From Pragmatic Mom:
It’s interesting how few Filipino children’s books are available in the United States, despite being 1.1% of the population, numbering 4 million. Filipinos are the second largest self-reported Asian ancestry group after Chinese Americans according to 2010 American Community Survey.
Filipino Folk Tales
Rockabye Crocodile: A Folktale from the Philippines by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey
This is a very sweet story of the importance of kindness and the rewards that it brings. Two boars are neighbors. Anabel is kind and cheerful. Nettie is mean and selfish. When Anabel encounters a crocodile, her kindness is rewarded. The crocodile supplies her with an abundance of fish in return for taking care of it’s crying baby. Nettie wants the same reward, but because she goes about it in a selfish way, her payment is quite different. [picture book, ages 4 and up]
Read on for the full list of Filipino Folk Tales on Pragmatic Mom.
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