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‘The greediest Rajahs and the whitest clouds’

Bilingual Tagalog-English, from 8yo.

The Rajah was greedy, he liked living surrounded by wealth while his people were starving to satisfy his greed. One day, he was looking at the sky when he decided that he wanted the whitest cloud. His wisemen told him that he had to get a special kite that will take him up in the sky and allow him to bring down the whitest cloud. The kite was decorated with many jewels and precious stones. The Rajah finally took off on his kite and climbed up to the sky, then all of a sudden the kite stopped. It was too heavy and could not go up so the Rajah removed all the precious stones and throw them away. The people were so happy to see the greedy Rajah going up and receive the jewels. The Rajah kept climbing and was never seen again but if you look at the sky at night you can see him riding his kite.

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‘Ang Tikbalang Kung Kabilugan ng Buwan’

Bilingual Tagalog-English, from 4yo.

At night, when the moon is full, what could a lonely tikbalang be doing? This story is a delightful glimpse of an often-feared creature of local Filipino mythology.

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‘Ibong Adarna’

Bilingual English-Tagalog, from 2yo.

Three princes went on a journey to catch the elusive and enchanting Adarna bird, to cure the sickness of their father, the King. A traditional Filipino folk story to discover in both languages.

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Ako si Kaliwa, Ako si Kanan

Bilingual Tagalog-English, from 8yo.

This is the story of 2 shoes that compete with each other. Who is the best? Who does the little boy like the most? Left or Right? Until one day, one of the shoes is lost. Then the other realises that it is no use anymore. The little boy cannot only wear one shoe. What is going to happen? It was more fun when the other shoe was around.

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Si dindo pundido

Bilingual Tagalog-English, from 8yo.

This is the story of Dindo, a firefly who does not glow. He does not feel as he belongs with the other fireflies and it makes him sad. One day, a boy comes and catches the glowing fireflies and lock them inside a jar. Fortunately, Dindo is not spotted as he does not glow. Thanks to his ingenuity and kindness he manages to free the other fireflies.

This is a story about accepting our differences as it makes us richer.

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Book review: ‘Dalawang Dagang Bulag’

Bilingual Tagalog-English, from 4yo.

This is the story of 2 blind mice who decide to travel. The climb 2 mountains, cross 2 rivers and meet 2 monitor lizards. Will they escape?

Fun little book perfect for young readers. It comes with a map of the mice’s adventures where you can retrace their steps by playing with dice.

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Book review: ‘Si Pilandok Sa Pulo ng Pawikan’

Bilingual Tagalog-English, from 8yo.

A greedy chief wants to eat Pawikan (turtle) eggs and sends his best warriors to the Pawikan Island to fetch him the eggs. Pilandok wants to save the Pawikan eggs so they can safely hatch. He gets to the island first and swaps the egg with round shaped stones. The warriors bring the stones to the chief who wonders whether it is normal for Pawikan eggs to turn into stones. In the meantime, Pilandok buries the eggs in the sand and waits for the little turtles to hatch and listen to the call of the sea.

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Book review: ‘The luckiest girl in the world’

Bilingual Tagalog-English, from 8yo.

Carmina is desperate. She really wants to go to Marjorie’s birthday this Saturday but she does not know what to get to her friend who already has everything.

Great book to teach about values and money, the difference between wants and needs.

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Book review: ‘Sampung makakaibigan’

Bilingual Tagalog-English, from 4yo.

Karlo goes to daycare and he does not behave well with his little friends. He steals their lunch, says mean things, tries to wake a friend up during naptime, he knocks a block tower down, etc…

One day, he goes to school and cannot find anyone. Where is everybody? He finally finds his friends happily playing together in the backyard.

He tries to join in but no-one wants to play with Karlo. Karlo is very sad and he finally understands that he has been mean with his friends and tries to make up and be nice from now onwards.

This book is great to introduce daycare to children and how they are expected to behave while in a group.

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Book review: ‘Polliwog’s wiggle’

Bilingual Tagalog-English, from 8yo.

This book is about the life cycle of the frog. One day a funny looking fish is born near a school of minnows in the mangroves. The minnows accept this new friend and call him Polliwog as he keeps wiggling. However one day, it becomes harder to breathe under the water, and his legs are growing and his tail is shortening. What is happening? Will he still be able to be friend with the minnows after the weird things that are happening with his body?

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