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Ang Itim na Kuting
Ignacia is a black kitten. Oh, how she scares everybody away! They say bad things happen because of her. This makes Ignacia feel bad and she sets out to prove that there are many good things a cat like her can do.
1996 PBBY-Salanga Grand Prize Winner
1996 PBBY-Alcala Grand Prize Winner
English with Filipino translation
Author: Natasha Vizcarra
Illustrator: Ferdinand Guevarra |
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Ang Kamatis ni Peles
Early readers learn about days of the week as they accompany Peles, a lazy grasshopper, who decides to plant tomatoes and to wait each day for his seeds to grow into red plump tomatoes!
1984 PBBY-Alcala Grand Prize Winner
Filipino with English translation
Author: Alberta Angeles
Illustrator: Renato Gamos |
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Ang Lihim ni Lea
May kakaibang kapangyarihan si Lea. Kapag nasa bahay, madali niya itong nagagawa. Kapag nasa paaralan, siya'y nauuntog at natutumba. Ano kaya ang kakayahan niya? At saan ito nagmumula? Alam ba ninyo ang lihim ni Lea?
Ang librong ito ay inilathala sa pakikipagtulungan ng Soroptimist International of Baguio, at nangangailangan ng gabay ng magulang. Bahagi ng halaga ng aklat ay mapupunta sa agpapatayo at pagpapanatili ng Hub of Hope, isang day care center at breastmilk bank sa Baguio.
2008 Gintong Aklat Finalist
English with Filipino translation
Author: Augie Rivera
Illustrator: Ghani Madueño |
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Ang Madyik Silya ni Titoy
Here comes Titoy’s magic chair! Watch it turn into a car, a plane, or a train, and take Titoy to many wondrous places! Here is a heartwarming story about how a child’s boundless imagination helps him overcome his limitations.
2004 Gintong Aklat Award, Best Children's Book Runner-Up
Filipino with English translation
Author: Russell Molina
Illustrator: Marcus Nada |
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Ang Mahiyaing Manok
Onyok is a young rooster who cannot crow as good and as loud as the others, so he spends most of his time sulking. How can a shy rooster prove his worth?
2000 Noma Concours for Children’s Picture Book Illustrations,
Encouragement Prize
Filipino with English translation
Author: Rebecca Añonuevo
Illustrator: Ruben de Jesus |
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Ang Pambihirang Buhok ni Lola
A violent storm threatens an old town and an old grandmother attempts to save everybody. How will she do this? This folktale is not so much about Lola’s extraordinary hair as it is about the Filipina’s extraordinary strength of character.
2003 National Book Award, Best Children's Book
Filipino with English translation
Author: Rene Villanueva
Illustrator: Ibarra Crisostomo |
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Ang Pambihirang Buhok ni Raquel
Raquel is a girl to be envied. She has the most admirable traits and her long, flowing hair has the most wonderful colors - red, yellow, and blue! Little did her cousin know that underneath Raquel’s wonderful hair lies a sad secret.
1998 PBBY-Salanga Writer’s Prize, Honorable Mention
Filipino with English translation
Author: Luis Gatmaitan
Illustrator: Beth Parrocha Doctolero |
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Bakit Matagal ang Sundo Ko?
What is taking Mommy so long? Almost everybody has gone through the experience of being fetched late at school. In this story, the child refuses to let her fear overcome her; instead, her imagination leads her to think of whimsical situations that might explain her mother’s delay.
2000 PBBY-Salanga Grand Prize Winner
2000 PBBY-Alcala Grand Prize Winner
Filipino with English translation
Author: Kristine Canon
Illustrator: Mariano Ching |
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Bru-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha... Bru-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi
Mrs. Magalit is an old lady whose looks and actions all point to the possibility that she is a witch! Because of this, the little girl in our story is afraid of her. She soon realizes however that looks do not reveal the true nature of a person.
1995 PBBY-Salanga Grand Prize Winner
1995 PBBY-Alcala Grand Prize Winner
Filipino with English translation
Author: Ma. Corazon Remigio
Illustrator: Roland Mechael Ilagan |
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Chenelyn! Chenelyn!
Children think that Chenelyn is a magician - she makes things happen around the household! Floors are cleaner, meals are cooked. It seems that without her, everything will stop running smoothly. Until one day, everything did, and everybody at home becomes worried.
2000 Gintong Aklat Award, Best Children’s Book
1998 PBBY-Salanga Writer’s Prize, Honorable Mention
Filipino with English translation
Author: Rhandee Garlitos
Illustrator: Liza Flores |
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Magnificent Benito ang His Two Front Teeth
Poor Benito was born with the largest set of two front teeth! Find out how this laughingstock turns out to be someone uniquely gifted.
1999 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature
Second Prize, Best Children's Story
English with Filipino translation
Author: Augie Rivera
Illustrator: Jason Moss |
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Naku, Nakuu, Nakuuu!
Balisang-balisa si Isko.
Kahit ang pinsan niyang si Kaloy,
di alam kung bakit halos madapa siya sa pagmamadali.
Ano kaya ang inaalala niya?
2008 PBBY-Salanga Grand Prize Winner
2008 PBBY-Alcala Grand Prize Winner
Filipino with English translation
Author: Nanoy Rafael
Illustrator: Sergio Bumatay III |
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Papa's House, Mama's House
A child recounts how he and his siblings live in their Mama’s house some days, and in their Papa’s house during the other days. Told from the voice of a child, this book reminds us that children who grow up with two parents in one home are raised and loved no differently than those who have two homes.
2004 PBBY-Salanga Grand Prize Winner
2004 PBBY-Alcala Grand Prize Winner
English with Filipino translation
Author: Jean Patindol
Illustrator: Mark Ramsel Salvatus III |
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Papel de Liha
This award-winning story honors the untiring love a mother has for her family. She works all day: cooks their meals, does the laundry, cleans each nook and cranny. All this work must make her hands as rough as sandpaper! This distresses the little girl in our story who overhears her aunt say that sandpaper hands will make her father leave her mother!
1995 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature,
First Prize, Best Children's Story
1996 National Book Award, Best Children's Book
Filipino with English translation
Author: Ma. Corazon Remigio
Illustrator: Beth Parrocha Doctolero |
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Polliwog’s Wiggle
With its wiggly tail and rolly-polly shape, the polliwog is truly a star! Until an odd-colored creature with large, bulging eyes appears and steals all the attention away from polliwog. In this charming tale set in a swamp, find out how the polliwog learns to deal with change.
2006 Gintong Aklat Award, Best Children's Book Runner-Up
English with Filipino translation
Author: Heidi Emily Eusebio-Abad
Illustrator: Beth Parrocha Doctolero |
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Si Ching na Takot sa Dilim
Ching is a young boy who is afraid of the dark. He believes that monsters and scary things begin to appear once darkness settles. How will Ching survive a major blackout in the neighborhood?
2000 Gintong Aklat Award, Best Children’s Book
Filipino
Author: Aleli Dew Batnag
Illustrator: Paul Eric Roca |
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The Boy Who Touched Heaven
There was once a young Ifugaw boy who dreamed of touching the sky. He would spend hours watching and pretending to catch the clouds that floated by. Were they really so far away?
2007 Elias Dakila Storywriting Competition on Environment and Culture
2008 National Book Award, Best Children's Book
English with Filipino translation
Author: Iris Gem Li
Illustrator: Sergio Bumatay III |
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The Cat Painter
Cats come in three colors: black, white, and yellow- this is what Miral, chief cat painter, teaches all his students. All is well until Rajal, a playful painter, comes along. Find out why, since then, cats have never been the same.
2004 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature,
First Prize, Best Children's Story
2007 National Book Award, Best Children's Book
English with Filipino translation
Author: Becky Bravo
Illustrator: Mark Ramsel Salvatus III |
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The Greediest of Rajahs and the Whitest of Clouds
What else could the greediest of rajahs want? He has the fattest cows, the roundest pigs, the juiciest melons, the sweetest sugar, the finest silk, and even the tiniest bits of silver and gold. Nothing else but the whitest of clouds.
2003 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
First Prize, Best Children’s Story
2004 National Book Award, Best Children's Book
English with Filipino translation
Author: Honoel Ibardolaza
Illustrator: Brian Vallesteros |
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The Yellow Paperclip with Bright Purple Spots
Follow the adventure of the Yellow Paperclip with Bright Purple Spots as it makes friends, learns new things, and travels to different places. You will discover why it feels unique and a little out-of-place in a world of silver paperclips.
2005 PBBY-Salanga Grand Prize Winner
2005 PBBY-Alcala Grand Prize Winner
2006 National Book Award, Best Children's Book
English
Author: Nikki Dy-Liacco
Illustrator: May Ann Licudine |
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