Books

Daydreaming comes easily to Kalipay, but she doesn't know how to make bullies leave her alone. One day, she makes an unusual new friend in Gamay, w...

A Prehistory of the Philippines - BOOK 1 Who doesn't love a good story? That's what HIS-story means - the story of us! Our prehistoric lolos and l...

Little Sandangaw might just be a handspan tall, but he wants to do all thethings that bigger children do. If only his family weren’t so afraid he’d...

I Was Their American Dream is at once a coming-of-age story and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a bette...

Language: English, Tagalog

A 1946 Filipino American social classic about the United States in the 1930s from the perspective of a Filipino migrant laborer who endures racial ...

Apple Yengko knows what it’s like to be different. She has a weird Filipino nickname, she’s the only Asian at her school, and she’s obsessed with t...

Eight classic sky tales from the Philippines tell the story of the origin of the world and the beginnings of natural phenomena. Lang: English

Rice is very important to the Filipino, which is why there are so many legends regarding the grain. One of these stories is of husband-and-wife Ba...

Eight classic water tales from the Philippines tell the story of why the sea is salty, how waterfalls came to be, how a girl turned into a mermaid...

Welcome to a playground of words where sound makes sense. The Filipino language has many onomatopoeic words, each carrying a sound that describes ...

Paano ba kumain ng kulay? Ano kaya ang lasa ng pula? Ng dilaw? Ng lungtian? Tara na't tikman ang bahaghari! How does one eat color? What could be ...

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 m...

Tens of thousands of Filipinos who have lived, worked, and raised families for over five generations in this unique city stake their rightful clai...

A collection of eight myths and legends from different parts of the Philippines are retold. Most of the myths and legends seek to explain the worl...

Sinag loves the day. Tala loves the night. Lang: Tagalog, English

Way of the Ancient Healer provides an overview of the rich tradition of Filipino healing practices, discussing their origins, world influences, and...

Do the right slipper and the left slipper really get along? Find out in this amusing children’s story, created to be read alternately.Magkasundo k...

The publication of this book is a bold attempt to present to the reader and to students of Filipino society and culture one of the dominant Filipin...

Regina was born and raised in the small town of Heridos, where gods and spirits walked the earth.Until they didn't.Ten years ago, the whole town pr...

The Folklore Material put together in this book is from all over the Philippines. Some are from the Ilocos region and the Cordilleras in the Christ...

IMAGINARY CREATURES depicted in a people's lower mythology are one of the most important phenomena in their belief systems. This is because the com...

THE FORBIDDEN BOOK uses over 200 political cartoons from 1898 to 1906 to chronicle a little known war between the United States and the Philippine...

A boy made of paper, Nemo can fly. But what he really wants is to run, laugh, and play like a real child.May layang lumipad bilang batang papel si...