Nieves Catahan Villamin: 3 books

TAGUAN WITH EDEN AND FRIENDS: First in a series of children's book adaptations from Bittermelons and Mimosas, a Philippine Memoir by Nieves Catahan Villamin. Ever since she had learned to run, my granddaughter loved to play a game we called "Where is Eden?". This was our own version of taguan...

The Legend of the Mango Aklan is a province in the island of Panay in central Philippines. One of its major fruit produce is the sweetly delicious mango, or mangga in Filipino. And so it goes that the Aklanons have a story about the first mango. In times gone by, there lived a couple named Daeogdog...

Who Swallowed the Moon? The bilao-sized moon shines brightly. It then slowly gets to be darker and darker that it seems to disappear in the night sky. After a few minutes, it becomes lighter and lighter until it goes back to being bright and full. This is the eclipse of the moon, or laho, as Filipinos...