At the hour of bedtime, nothing enchants a child like the joy of a well-loved folk song. Now, parents can collect three more folk songs sure to enthrall new generations of music lovers. Carefully curated by musicology expert Dr. Felicidad A. Prudente, each book features regional customs and traditions that showcase the diversity of our Philippine islands. Playful, humorous, at times wistful, these evocatively rendered musical landscapes offer young and old a fresh portal into the ear and soul of Filipino life.

Size: 8 x 10 in
Year Published: 2022

“Pok Pok Alimpako” is a game song in which children stack their fists, building an imaginary staircase to the moon and stars. Taking inspiration from the delicately intricate okir motifs in Maranao traditional art, Liza Flores used paper cutouts to weave a whimsical journey.

Give the Gift of Song!

At the hour of bedtime, nothing enchants a child like the joy of a well-loved folk song. Now, parents can collect all six folk songs sure to enthrall new generations of music lovers. Carefully curated by musicology expert Dr. Felicidad A. Prudente, each book features regional customs and traditions that showcase the diversity of our Philippine islands. Playful, humorous, at times wistful, these evocatively rendered musical landscapes offer young and old a fresh portal into the ear and soul of Filipino life.

Size: 8 x 10 in
ISBN: 978-621-422-037-3
Year Published: 2022

“Lubi-Lubi” is a song also called “An Mga Bulan” (The Months). For a song that celebrates the pleasures of eating native food year round, Mark & Jo of Happy Garaje depicts the various ways we enjoy coconuts through the changing seasons in the island of Leyte.

Give the Gift of Song!

At the hour of bedtime, nothing enchants a child like the joy of a well-loved folk song. Now, parents can collect all six folk songs sure to enthrall new generations of music lovers. Carefully curated by musicology expert Dr. Felicidad A. Prudente, each book features regional customs and traditions that showcase the diversity of our Philippine islands. Playful, humorous, at times wistful, these evocatively rendered musical landscapes offer young and old a fresh portal into the ear and soul of Filipino life.

Size: 8 x 10 in
ISBN: 978-621-422-039-7
Year Published: 2022

“Pong Pong Guinatbong” is a game song created for the amusement of babies. With lyrics that speak of the joy in cooking and eating the Ilokano pinakbet, Danielle illustrates the scrumptious flavors one can savor from the traditional earthen kitchen.

Give the Gift of Song!

At the hour of bedtime, nothing enchants a child like the joy of a well-loved folk song. Now, parents can collect all six folk songs sure to enthrall new generations of music lovers. Carefully curated by musicology expert Dr. Felicidad A. Prudente, each book features regional customs and traditions that showcase the diversity of our Philippine islands. Playful, humorous, at times wistful, these evocatively rendered musical landscapes offer young and old a fresh portal into the ear and soul of Filipino life.

Size: 8 x 10 in
ISBN: 978-621-422-026-7
Year Published: 2022

Superbly illustrated by Iya Regalario, this book introduces 12 colorful wildflowers found in the Loyola Heights campus, based on photographs taken by Adrian and Trinket Constantino, Abby Favis and Trinket guide the reader with tips on whereto find and how to identify these plants on campus.

Copyright 2019 Ateneo Institute of Sustainability

ISBN: 978-971-0426-33-1

Language: English

Superbly illustrated by artist Iya Regalario, this book introduces 12 charming resident birds in the Loyola Heights campus, based on photographs taken by Adrian and Trinket Constantino. Abby Favis and Trinket guide the reader with tips on how to find and identify them on campus.

Copyright 2019 Ateneo Institute of Sustainability

ISBN: 978-971-0426-34-8

Language: English

Illustrated by Harry Monzon

How hard is it to catch a river crab? Harry Monzon interprets the well-loved children’s song, “Pakitong-kitong” as a journey on a fishing boat navigating through the river while trying to catch the little creatures living in the lush mangrove forests of Cebu.

Illustrated by Hermes Alegre

If you loved Hermes Alegre’s art in BAHAY KUBO (1993), you’ll love his mother and child paintings against vivid countryside backdrops in his new picture book, PAGTULOG NA, NENE (2017).

“Pagtulog na, Nene” is a gentle lullaby from the Hiligaynon-speaking people of Panay Island in western Visayas, Philippines. The name “Nene” is a term of endearment for a female child or a young woman in the Visayas, and even in Luzon. Today, the song is frequently rendered in arranged choral style because of its sweet melody and flowing rhythm. It is possible that there are other versions of this lullaby, since folk songs are an oral tradition. They are shaped and reshaped over time by the people that sing them.

Written by Severino Reyes • Edited by Christine S. Bellen

Illustrated by Felix Mago Miguel

Tahanan’s popular edition of Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang. Fall into the company of scorned mermaids, talking skeletons, princes cursed and transformed and other unforgettable characters inhabiting stories of adventure, humor, and romance. Bask in the literary universe of Severino Reyes, who first published the much-beloved “Lola Basyang” stories in Liwayway magazine in 1925. The twelve stories in this anthology were carefully selected and edited by Lola Basyang expert Christine S. Bellen. This book contains an introduction by Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera and is handsomely illustrated and designed by award-winning artist Felix Mago-Miguel.

Written by Severino Reyes • Edited by Christine S. Bellen

Illustrated by Felix Mago Miguel

Tahanan’s popular edition of Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang. Fall into the company of scorned mermaids, talking skeletons, princes cursed and transformed and other unforgettable characters inhabiting stories of adventure, humor, and romance. Bask in the literary universe of Severino Reyes, who first published the much-beloved “Lola Basyang” stories in Liwayway magazine in 1925. The twelve stories in this anthology were carefully selected and edited by Lola Basyang expert Christine S. Bellen. This book contains an introduction by Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera and is handsomely illustrated and designed by award-winning artist Felix Mago-Miguel.