This is the second installment of Making Philippine History More Interesting. It's a chronological booklist for the study of our country's history. Today we're giving you the list of books that you can use for the time before the Spaniards came.As hard as we looked, we couldn't find suitable books about the gold culture of our ancestors, as well as the balangay that they … [Read more...]
Making Philippine History More Interesting: A Chronological Booklist
I love history, especially Philippine history.But it wasn't a love that took root and blossomed at school, with its emphasis on dates, names, places, and exams that asked me to "enumerate xyz."No. It was a love awakened at home by Ambeth Ocampo's wit and humor in “Rizal Without The Overcoat” when I was in high school. It was a fascination that grew with Sionil F. Jose’s … [Read more...]
Fun Filipino Books for Babies, Toddlers, and Beginning Readers
I’ve kept my two older children’s board books from when they were young. They enjoyed “Good Night, Moon”, Eric Carle’s “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”, and other classics. (For more book ideas for babies, click here.)Baby Bumblebee is also enjoying those same books now, reciting or singing along with each one.Experience has taught me, though, that it’s best … [Read more...]