Customer Reviews

Philippine Folklore Stories

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This book was a delight to my wife who grew up in the Philippines and an education for me, helping me to understand the fairy tales different from my US upbringing.

This book contained a bunch of folktales and folklore from the Philippines. They were slightly polished for an audience of Western children (not that there's anything wrong with that), which makes this a very family-friendly book. Each story also begins with a short description of where the story comes from or what it means to the original tellers, so it was informative as well as a good read.

The table of contents is inactive and there are no illustrations, but otherwise I didn't see any formatting or scanning errors.

Stories contained are:

The Tobaccos of Harisaboqued
The Pericos
The Passing of Loku
The Light of the Fly
Mangita and Larina
How the World Was Made
The Silver Shower
The Faithlessness of Sinogo
Catalina of Dumaguete
The Fall of Polobulac
The Escape of Juanita
The Anting-Anting of Manuelito
When the Lilies Return

Less polished Philippine Folk-tales can be found in Philippine Folk Tales and in Philippine Folk-Tales

This was among the first books I uploaded to my Kindle. The best way to learn about a foreign culture is always through the stories and legends of the people. I must say I enjoyed the Philippine Folklore Stories a lot! I read them all in one day and I learnt everything from why the vulcano on one of the islands is still active to how an amulet can protect you form harm. The stories are a great reading for kids and adults alike!

Talk about the worst story telling I have ever come across. The stories are told as if someone else is talking and the author is taking it all down in shorthand. Too bad. I was looking forward to some fun reading. You won't find it in this tiny, cheaply made collection of stories. It isn't a book. It's a rip-off. I use it as an examle of bad writing. Filipino story-telling is fascinating..colorful...dreamlike. None of that is contained in this tiny collection. What a complete bummer!