Ambrosia by Dan Manalang FILIPINO AMERICAN EXPERIENCE & FILIPINOS IN THE DIASPORA - Women Writers (General)

Ambrosia by Dan Manalang FILIPINO AMERICAN EXPERIENCE & FILIPINOS IN THE DIASPORA - Women Writers (General)By Dan Manalang Illustrations by Nichole Wong In this sweet story inspired by the author's childhood and imbued with Filipino cultural nuances, a coconut named Ambrosia is not accepted by the other fruits until one brave peach breaks the ice and leads the way to celebrating Ambrosia's differences. Fostering important values of diversity, tolerance, and positive self esteem, this poetic, rhyming introduction to appreciating other cultures teaches the

the sorrow of loss

- Jean Vengua

Local history interspersed with folklore which makes it an interesting read

the Filipino American population became the largest urban group of Asians in Chicago Through the medium of historic photographs

is inspired by her real-life experience of someone telling her son that he couldn’t possibly be Irish because of the way he looked

became home to Filipinos from the emerging independent Philippine nation

Written with the skill of a gifted storyteller and graced with photos that capture both of Helen’s worlds

Pius X Seminary in the Philippines and graduated at St

This book is primarily a history of literary forms and modes of economic production

Ani ng Sining Philippine Arts Festival 2007

Publisher : The University of the Philippines Press (January 1

Samkad lives deep in the Philippine jungle