Pan de Sal Saves The Day is a story about a young Filipino girl who lives in the Philippines. She feels she’s the unluckiest girl in school. She doesn’t like many things about her – her looks, even her name. Unlike her classmates, she does not own fancy things.
One day however, she wins the admiration of her classmates as she shares her talents and resourcefulness. She then finds the confidence she needs to chase her dream.
This bilingual English and Filipino book is a colorfully illustrated children’s book that teaches an important lesson about self esteem. It also teaches children to see the unique qualities in everything and in everyone.
Gab finds it interesting how the characters are named – Pan de Sal, Croissant, Muffin, Doughnut, Bread Stick! Yes, because he loves eating bread! We also like that it shows and mention the nipa hut or the bahay kubo, the sipa game, adobo and some songs that are uniquely Filipino.
Pan de Sal Saves the day by Tuttle Publishing received First Prize of the Short Story for Children in the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. Pandesal Saves the day by Tuttle Publishing is available in bookstores nationwide. The book was written by Norma Chikiamco and illustrated by Mark Ramsel N. Salvatus III.
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