanca Prize Winners. "The Dream Weavers", "Chun", "The Daughter of the Wind", "The Man Who Hated Birds", "The Blanket", "The Gem", "Little Bird, Little Fish and the Two Elephants", "What Is Serendipity?", "Pan de Sal Saves the Day", "Pure Magic"

The Golden Loom: Palanca Prize Winners for Children

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