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Filipino Children's Favorite StoriesRetold by Liana RomuloIllustrated by Joanne de Leon 2000, 94 pages, hardback. |
ORDER -- Item #2903, Price $16.95
While some of the stories have been retold and printed in many variations, others have never been published before. Narrated with an international audience in mind and illustrated with whimsical watercolors by award-winning artist Joanne de Leon, this is a must-have book for children around the world.
Joanne de Leon, an award-winning illustrator, is responsible for all the whimsical illustrations in this book. She received her B.F.A major in Painting from the University of the Philippines in 1991 and currently works as a freelance book illustrator and graphic designer. Her illustrations have appeared in a number of children's books, includiing Antukin: Philippine Folk Songs and Lullabyes and Tiger on the Wall. She also designs for trade publications and cookery books.
Book Description from the Front Cover Flap
Filipino Children's Favorite Stories comprises a collection of well-loved myths and tales from the Philippines. Introducing Maga the giant crab, the god Langit and his beautiful wife Alunsina, Pedro the gentle woodcutter and a host of other intriguing characters, these stories will enchant six to ten-year-old readers from all over the world. Many of the tales have been told by mothers to children over the centuries and cover clasic childhood themes, such as the forces of good versus evil, children versus adults, the weak versus the strong, and others.
Background on the Author and Illustrator
Liana Romulo, a publisher, writerm and editor has retold the stories in this book. After receiving her B.A. cum laude degree in English, Barnard College at Columbia University, she worked firsted as Editor, then Managing Editor, of New York's leading book producer of children's mass-market fiction. Romulo returned to Manila, her birthplace, in 1995, and established R&G Publications, Inc., a full-service custom-publishing firm.
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