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Chikiting Reads Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang • The Mats • You're A Star • Naku, nakuu, nakuuu! • Hilong Talilong • Dagat Sa Kama Ni Troy • Papel de Liha • The Yellow Paper Clip with Bright Purple Spots • Tight Times Authors Rene Villanueva • Eugene Evasco • Luis P. Gatmaitan • Alfredo Salanga • Lara Saguisag • Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio • Heidi Emily Abad • Christine Belen • Carla Pacis • Sally Eugenio • Lina Diaz de Rivera • Isabella Clarisse Juria Illustrators Larry Alcala • Jomike Tejido • Ferdinand Doctolero • Liza Alcaraz • Ruben de Jesus • Marcus Nada • Elbert Or • Sergio Bumatay III • Michael Adrao • Mariano Ching • Beth Parocha Doctolero • Blooey Singson • Marcus Nada Storytellers Manolo Silayan • Charlyn Chua Publishers Adarna House • Anvil Publishing • OMF Literature Inc. • LG&M Corporation • Tahanan Books • Lampara Publishing House Children's Book Awards National Book Award for Children's Literature • Salanga Writers' Prize • Alacala Illustrators' Prize Organizations PBBY • Alitaptap Storytellers Philippines • KUTING • SAS • Ang INK • The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

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During the early part of the 1900s, the only book available for Filipino children was the caton or cartilla--an instructional book on the Roman alphabet. When the Americans came, they introduced Filipino readers to Aesop's Fables, Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer, Lewis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland, and many others. After some time, local folktales were adapted to cope with the lack of reading materials for children. Severino Reyes--more popularly known as Lola Basyang--started by writing a series of tales in Liwayway Magazine. Camilo Osias and Juan C. Laya soon followed by publishing supplementary materials for students in elementary and high school. With these books serving as precursors to children's literature, readership and learning soon flourished in the country.

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Grande Dame of Southeast Asian Children’s Theater

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Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio, also known as Tita Amel, is a playwright, writer, and a set designer. She is dubbed "The Grande Dame of Southeast Asian Children’s Theater." She started receiving awards and editorships for her writing as early as high school and college. Her set designing began in the University of the Philippines where she earned a Fulbright-Smith Mundth Scholarship to the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She became Research Fellow of several local and international grants. In 1977, she founded and managed "Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas," an official UP children’s theater and puppetry troupe... (read more)

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Yummy Fly Pie

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Yummy Fly Pie is a flip-flap book on what animals eat, the sounds they make and how to politely say “no, thank you!” This book is freshly-baked by Jomike Tejido, who also worked on the illustrations. It was published by LG&M Corporation, an affiliate of the country's biggest educational publisher, Vibal Publishing... (read more)

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