Product Description

A Picture Book in Two Languages (English and Filipino) Published by Adarna House Story by Yvette Ferreol Illustrations by Jill Arwen Posadas Translation by Aneka Rodriguez and Dencel Aquino Layout by Guia Anne Z. Salumbides Product Development by Ani Rosa Almario Jackie has been sick for a week! Her mother has been giving her all the medicine she needs but nothing seems to work. Suddenly, Lola Itang comes to visit. Can Lola Itang's enchanted kitchen restore Jackie's healthy, happy self? Recommended for children ages 6-7 The book was developed with the help of Grade 3 pupils from Alabang Elementary School; College of St. Catherine; and Maitim Elementary School, Tagaytay, Philippines (Schoolyear 2005-2006).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #395400 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-16
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

About the Author
Yvette Ferreol loves to eat and enjoys writing about eating. She recently won the grand prize in the Doreen Gamboa Fernandez Food Writing Competition in Manila. She grew up in Manila and went to school at the University of the Philippines. She graduated magna cum laude and was named the Most Outstanding Student in Journalism. Yvette worked for the Manila Times as "People" columnist and Lifestyle editor. She then moved to New York City to get her masters' degree at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Newsday, the New York Post, and the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Yvette is currently a producer at Bloomberg Television in New York, where she lives with her husband, Marc, the guinea pig for all her culinary experiments, not all of them successful.

Customer Reviews

great children's story
food, as a focal point of a story, always manages to break through cultural and other barriers. And I thought it was a perfect jump off point to a wonderful children's story. I loved it and so did my nieces. And so did their mom!

Enchanting
It's absolutely lovely..and delicious too!;) I read it almost in one breath and i was transported to my childhood instantly...
I am not Filipino so I am not entirely familiar with certain foods described in the book. But with the help of the illustration (which's excellent) and a little bit imagination, you hardly have any trouble figuring out what they are and how yummy they must be. It definitely brought back a lot of happy memories for me...briefly...i was that little girl playing (and gorging) in grandma's enchanted kitchen again. I can't wait to share it with my friends...at least those who are still kids at heart. Read it.

strongly recommended
Haluhalo Espesyal delightfully captures two very Filipino characteristics - our enjoyment of the afternoon merienda (similar to afternoon tea) which may range from a cup of coffee to a buffet of native delicacies and the close ties we maintain with our extended family.

I bought the book for my nephews and nieces. The kids enjoyed the heart-warming tale and had fun identifying the colorfully illustrated treats.

It was a great idea to have written the story in both Tagalog and English, and I strongly recommend the book to Filipinos and non-Filipinos alike.