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Philippine Children’s Literature: An Overview

Zarah C. Gagatiga

President, Philippine Board On Books for Young People (2009-2011)

Teacher, Librarian, Writer, Storyteller

http://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com

Objectives

Facilitator:

To present a brief history and current trends in Philippine Children’s Litearture;

To showcase children’s books that have made an impact on children and in the industry as well.


Objectives

Participants:To understand the current state of children’s

literature, writing and publishing for children in the NCR;

To acquire a working knowledge on writing for children that may be used as a base or foundation for future stories, poems and other literary pieces.


High 5!

The Child Reader

Values of Children’s Literature

Blast from the past

Back to the future

Book Talks


Let’s Play!

Write in a piece of paper your answers to the following questions.How do you define a) children; b) literature; c) writing?What did you read as a child?What current book for children have you read lately?

Let’s have fun now! Let’s BUZZ!


Children’s literature is…

Literature written for CHILDREN

Young Adults’ Literature = Teens (13-18 years old)


The Child Reader

Need to love & be loved

Need for beauty and order

Need to play Need to achieve Need to belong Need to know Material needs

Pre-Reading StageInitial ReadingConformation & FluencyReading & Learning the NewMultiple ViewpointsConstruction & Reconstruction

- Jean Chall, 1983


Ten Values of Literature

1. Children's literature affords delight and a sense of wonder.

2. It extends the imaginative power of childhood.

3. It develops the child's appreciation of beauty.

4. It contributes to the growth of a more compassionate human being.

5. It opens to the wonderland of words and ways of using them.


6. It offers a vast storehouse of information.7. It contributes to art appreciation.8. It has the potential for raising the self-

concept of a child who has a poor picture of himself.

9. It forms a foundation for more difficult adolescent novels, poems and drama.

10. It gives a heroic image to childhood.


My MUSTs

It must be well written. Craft is very important as well as the use of language.

It must speak strongly of the Filipino’s culture and identity.

It must be simple, but substantial. It must be unafraid. And does not apologize

for being so. It must be a story that children can

independently read.


Blast from the past

Camillo Osias Reader (Post-War)

Ang Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang (50’s - 60’s)

Pamana - Philacor Series; Pop Stories for Groovy Kids; Makisig: Bayani ng Mactan; Ceres Alabado (70’s)

Children’s Communication Center; Batibot at Aklat Batibot; PBBY; CLAPI (80’s)

The Golden Age of Children’s Literature (90’s)

To the future! (2000)


Back to the Future

Palanca Award for Best Children’s Story (Don Carlos Palanca Foundation)Salanga Prize & Alcala Prize (PBBY)Romeo Forbes Story Writing for Children (CANVAS) KUTINGAng INKAlitaptap Storytellers PhilippinesMultimedia for Children


Book Talk & Open Forum

Health & Hygiene

Family Stories

Ethnic-Cultural Stories

Growing Up Issues and Concerns

Questions

Comments

Inisghts


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