Modern Heroes for the Filipino Youth
Series Launching
Modern Heroes for the Filipino Youth Series, Bookmark’s series for children’s
books, will be formally launched on February 5, 2014, Wednesday, 6:00-9:00
p.m., at the Last Chukker, Manila Polo Club, McKinley Road, Forbes Park, Makati
City.
The series features nine new titles, namely: A
Passion for Science (Dr. Lourdes Cruz and Dr. Baldomero Olivera, Jr.), A
Time to Grow (Margarita Dela Cruz Santiago), A Voice of Hope in a Time
of Darkness (Susan Fernandez-Magno), BROCKA: The Filmmaker without Fear (Lino
Brocka), The First International Filipino Diva (Jovita Fuentes), The
Pangat, the Mountains, and the River (Macliing Dulag), I Know Where My
Heart Is (Bro. Richie Fernando SJ), My Father, the “Soldier” (Chief
Justice Jose Abad Santos), and My Role Model (Vidal Lory Tan.)
The
Modern Heroes for the Filipino Youth Series aims to present role models for
young people to emulate. Each story in the series contains a central theme that
exemplifies a moral value or characteristic or an exemplary incident in the
life of each principal character.
Also to be launched are Pages written by
Javier T. Delfin, illustrated by Gabi Dimaranan, The Day of Darkness written
by Gutch Gutierrez and Zig Marasigan, illustrations by Gutch Gutierrez.
Original illustrations will be exhibited and be up for sale. The authors and artists will be present for the book signing.
