Rice is the staple food of the Filipinos. And in this book The Adventures of Gabby Ghas: Palay-Bigas-Kanin, a grain of rice comes alive and lets it sentiments know about the nature of being.
‘I think, therefore I am’ applies to how Gabby Ghas identifies with the importance of being one’s self and later becoming a positive contributor to society. We see how a particular food grows from seedling to plant, and in the course of the story, how Gabby copes with different situations and also how our main character overcomes obstacles in this series of colorful exploits.
Reading the book from start to finish is a most rewarding experience, and I enjoin readers, young and old, to rediscover and verily appreciate the beauty of our very own bigas.
Retailing at major Philippine bookstores for P175, The Adventures of Gabby Ghas is also available from The Asian Rice Foundation in Los Baños, Laguna (tel/fax: 63-49-536-2285, or email asia_rice@agri.searca.org). You may also visit their website at www.asiarice.org.
For more information, please contact Fran or Josie of Tahanan Publishing (tel: 813-7165, or email fran@tahananbooks.com).
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
TAGU-TAGUAN A Counting Book in Filipino
If you are into insect-watching and learning numbers, you can have the pleasures of both in one colorfully delightful reading material…
There is one counting book newly out that sticks out from the bookshop shelves. Tagu-Taguan (Hide and Seek) has the fine elements of an excellent gift for a two-year-old tyke…
Combining the comely illustrations of Jomike Tejido and the sleek editorial presentation of Tahanan Publishing, Tagu-Taguan presents bugs in such a way that these are works of art on canvases of warm and cool colors. Page by page, readers will be awed by the beauty of these ‘Bijoux du Monde,’ for from the beholder’s perspective, the insects here may rightly be called the ‘jewels of the world…
The book is ideal for age one and up. Even adults can enjoy counting with their kids as they gleefully turn the leaves of this utterly lovely book. Now available at all major Philippine bookstores for P150. For more information, please contact Fran or Josie at 813-7165 or email fran@tahananbooks.com.
There is one counting book newly out that sticks out from the bookshop shelves. Tagu-Taguan (Hide and Seek) has the fine elements of an excellent gift for a two-year-old tyke…
Combining the comely illustrations of Jomike Tejido and the sleek editorial presentation of Tahanan Publishing, Tagu-Taguan presents bugs in such a way that these are works of art on canvases of warm and cool colors. Page by page, readers will be awed by the beauty of these ‘Bijoux du Monde,’ for from the beholder’s perspective, the insects here may rightly be called the ‘jewels of the world…
The book is ideal for age one and up. Even adults can enjoy counting with their kids as they gleefully turn the leaves of this utterly lovely book. Now available at all major Philippine bookstores for P150. For more information, please contact Fran or Josie at 813-7165 or email fran@tahananbooks.com.
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