Easter Egg Hunt at the Library: The Conclusion on Apr 14, 2013 in Young Adult Library Services library programs books Easter library promotion reading It was fun! Teenagers and food make a good mix. At some point reading must be required and rewarded. Looking for the eggs in the books was not easy. There were those who looked randomly and got frustrated. The more strategic thinkers consulted the...
Looking for Andoy: Dominic Agsaway on Ngumiti si Andoy on Apr 10, 2013 in 150th birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio Philippine Children's Literature 2013 Alcala Prize Dominic Agsaway Alcala Prize PBBY Filipino Illustrators Filipino Author MJ Tumamac Dominic Agsaway's winning work on the Salanga Prize story, Ngumiti si Andoy, portrays the child narrator and Andres Bonifacio together. They interact and engage in conversation. This is pretty much a literal rendition of the story. But the child, a l...
Looking for Andoy: Sergio Bumatay III on Ngumiti si Andoy on Apr 9, 2013 in Philippine Children's Literature 2013 Alcala Prize Serge Bumatay III Alcala Prize Ngumiti si Andoy PBBY MJ Tumamac Sergio Bumatay III's entries to the 2013 Alcala Prize were served in a platter. Literally. The clay sculptures depicted a young Andres Bonifacio and his Katipunero days. To me, his art works communicated dedication to the craft; taking risk and tryin...
Filipino Librarian: Maria Cecilia Ingusan Ayson on Apr 7, 2013 in Filipinas Heritage Library Maria Cecilia Ingusan Ayson Filipino Librarian The blog's Ms. April is Maria Cecilia Ingusan Ayson of the Filipinas Heritage Library. She graduated BLIS in UP Diliman and is currently pursuing MLIS in the same university. She will be traveling to San Diego, USA to receive the "Diane K. Foster In...
Looking for Andoy: Francin Cruz's Rendition for Ngumiti si Andoy on Apr 4, 2013 in 150th birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio Andres Bonifacio 2013 Alcala Prize PBBY Francin Cruz The 2013 Alcala Prize winners have been announced! Congratulations to Dominc Agsaway for bagging first place! Honorable mention goes to Serj Bumatay III and Francin Cruz. Visit the PBBY website for the complete details of this year's Alcala awarde...
The NLP's 2nd Summer Workshop for Kids on Apr 4, 2013 in 2nd Summer Workshop for Kids The National Library - Philippines Children's Library Services Posting this info on the 2nd Summer Workshop for Kids of the National Library of the Philippines. The National Library of the Philippines- Children's Section, will hold the 2nd “Summer Workshop for Kids” on April 25-26, 2013 from 9:00am- 4:00p...
From RAP Prezi to PBBY Chair on Apr 3, 2013 in Filipiniana for Children Reading Association of the Philippines PBBY books K-12 Program reading list K-12 Curriculum I got this email from Prof. Melissa Orencia, current President of the Reading Association of the Philippines. Dear Zarah, Greetings from the Reading Association of the Philippines! We would like to ask your assistance to provide us with...
PASLI Summer Conference 2013 on Apr 2, 2013 in PASLI Filipino Librarians school librarians PASLI Summer Conference 2013 Pasli program-2013-updated-jan-25 from Zarah Gagatiga...
Library Giveaways: Easter Baskets on Apr 2, 2013 in Easter Eggs Easter Basket IB School Library Easter library promotion Before assembly: box, Easter Egg biscuits, chocolate eggs and pipe cleaners After assembly: Easter Basket! TA-DAH! Ready to be given away! Who is the lucky library borrower who will get this Easter Basket?
Folk Story and Tall Story on Mar 25, 2013 in Rizal Province Candy Gourlay Tall Story books Bernardo Carpio reading In one of my teacher workshops this month, Teacher Ava discovered Tall Story by Candy Gourlay. She became an instant fan! I make it a point that in every talk, seminar, forum, workshop I conduct, I do book talk sessions on the six National Children'...
