Reading something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue
National Children’s Book Day is fast approaching!
Every year, the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) spearheads the celebration of National Children’s Book Day on the 3rd Tuesday of July to commemorate the publication of Jose Rizal’s “The Monkey and the Turtle” on Trubner’s Oriental Record in London.
This year’s celebration is entitled, “Umuulan ng Libro,” because while it’s been raining all over the metro, it’ll rain books on National Children’s Book Day.
We’re celebrating National Children’s Book Day on July 21 (annually, the 3rd Tuesday of July) to commemorate the publication of Jose Rizal’s “The Monkey and the Turtle” on Trubner’s Oriental Record in London.
Every year, the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) spearheads this celebration, and there’s lots to look forward to this year, starting with this blog tour.
This week’s theme is:
Hulyo 7 – 13: Paboritong Aklat
Ano ang paborito mong aklat pambata at pangkabataan? (Kailangang isinulat o iginuhit ito ng isang Pilipino. Maaari namang maglista nang higit sa isa pa.)
NOTE: We've had some downtime due to technical difficulties with the webhost (very special thanks to Melo Villareal for getting me back online), I'm extending the giveaway to Wednesday, July 24, 12 midnight, Manila time! Thank you so much for those who alerted me while I was out of town, and thank you for patiently waiting until the site came back up again.
It's National Children's Book Day once more, and I'm celebrating with this post on Candy Gourlay's award-winning book, “Tall Story,” and a giveaway: a signed copy of the book!
I've mentioned Candy Gourlay more than once in this blog, but I realize I've never featured her novel, “Tall Story” and I was thinking about today's NCBD (and the hours ticking until it ends) and figured this was the best way to catch up on the festivities.
Published in 2011 by David Fickling books (Philippine edition by Cacho Publishing, distributed by Anvil Publishing), “Tall Story” has bagged the SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards for Europe in 2011, the Philippine National Children's Book Prize in 2012, and has been nominated for numerous other awards.
Continue reading “Tall Story (and an NCBD giveaway! — EXTENDED)”
Every third Tuesday of July, the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY), the organization committed to the development of children’s literature in the Philippines, leads the celebration of National Children’s Book Day, commemorating the anniversary of the publication of Jose Rizal’s The Monkey and the Turtle in Trubner’s Oriental Record in London.
Rizal’s The Monkey and the Turtle is said to be the first illustrated story for children. A draft of the story is scribbled on an album belonging to Juan Luna’s wife Paz Pardo de Tavera. The story is based on a Filipino fable about the silly monkey and a clever turtle and is an elementary school staple in the Philippines. In fact, one of my fondest memories of grade school is connected to this story. In second grade, this was our class’s piece for Sabayang Pagbigkas (class oratorical contest) on Linggo ng Wika, with half the class playing “Pagong” (turtle) and the other half playing “Matsing” (monkey). Hahaha, I was in the monkey group and I still remember the very emphatic “Tatadtarin kita nang pinong-pino!” (I will chop you into tiny pieces!).
