Filipino Children's Favorite Stories

by Romulo, Liana

• ISBN13: 9789625937656
• ISBN10: 962593765X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Periplus Editions

Summary

From oThe PrinceAEs Brideo to oThe Magic Lakeo to oThe Deer and the Snailo, the classic Filipino childrenAEs stories have amused, inspired, and taught millions of children throughout the centuries with poignant, universal life lessons. Now theyAEre gathered togethermany for the first timein this gorgeous volume. Selected and retold by Liana Elena Fomulo, augmented with whimsical watercolor illustrations by award-winning artist Joanne De Leon, this precious collection of adored Filipino myths and stories is sure to become a Western classic.

Author Biography

Brantley L. Bryant is an Assistant Professor of English at Sonoma State University, He is the creator of the blog "Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog." (http://houseoffame.blogspot.com) and the author of articles in The Chaucer Review and Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History
Bonnie Wheeler is Professor of English at Southern Methodist University where she directs the Medieval Studies Program. She has edited and co-edited fourteen books, among them The Letters of Heloise and Abelard and Hcloise and the Paraclete (with Mary Martin McLaughlin).
Jeffrey Jerome Cohen is Associate Professor of English at George Washington University. He blogs at "In the Middle" (http://www.inthemedievalmiddle.com) and is the author of The Postcolonial Middle Ages; Hybridity, Identity, Monstrosity; and Cultural Diversity in the British Middle Ages.
Robert W. Hanning is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of The Vision of History in Early Britain and The Individual in Twelfth-Century Romance.

Table of Contents

Why Mosquitoes Buzz Around Our Ears	7	(8)
The Terrible Giant	15	(6)
The Hermit and the Two Worms	21	(5)
The Battle of the Wind and the Rain	26	(5)
Alunsina	31	(6)
A Feast of Gold	37	(4)
The Runaways	41	(9)
The Magic Lake	50	(8)
The Deer and the Snail	58	(9)
A Bridge of Flowers	67	(6)
Why the Cock Crows	73	(7)
The Battle of the Sea and Sky	80	(5)
The Prince's Bride	85