Seven Stories from Seven Sisters: A Collection of Philippine Folktales — now in Ebook format

While sort­ing out the papers of the writ­ers’ group PAWWA (Philip­pine Amer­i­can Women Writ­ers and Artists), I was look­ing at PAWWA’s chil­dren’s book projects and thought it was a shame that these charm­ing books are now out-of-print. I decid­ed to make ebook edi­tions of the two books (PAWWA had entrust­ed the care of these books to me.)

 

The first one, now released and giv­en new life is: SEVEN STORIES FROM SEVEN SISTERS: A COLLECTION OF PHILIPPINE FOLKTALES.

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDXT825J

 

This book col­lects retellings of folk tales, leg­ends, epic retellings, by the sev­en found­ing mem­bers of PAWWA ‑more info in this Wiki link (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_American_Women_Writers_and_Artists) .

 

There are sev­en beloved sto­ries in the book that include: Sev­en Thou­sand Emer­alds, The Leg­end of Mt. Mak­il­ing, A Secret in Mak­il­ing, The Mer­maid and Kanag, The Leg­end of Siete Peca­dos, The Haunt­ed Dak­it Tree, and Bolak Son­day: The Woman War­rior. These retellings can be enjoyed by chil­dren and grownups alike. Folk tales from the Philip­pines and around the world are great edu­ca­tion­al tools.

 

 PRAISE:

“I hope that every school sys­tem in the Unit­ed States will have a col­lec­tion of folk­tales like SEVEN STORIES FROM SEVEN SISTERS to enrich their mul­ti­cul­tur­al pro­grams, reflect­ing the rich tapes­try of our soci­ety,” said War­ren Furu­tani, then Pres­i­dent of the Los Ange­les Board of Education.

     

tags: Philip­pine folk­tales, Fil­ipino folk­tales, Fil­ipino folk­lore, Fil­ipino leg­ends, Philip­pine myths, Fil­ipino chil­dren’s book