Winner - 2010 National Children's Book Awards, Best Reads for Children.

I'm coming with Nanay! We're going to the market. What would we see there? Who would I meet? Come, join us! Today is market day!

Sasama ako kay Nanay! Pupunta kami sa palengke. Ano-ano kaya ang makikita namin doon? Sino-sino kaya ang makikilala ko? Tara, sama ka. Ngayon ay araw ng palengke!

Author(s): May Tobias-Papa,
Illustrator(s): Isabel Roxas,
ISBN: 9789715083171
Published: 2008
Language: Filipino (Tagalog) with English translation
Age Recommendation: 5+
32 pages

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Citation from the National Children's Book Awards:

"Listen well," her mother tells her. "Hold on to me tightly, ha? So you won't get lost. And don't point at things that you want me to buy for you." And so the story begins with a promise: "Yes, Nanay, I promise."

Early one morning, a little girl accompanies her mother to the market. They take readers with them. The market is hot and noisy, smelly and muddy, but it's also fascinating and colorful, because it's seen from a point of view that's only about three feet tall. When they arrive home, and our little girl unpacks the bayong (bag) to find a surprise wrapped in newspaper at the bottom, it's her joy we feel in the little dance that she does.

Araw sa Palengke is a true marriage of text and visual image. The story by May Tobias-Papa is gentle and straightforward, and the illustrations by Isabel Roxas are charming and finely detailed. The result is a lighthearted picture book that is nuanced, controlled, and thoroughly engaging. A really good read. - from Amzon