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

September 17, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: children's book, folklore, folktales

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I am a daugh­ter of the Philip­pines and an adopt­ed daugh­ter of Amer­i­ca. I have also trav­eled to many places so I am also a daugh­ter of the Earth. My expe­ri­ences have found their way into my sto­ries, which try to depict char­ac­ters caught in impor­tant moments in their lives, sit­u­a­tions that force them to act, make deci­sions, change. I try to see the world from my own point of view, not the dom­i­nant West­ern one, thus my inter­est in his­to­ry, cul­ture, and set­ting. But my char­ac­ters car­ry my sto­ries; they are the most impor­tant in my sto­ry-telling. I have to dive deep into them to under­stand their human­i­ty – their good­ness as well as their bad­ness, their beau­ty as well as their ugli­ness. Just like us. Just like each of us. I need to know where they came from, where they are now, so I under­stand where they are going. Just like us.

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