http://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/literature/2018/04/30/2018-summer-reading-list.html
Thank you CNN Philippines. It is an honor to be a part of this recognition. God’s blessing is infinite.❤️💝🙏🙏
This is more important than all the accolades or media coverage in the world. This is more meaningful. This is the real purpose why I write stories for children. Thank you Bobby Dela Cruz from DepEd and Fe Matullano Lustañasfor your project Education Under The Bridge. Saludo ako sa ginagawa ninyo! ❤️💝👏👏
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Join us in a fun storytelling session featuring the book "Malong, the Magic Cloth" this Saturday! (January 20, 2 PM)
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MY 3rd BOOK FOR 2018.
After the printing of the book War Makes Me Sad, I dreamed of Jesus Christ. He was holding my book and he smiled at me.
I hope my new story about war will touch the hearts of children all over the world.
I hope God will be pleased that I wrote this story.
I humbly dedicate this book to millions of children who lost their parents because of war.
#TheMarawiSiege #NoToWar #NoToViolence#SaveTheChildrenFromPain
The recent crisis in Marawi City has pushed some of my fellow youth in Sarangani Province to initiate a book donation drive for the internally displaced Meranaw pupils. The group is composed of the members of Philippine Youth Leadership Program (PYLP) and Youth for Peace (YFP) Sarangani, as well as volunteers from the municipality of Alabel. The books will be part of the community-led learning center put up by Ms Raima Macapundag Cabaro, a teacher from Baloi Elementary School. The group is targeting to procure 20-30 boxes of books.
Now, you can be part of this campaign by donating books for kindergarten and elementary students. Please make sure that the books are still in good condition. To signify your interest to help or if you have questions, you can contact Judy Ann Sumagaysay Sayson at 09506575739 or 09557819316.
A Mindanao publisher shows the way
When the National Book Development Board (NBDB) is invited to participate in international book fairs—aside from the Frankfurt Book Fair which in the last three years our budget has allowed us to attend—we are always enthusiastic about making a presence to show the world what Philippine publishing has to offer. But our enthusiasm is tempered by the costs involved. If there is a budget, we arrange for a collective booth for publishers, the way we have done for the book fairs in Hong Kong and Beijing this year. The ideal situation is for the publishers themselves to be present to negotiate for the books on display. Attendance has been a challenge for them because of steep travel and accommodation costs.
That was why the NBDB thought it best to mount a country stand and arrange for the shipping of books to be displayed only if a publisher confirms attendance. At the first International Children’s Content Rights Fair (ICCRF) in Chiang Mai two weeks ago, an NBDB team was present to observe and to show solidarity with our Asean neighbor, Thailand. We did not carry any books for exhibit. What was remarkable was the impact and the difference that the presence of the sole Philippine publisher made, leaving lessons and a “template” for future book fairs.
We were not even aware that Mary Ann Ordinario of the Mindanao-based ABC Educational Center Children’s Books would be there, too.
She flew in with her assistant, daughter Jonamari Floresta, who is completing doctoral studies in education in Sydney, with one ambitious goal in mind:
Thank you Philippine Daily Inquirer and Neni Neni Sta Romana Cruz for this acknowledgment. ❤️❤️💝💕 December 23, 2017 PDI issue.
My heartfelt gratitude to NBDB Chair Neni Sta Romana Cruz for the overwhelming assistance. To NBDB Exec Director Jerry Tizon and board secretary Ryan Esteban Rye Stevey Maraming Salamat! To NBDB Senior Project Development Officer Beng Gutierrez Reyes, Reyes Gutierrez Beng thank you for the thoughtfulness. You cared so much to call me up during the business matching in Chiang Mai. ❤️Without all your support this would not have been possible.
Thank you Jesus for all the blessings! Proud to be a Mindanaoan. — feeling thankful with Neni Sta Romana Cruz.
By: Neni Sta. Romana Cruz- @inquirerdotnet
05:05 AM December 23, 201
to sell the rights of her books to Asean countries, to realize her longtime dream of seeing her books translated in different languages. She was in Frankfurt last October and was encouraged by the interest particularly in her newest book, “Malong: The Magic Cloth.” An American publisher was eager to buy her only copies immediately and wanted to plan her book tour in the United States.
It was in 2000 when the rights to all of Ordinario’s initial four books were first sold. It was clear as early as then that her topics were of special interest beyond our shores. Her first books were: “War Makes Me Sad,” “The Crying Trees,” “Durian, The Smelly Fruit,” and “My Muslim Friend.”
Ordinario was delighted when she was informed that illustrator Pepot Atienza had been chosen as the Asean Children’s Best Book Illustrator in Fiction for his submissions for “Malong.”
That distinction, plus the publisher’s presence in a short Business Match session, earned Ordinario meetings with publishers from Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan and Malaysia, all of whom were interested in rights to some of her publishing company’s 30 books. She was again overwhelmed by all the interest and could confidently say that she was in a negotiating position to request a reciprocal arrangement so that she could both buy and sell rights.
Her meetings with the publishers from different countries led to valuable insights. The Japanese agent, for instance, critiqued the “award-winning” illustrations as much too busy, hardly leaving any white space. It’s not an unheard-of comment, as artists themselves have admitted feeling compelled to fill up every inch of space, with the text fighting for its own space.
This experience gave Ordinario a better sense of what book to offer a particular country. “Malong” earned much attention and scrutiny at the ICCRF, but was not every country’s favorite. Quite fortunately, Ordinario’s books offer a wide variation of the Mindanao theme on which she has chosen to write, primarily because she lives in Kidapawan. It is what she knows best. “I would like to share the truth and the situation in Mindanao that affects children, like the ongoing war and conflict,” she said. “The world deserves to know the real problem. It is also nice to share the culture of Mindanao because most Filipinos, especially in Luzon and the Visayas, are not aware of it.”
May other publishers be as fortunate as Ordinario to discover their niche. This did not come easy for her—and we all know success to be so elusive.
Neni Sta. Romana Cruz (nenisrcruz@gmail.com) is chair of the National Book Development Board and a member of the Eggie Apostol Foundation.
Visited National Bookstore in SM Lanang Davao.
On December 5, 2017, we delivered 4 titles. The Talkative Frog, Malong, The Opposite Jars and Why is the Pig’s Nose Flat. Today only 2 books are left. They were even displayed in the lowest portion of the bookshelves. You can’t even see the cover compared to other titles occupying all the space! Wow! All the books were sold in 24 days! Thank you Mindanaoans for patronizing our books!
Smart Parenting Magazine
Our book Why Is A Pig’s Nose Flat was included in the Top 20 Filipino Children’s Books of 2017. This book also won Second Prize in the Samsung KidsTime Authors Award in Singapore.
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