But That Won't Wake Me Up!

by Annie Pacaña-Lumbao, Anelka Lumbao, Liza Flores (Illustrator)

Tomorrow is a school day. Maya is worried that she won’t wake up early. But Nanay has some wonderful ideas on how to wake her up.

May pasok bukas. At nag-aalala si Maya: baka hindi siya magising nang maaga! Pero may magagandang naiisip si Nanay kung paano siya gigisingin.

Genres: Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Annie is an illustrator, an author of children’s stories and a graphic designer. Her first storybook But That Won’t Wake Me Up!, which she co-authored with her daughter, received the Filipino Readers’ Choice Awards 2012 for children’s book category.

Reviews

[Alon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it. It's very nice. I think you should read it. The only thing that I didn't really like was that the solution was so simple. But in the other book, "But That Won't Make Me Sleep," the solution was not so simple. (Alon, 8)

[Phoebe A · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adarna House's But That Won't Wake Me Up app is available here. The graphic is outstanding, however, the navigation is somewhat difficult for children.

It is cute and endearing. I remember my childhood because I'm makulit to my mom when I was little.
The story evolves on mother-daughter relationship where the mother gives scenarios that could wake her daughter in the morning; to which, her daughter Maya repeatedly replies, "But that won't wake me up."