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Malaking-Malaking Bahay
TAGALOG ONLY -- Filipino Children's Book
24 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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About the author
Genaro R. Gojo Cruz
50 books96 followersGENARO R. GOJO CRUZ grew up in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. He earned his degree in Social Science from Philippine Normal College, and has won numerous writing awards, including the Palanca Award, Gawad Ka Amado, Gawad Collantes sa Pagsulat ng Tula at Sanaysay, Ninoy Poetry Writing Contest, and the PBBY-Writers Prize.
He presently teaches at the Philippine Normal College while pursuing his master's degree in Philippine Studies as a scholar at the De La Salle University in Manila.
In his spare time, Genaro tells stories to and teaches street children in Binondo, Manila.
He presently teaches at the Philippine Normal College while pursuing his master's degree in Philippine Studies as a scholar at the De La Salle University in Manila.
In his spare time, Genaro tells stories to and teaches street children in Binondo, Manila.
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August 11, 2014
The boy in the story lives on the streets and he makes himself believe that the city is his big, big house.
It struck me as a depressingly sad story especially when I see small children begging for money and food on the streets. How many of them have thought like the way the boy thinks in the story? Looks like it can be a way for them to rationalize their misfortune and what about if they see children of rich families with the nice clothes they are wearing or the food that those rich kids eat if ever they pass outside the window glass of a flashy restaurant? It should be heart-breaking for them and this book made me thankful that I did not have that kind of life when I was a young boy. But how many of us really get to thank our parents or our grandparents from whom they inherited their riches? When I was young and living in the province, I always thought that we were poor until when I saw the street children of Manila.
This book is so far my favorite among those that Genaro R. Rojo Cruz has written. It is not the usual positively-themed happy-ending children's book. It is almost like a social satire or a morally-aware piece of literature expressing how an innocent boy could be clueless on the poverty that he finds himself in. It is depressing yet it is different that I read this book twice.
Well done, Gojo Cruz.
It struck me as a depressingly sad story especially when I see small children begging for money and food on the streets. How many of them have thought like the way the boy thinks in the story? Looks like it can be a way for them to rationalize their misfortune and what about if they see children of rich families with the nice clothes they are wearing or the food that those rich kids eat if ever they pass outside the window glass of a flashy restaurant? It should be heart-breaking for them and this book made me thankful that I did not have that kind of life when I was a young boy. But how many of us really get to thank our parents or our grandparents from whom they inherited their riches? When I was young and living in the province, I always thought that we were poor until when I saw the street children of Manila.
This book is so far my favorite among those that Genaro R. Rojo Cruz has written. It is not the usual positively-themed happy-ending children's book. It is almost like a social satire or a morally-aware piece of literature expressing how an innocent boy could be clueless on the poverty that he finds himself in. It is depressing yet it is different that I read this book twice.
Well done, Gojo Cruz.
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