Philippine Children's Folktales in Translation

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Title

Philippine Children's Folktales in Translation

Description

This collection is composed of texts where specific translations of Philippine folktales and fairytales for children have appeared in the late 19th and early 20th century, encompassing the end of the Spanish colonial occupation and the beginning of the American colonial occupation of the Philippines.

Contributor

Gabriela Lee

Language

English

Collection Items

The Monkey and the Turtle
A page from the illustrated children's story, "The Monkey and the Turtle," thought to be a version of an Ilocano folktale, written in English and illustrated by Jose Rizal, and published in 1889.

Cover and copyright page of Philippine Readers Series, Book 5 (Revised)
The front hardcover of Book 5 of the Philippine Readers series, with embossed illustrative materials likely taken from interior illustrations by Fernando Amorsolo.

Cover and copyright page of Philippine Public School Readers Book 2
The front hardcover and interior copyright pages of Book 2 of the Philippine Public School. Reader, subtitled "In and Out of the Barrio"

The Legend of the First Banana
A scan of the Philippine folktale "The Legend of the First Banana" as translated into English by Camilo Osias, with illustrations by Fernando Amorsolo.

Front cover of Mabel Cook Cole's collection, "Philippine Folk Tales"
The front cover of Mabel Cook Cole's "Philippine Folk Tales," from which Camilo Osias had taken some of the stories for his own readers
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