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Children's Books, Textbooks and Workbooks

Children’s Books, Fiction

Title: "Ang Mahiwagang Biyulin"

Author: SEVERINO REYES / Storyteller (Re-told By): CHRISTINE S. BELLEN

Illustrator: FRANCES C. ALCARAZ

Description: A children’s fictional story written by Severino Reyes and re-told by Christine S. Bellen about the magical experience of a boy who went to a faraway place to work so as to be able to help his parents

Title: “Ang Munting Bayani,” (Date of Publication not Specified; ISBN: 971-36-1293-0)

Author: ARTURO A. DOMINGUEZ, Jr.

Description: A book which tells the story of a physically-handicapped, ugly boy who only wanted to study in school but was bullied by a classmate whose life he saved in the end

Title: “Ang Munting Prinsipe,” Translated Edition, 1991

Author: ANTOINE de SAINT-EXUPERY / Translator: DESIDERIO CHING

Description: A classic book translated in Filipino and which tells the story of a little prince and his adventures as told by the pilot in the story

Title: “Freak the Mighty,” 1993

Author: RODMAN PHILBRICK

Description: A fictional book which tells the story of Max (who considered himself as a dumb kid) and Freak (who was brainy boy with special physical needs), and the friendship they had that made them as “Freak the Mighty”

Title: “Little Women,” 2011 Edition

Author: LOUISA MAY ALCOTT / Condensed by: LAURA JANELLE and LARAINE DIANE ABAD

Illustrator: GARY AUTENCIO / Color Rendering by: ROWIN AGARO

Publisher: LAMPARA PUBLISHING HOUSE, INC.

Description: A classic children’s book first published in 1868 and based on the life of Louisa and her three sisters in Massachusetts

Title: “On My Honor,” Copyright, 1986 / Reprint, 1987

Author: MARION DANE BAUER / Publisher: YEARLING (1986); HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY (1987)

Description: A book about the misadventure of two boys and the consequent struggle in conscience of the kid who remained alive

Title: “Ramona Quimby, Age 8,” Reillustrated Edition, 2013

Author: BEVERLY CLEARY

Illustrator: JACQUELINE ROGERS

Description: A book written by a highly-acclaimed author of children’s books and which tells a story of the life of a third-grader in the US

Title: “Shiloh,” 2000

Author: PHYLLIS REYNOLDS NAYLOR / Book Design: JOYCE WHITE

Description: A book which tells the story of how a boy found a lost beagle and how the boy and the dog learned to like each other even as the boy tried to hide the dog from his family and from its mean owner who mistreated his dogs

Title: “The Family under the Bridge,” Copyright 1958 and 1986, First Harper Trophy Edition 1989

Author: NATALIE SAVAGE CARLSON / Illustrator: GARETH WILLIAMS

Description: A book which provides a story about an old hobo who lived under a bridge in Paris and whose life was transformed because of three, homeless children

Children’s Books, Non-Fiction

Title: “Little House on the Prairie,” (First Published in 1935)

Author: LAURA INGALLS WILDER

Description: A book about the Ingalls family who moved from Wisconsin to the prairie of Kansas during the American pioneer life

Children’s Textbooks and Workbooks

Title: “English for Communications,” 2nd Edition, 2008

Author: ZOSIMA S. MEDRANO

Description: An English textbook design for “beginning learner of English” and which intends to develop the learner’s skills in listening, reading, speaking and writing

Title: “Jumbo Word Search, Book 1,” 2009

Publisher: PRECIOUS PAGES CORPORATION

Description: A compilation of word-search games for elementary and junior high school students

Title: “Pinagyamang PLUMA: Wika at Pagbasa Para sa Elementarya,” 2012

Author: AILENE G. BASA-JULIAN / Coordinator: ALMA M. DAYAG

Description: An excellent textbook on the Filipino language which provides comprehensive introductory lessons for grade-one students in the elementary level

Title: “Pinagyamang PLUMA: Wika at Pagbasa Para sa Elementarya,” 2012

Author: EMILY V. MARASIGAN / Author-Coordinator: ALMA M. DAYAG

Description: An excellent textbook on the Filipino language which provides comprehensive lessons for elementary grade-two students as well as grade-three students; A sequel to the first book of “Pinagyamang PLUMA”

Title: “Pinagyamang PLUMA 4: Wika at Pagbasa Para sa Elementarya,” 2013

Author-Coordinator: ALMA M. DAYAG

Description: The fourth in the series of “Pinagyamang PLUMA” and an excellent textbook designed to provide comprehensive lessons on the Filipino language for grade-four students in the elementary level

Title: “Pinagyamang PLUMA 5: Wika at Pagbasa Para sa Elementarya,” 2013

Author: Ailene G. Baisa-Julian / Coordinator: ALMA M. DAYAG

Description: The fifth in the series of “Pinagyamang PLUMA” and an excellent textbook designed to provide comprehensive lessons on the Filipino language for grade-five students in the elementary level

Title: “Read Along with Me,” 1999

Author: EMILY N. DAVID

Description: “...a reading book specifically designed for children in the Preschool Level.”

Title: “Science Links,” 2010

Authors: ERLINDA Q. PARDE, ETHEL GRACE A. RAMOS and NENITA A. APOLINARIO

Description: An excellent workbook in science and health which is intended for use by grade-one pupils in the elementary level

Title: “Shining Through in Mathematics,” 2008

Authors/Editor: MARILYN B. ENOJADO and JUANITA B. LAPUZ; LUZ O. SOLAS

Description: A Mathematics worktext for grade-one pupils whose purpose is to train the learner to master basic Math concepts

Title: “Shining Through in Mathematics 5,” 2008

Authors: EVELYN B. TALLOD, JOHN PAULO A. FERNANDEZ AND LUZ O. SOLAS / Editor: LUZ O. SOLAS

Description: A Mathematics worktext for grade-five pupils whose purpose is to train the learner to master basic Math concepts 

Title: “Voyages in English,” 2009

Author: ADRIENNE SAYBOLT, ANNE B. MCGUIRE, CATHERINE IRENE MASINO, ELAINE DE CHANTAL BROOKES, IRENE KERVICK and PATRICIA HEALEY

Description: An English language textbook for beginning learners of the English language and which is used as a required book in the elementary level

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