is a story about a poor boy, Koko, who entertains himself and his playmates with the makebelieve stories about their many houses, However, a tragedy happened when there came a strong storm followed by floods that washed away all their homes, With this, Koko realized that he owned the kind of treasure that is unparalleled with any number of houses,
One of the things I liked in this book because of the unusual style of illustrations, which are in watercolor form, The story is also timely because of a lot of natural calamities mostly in form of typhoons that is happening in our country, Kids could relate with this, and they could be given hope that despite the challenges, the storm will end and a rainbow will appear in their lives.
Ang batang may maraming maraming bahay, In English, the child who has many houses, Among Genaro Gojo Cruzs children books, this is one of my favorites, The way he wrote the story is very creative and its concept is very unique, I have not read such kind of plot yet, I was impressed. And above all, I felt how to be such a despair child again, In addition, the cute illustrations strike my fancy more,
The story is about a boy telling his friends a story that he has many houses, He says that he has four kinds of houses his family has: a little house along the greenish pasture a stoned castlelike house on the top of a mountain a squared blue house afloat the sea and their little wood house surrounded by high buildings in the forests.
Unfortunately, a strong typhoon will cause his family and he,together with his neighbors, to be flooded out and have to evacuate to a safer place.
Consequently, the houses in their area, along with theirs, will be devastated,
Poor little boy, because of the grinding poverty, he draws his pentup feelings to fabricating his dream houses with a paper,
The story bears close resemblance to the real situation nowadays, Many houses are lost strong typhoons brought about, So the innocence of childhood is awoken to the reality of life in this complicated world,
I would say that it is a good eyeopener to the government, They should try to think like a child again,
It is another children book Gojo Cruz materialized out of his sad past experiences, I remember reading his Connecting the Dots that when he was still young, they had a decrepit house left behind their modernlybuilt neighbors houses.
But Gojo Cruzs life has changed so far, As far as I know, he has got a new condo as well as a new house and lot now, Kudos, Mr. Gojo Cruz. I always look up to you,
none Another sad children's book written by my now favorite children's book writer, Genaro R, Gojo Cruz.
I particularly liked the illustrations by Aldy Aguirre, It is painted in watercolor and not your typical colorful and cutesy sketches, I thought that aside from the quiltlike art of "Ang Asul na Kariton" this is the one that I found equally creative and wellillustrated.
The story is about a boy who because of poverty entertains his playmates who are also poor, about the makebelieve many houses that his family has around the country.
His playmates are in awe and enjoy these stories, Children love stories no matter if they are outrageous or illogical, They are their ways to escape the reality that they are poor, Then the great flood comes and wash away their real homes,
It's tragic and awfully gloomy but in the end, Gojo Cruz was able to paint hope and that's all that matters, The cover of the book says "Agesyo" and I am ayo man and still like this book, I don't believe that good books must have age specifications, When the book is good, it can be enjoyed by people of all ages,
Good job, Genaro R, Gojo Cruz but this time, kudos also goes to Aldy Aguirre for an excellent work of art! great kid :D Sabik na sabik ang mga kalaro ni Koko tuwing magkukwento siya tungkol sa maraming maraming bahay nila.
Naglalakihang gusali o munting kubo, malawak na lupain, sa tuktok ng bundok, o kaya sa tabi ng asul na dagatkay sarap sigurong magmayari ng kahit isa sa mga ito!
Ngunit nang nagdulot ng trahedya ang malaking baha, natuklasan nina Koko at mga kaibigan niya ang yamang hindi matutumbasan ng gaano man
karaming bahay.
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