Kuwentista ng mga Tsikiting (KUTING)

News and Events:

July 2010

Museo Pambata and Kuwentista ng mga Tsikiting Launch the Batang Bayani Book Series

The Batang Bayani Book series was launched last May 29, 2010 by the Museo Pambata and Kuwentista ng mga Tsikiting (KUTING). The series is composed of four inspiring books about Filipino child heroes who have made a significant difference not only in their lives but also in the lives of others.

The books included in the series are as follows:

Palette of Dreams/Mga Kulay ng Pangarap
Story by Liwliwa N. Malabed Photographs by Jaime M. Unson

Palette of Dreams

Synopsis:
Ariel Estigoy is a scholar of Save Our Street Children Foundation Inc. (SOSCFI) in Baguio City. He learned how to paint in a SOSCFI workshop under the artist-volunteer Bumbo Villanueva. Ariel, now 16 years old, teaches young scholars how to make their world more colorful through art. He loves to experiment with pastel crayons.

Song of the Ifugao/Awit ng mga Ifugao
Story by Agay C. Llanera
Photographs by Jaime M. Unson

Song of the Ifugao

Synopsis:
Trisha Mae Kitong is a 4th grade student at the Burnay Elementay School in Lagawe, Ifugao. At 9 years old, she is one of the youngest students of the Hudhud School of Living Tradition, and was awarded by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) for chanting the hudhud 58 times from June 2008 to June 2009 — the most number of recorded chants a munhaw-e has rendered in the whole of Ifugao.
Currently, she lives with her father Edward, a farmer, and younger sister Trixie Ann in Lagawe while her mother Celia works in Hong Kong as a domestic helper.

Hands that Bridge/Mga Kamay na Nag-uugnay
Story by Perpi Alipon-Tiongson Photographs by Jaime M. Unson

Synopsis:
Brendon James (BJ) de Guzman Yulo is a Child of Deaf Adults, or CODA. He was born on June 10, 1997 to Maria Theresa and Manny Yulo, both Deaf. They live with Lolo Gil and Lola Arsenia, both Deaf as well, in Pasig. Maria has a sister, Tanya, who is also Deaf. Tita Tanya is married to a Deaf. The couple lives in California. BJ has a younger sister, 7-year old Darlene, who is hearing.
Lolo Gil, Maria and Tanya are award-winning painters. BJ is learning how to paint with them as mentors.

A Reader’s Story/Kuwento ng Isang Mambabasa
Story by Glenda C. Oris Photographs by Jaime M. Unson

A Reader's Story

Synopsis:
Poverty and physical disabilities have not stopped 16-year old Precious Cabus from pursuing her passion for reading and love for learning. Visits to a bookstore where she could read books freely, jot down notes and widen her knowledge is her resourceful way of ensuring that she earns a good education. Determined to learn both inside and outside the classroom, she disciplines herself by dividing her time wisely between schoolwork, household chores and helping her grandmother earn money to support their extended family. She is now a high school student at Balara High School and lives with her grandmother and other relatives. Wise beyond her age, hopeful and inspiring, Precious makes a bookstore her very own library, a street her classroom, and life itself her school.

All stories were edited by Carla Pacis and Augie Rivera. Translations into Filipino were provided by Glenda C. Oris.

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