Asian and Philippine Folktales: Retellings by PAWWA
PALH 2022, 152 pages
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Asian and Philippine Folktales:
Retellings by PAWWA (ISBN:
9781953716262), which contains Asian and Philippine folktales as retold by
members of PAWWA (Philippine American Women Writers and Artists). This new
print edition honors the women of PAWWA.
This
small group of Filipina writers in America had published these stories in two
books that have been out-of-print for many years. This 2022 collection includes
25 folktales from places such as Laos, Japan, Korea, Sumatra, Vietnam, China,
Bali, Indonesia, India, and the Philippines. The book's target audience is 9
and older.
PAWWA
was founded in 1991 by a group of seven Filipina writers in Southern
California. It was the first such support group for Filipina women writers.
PAWWA's founding members are: Valorie Slaughter Bejarano, Cecilia Manguerra
Brainard, Mariquita Athena Davison, Fe Panalingan Koons, Susan N. Montepio,
Cecile Caguingin Ochoa, and Nentuzka C. Villamar.
PALH
is an offshoot of the work done by PAWWA. When the group dissolved in 1998, founding
members Susan Montepio and Cecilia Brainard continued the publishing and
distributing of select Philippine and Filipino American books under the imprint
of PALH or Philippine American Literary House. When Susan Montepio later
pursued other personal projects, Cecilia Brainard continued PALH’s work solo.
PRAISE:
"These stories unlock a storehouse of cultural knowledge – of
lessons learned from tapestries of words. Parents, children, and educators and
all others who love “old-time stories” will enjoy this collection.” Herminia
Meñez Coben, Folklorist, Author of Explorations in Philippine Folklore and
Verbal Arts in Philippine Indigenous Communities: Poetics, Society, and
History.
"What a wonderful book! I know that when I read them to my grandchildren,
I will also be that little girl again, enraptured by my nanny's tales of the
characters in these stories." ~ Joselyn Geaga-Rosenthal, LCSW, Licensed Psychotherapist
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