The Brothers Wu and the Good-Luck Eel: A Tale from the Philippine Islands

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English • Ages 4 to 8 • 2000 • 11 x 9 • 32 pages • Illustrated in full color • ISBN: 971-630-096-4

Written by Fran Ng

Illustrated by Arnel Mirasol

 

First Prize, Short Story for Children,

1998 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award

2002 International Board on Books for Young People Honour List for Illustration

2000 National Book Award for Children’s Literature

 

“Min Pu, Wei Li, wake up!”

It’s morning in turn-of-the-century Binondo – the day two brothers are sent on an errand by their parents to deliver a basket of handsewn slippers up the Pasig River. On their way home their tiny boat collides with a rock and springs a leak. What are the boys to do?

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