Children's Books!

I went on a children's book shopping! 

I feel proud of myself for finally choosing children's books based on the content and not on its graphics. I chose Sabado ng Umaga sa Hardin (Saturday Morning in the Garden) based on its story of a girl loosing her mother to cancer. I just found it really refreshing to see a child participate in her mother's journey in cancer.

Papa's House, Mama's House, which I decided to buy mainly because my professor asked us to review the story, is my favorite of the three books I bought. As you may have known if you've been following me for quite a while, I love great illustrations on books that the saying Don't judge a book by its cover sounds strange to me. When my prof showed us the cover of this book, I wanted to buy the physical copy right away. The illustrations on the book are by Mark Salvatus, an artist I have heard already in a talk/walkthrough of his exhibit in the Vargas Museum last semester.

Meanwhile, Salu-salo (A Gathering) is an interesting take because of how the story of Philippine Revolution was told from a child's point of view. Although to be honest, I felt like this kind of lacked some elements to make a children like it. Its show don't tell way of teaching the ways of the Katipunan was properly held despite, in my opinion, its lack of proper child-engaging elements (is there such thing even?)

I'm bound to write a children's short story for my writing class that's why I'm looking and researching at these forms of literature. I've always been excited to write these kinds of stories and now that I finally have the chance, I'm making sure I can do well with it, and so far, I'm enjoying the process.

What was your favorite Children's Story when you were young?
-Mic

Sa limang umiibig, isa lang ang magiging matagumpay.

[INFORMAL FILIPINO POST. Basta parang bagay yung ganitong wika para sa review na ito.]

Totoo nga! 

    "Maski naman sa tunay na buhay, sagot ng Writer, ilang love stories ba ang nagwawakas nang masaya?

   Pero iba't iba naman ang ibig sabihin ng masaya, sagot ni Sandra." -Para kay B, Ricky Lee

Noong kinuha ko yung nobela ni Ricky Lee na Para kay B sa shelf ng Filipiniana section ng National Bookstore, dalawa lang yung rason. Una, yun yung nobelang binabasa ng karamihan sa mga blockmates ko ngayon. Nakakacurious kung bakit pare-pareho silang nasasawi pag naririnig nila yung pamagat ng nobelang yan. Pangalawa, yun lang yung filipino book na hindi wattpad novel na hindi duduguin yung ilong ko pag binasa ko. Naghahanap lang naman ako ng chill na babasahin. Karamihan kasi ng mga librong nandun, mga klasikong akda na malamang sa malamang, nabasa ko na para sa klase noong high school ako.

Dugo sa Bukang Liwayway

[TAGALOG POST]

Hindi ako masyadong nagbabasa ng tagalog na akda. Pero buhat noong tinawag ako upang kunin ang kursong Malikhaing Pagsulat, sinigurado ko na bago matapos ang bakasyon ay magbabasa ako ng aklat na sinulat sa wikang tagalog.

Kakatapos lang ng baccalaureate mass namin noon at pinuntahan ko, kasama ng dalawa ko pang kaibigan, ang aking guro sa ingles. Binigyan niya kami ng tig-iisang regalong nakabalot sa manila paper. Binuksan ko ang regalo pagkasakay ko sa kotse at laking gulat ko na binigyan niya ako ng akdang tagalog. Tsaka ko nalaman na binigyan niya pala kaming magkakaibigan ng iba’t ibang akdang makakatulong sa amin sa kolehiyo.

Ang akdang binigay sa akin ng guro ko sa Ingles bilang regalo sa pagtatapos ay Dugo sa Bukang- Liwayway ni Rogelio Sicat.Nakakatuwa dahil guro ko siya sa Ingles pero hinihikayat niya rin kami na matuto parin ng sariling wikang Filipino.