Customer Reviews

My First Book of Tagalog Words: Filipino Rhymes and Verses

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Its ok, but not great. My son and I love the graphics and colors, but the text is lacking. The author writes a disclaimer in the beginning that she added non-traditional letters like C, X, and Z etc. (due to the Spanish and American influences on the country), but what disappointed me was that the traditional sound "Ng" from the real Tagalog alphabet was missing. So many Tagalog words start with "Ng", so she shouldnt have left this out. Otherwise, its ok.

I'm disappointed with this book. I was expecting more words in tagalog but there are only 26 words - one for each letter of the alphabet. The last letter of the alphabet Z is for zipper which is the same as English.

I purchased this book for my grandson. He is only four and one half months old. When I gave the book to my grandson's parents they were thrilled. Many of the Fliipino people speak both English and Tagalog. The parents read this book to their son. He will be hearing the Tagalog words and will have a good start to becoming familiar with the Filipino Words. I will also be looking at Amazon for other books of this type. Even I can remember some of the Tagalog words.

The second portion of the title, "filipino rhymes and verses" is very misleading. The book just has one Tagalog word for each letter of the alphabet, the rhymes and verses to introduce each word are all in English. I found the text to be very poor.

I am american born, so I don't speak Tagalog fluently, but I understand it. I wanted my 5 year old to appreciate her culture, and use basic words like I do. This was a good book to start basic Tagalog vocabulary. The only problem was, the words are described in verse, not defined. Luckily I knew I knew the definitions of the words to tell tell her exactly what they mean. Some of the words in the book were even English b/c there is no Tagalog word for it. I wish they would have picked different words in place of the English ones. My daughter does enjoy this book, and the characters are presented in an appropriate, unstereotypical manner. I like this book b/c it doesn't show Filipinos to be so different. They are just normal characters in a book teaching you their language.

Purchased this book for my four year old son and he really likes it. The illustrations are bright and funny, which helps him to concentrate on the new tagalog words the book exposes him to. The author uses easy to understand situations for the context of using these new words. Very good book for those who are interested in exposing their children to a new language.

Good for kids who are starting to learn few words of Tagalog. I just thought all the words in Rhymes are all written in Tagalog and an
explaination in the bottom, but over all it is good for kids who don't have Tagalog background.

Our baby is born American, but we would like her to be fully immersed in our Filipino culture, starting with the language. This is perfect! The graphics are great, baby loves the colors too! Just wish that it wouldnt be too gender (male)-specific...."my son", "he", etc. But no big deal, I just translate into a female version. I am buying more Filipino books!

this book has big, colorful illustrations and it is a good introduction to the Tagalog language. My daughter loves listening to the story and will enjoy practicing saying the words when she gets older.

THIS soo called tagalog book is bull! It an english book. If you are going to call something a tagalog book it should be in Tagalog,not here and there words in tagalog.