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"Hello, Tatay!" are words that keep cropping up in a little boy's life at home while his seafarer father is away at sea. This is one of ten seafarer children's stories that won the 2nd Gig Book Storywriting Contest and is published as part of the Gig Seafarer Children's Stories series. When you read and share this book, you join an ever-expanding circle that gathers round people and things that warm the cockles of our hearts: our children, books and reading, and the strength and resilience of families---especially where the father is mostly away at sea.
" “I love you, my child.” This is what a mother would always tell her child before they sleep at night. But this was not noticed by the child who was born in Manila. One afternoon, there was an announcement that the whole city will be placed under total lockdown due to an infectious disease caused by corona virus or COVID -19. Everybody was advised to stay at home to avoid contamination and spread of the virus. The mother and child have no home to go being street dwellers. How can they be safe from theinfectious and deadly virus? “I love you, my child”, What does it mean? Will the child born in Manila find interest in knowing its meaning? Will they still dream of going back to the place where these beautiful words of endearment originated?" --
The girl thinks that there is something strange in her grandmother's wardrobe closet.
"Every time a young girl goes anywhere with her dad, he pushes her around in a wagon. They pretent it is their house on wheels. One day, they were surprised when their house on wheels was not where they had left it." --
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In this novel in Filipino, widowed Gloria bravely attempts to pick up the writing where her husband left off, getting help from family and friends, finding inspiration in everyday things, and discovering that writing is not a death sentence but a life-saver.
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A story that honors the untiring love a mother has for her family. Although her hands are roughened by hard work, yet they become soft with tenderness when she touches her child.
"A dwarf named Kim Bu-ri lives with his family in a poor neighborhood of Seoul. When the neighborhood is redeveloped by the government, Kim's house is demolished. Author Cho Se-hui writes about the tragedies the family members face through the points of view of the dwarf's three children. The work depicts the political oppression and economic contradictions of 1970s South Korea." --Amazon.
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