Simon & Schuster to publish first Filipino picture book

Photo from Cheryl Querol Moreno

Lucky are expatriate Filipinos who are able to spend time with their doting grandparents, especially those in the Philippines, where they learn about their roots and reinforce their values.  Even luckier are those who stay connected through the years despite the distance, with their extraordinary capacity to observe, absorb, appreciate and commend the impressions to their psyche.

New York transplants Sophia N. Lee and Isabel Roxas are among the fortunate lot.  Both born in the Philippines, they have preserved those indelible moments with their grandmothers and grandaunts in a picture book set for release on August 30.

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