First Around the Globe: The Story of Enrique

Description

English • Ages 8 to 12 • 9.5″ x 11.5″ • 32 pages • Illustrated in full color • ISBN: 978-621-422-008-3

 

Written by Reni Roxas and Marc Singer

Illustrated by Arnel Mirasol

 

20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Finalist, 1998 Gintong Aklat Award for Children’s Literature

 

Meet Enrique, Ferdinand Magellan’s loyal servant and interpreter, who traveled with his master during the first quarter of the sixteenth century. Follow Enrique’s ten-year journey around the world, from the time he was kidnapped by pirates as a youth, to Magellan’s death at the Battle of Mactan.

Inspired by an article written by National Artist for Historical Literature Carlos Quirino, with vibrant illustrations rendered by Arnel Mirasol, this much-awaited twentieth-anniversary edition introduces a new generation of young people to Enrique, the accidental balikbayan who was also an extraordinary witness to history.

“𝘐𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘦, 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭.” —Junior Inquirer Magazine

“𝘈𝘯 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵.” —Mega Magazine