{"product_id":"beyond-the-blue-mountain-short-tales-from-the-philippines-paperback","title":"Beyond the Blue Mountain: Short Tales from the Philippines - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathy M. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn B. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeyond the Blue Mountain: Thirty Filipino Folk Tales Collected in Baguio, 1948\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBaguio, Mountain Province, February 1948.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHigh in the pine-clad mountains of Luzon - 5,000 feet above the sea, where Ifugao terraces carve the slopes and mist rolls through the valleys - an American teacher sat by a window and wrote down the stories children told around their fires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe gathered them from Filipino students' classroom themes, from his father-in-law Amado O. Picart of Baguio who spoke the Igorot dialects, and from mountain villages that had scarcely been explored. He wrote: \u003ci\u003e\"Beyond the blue mountain is another which I cannot see but I know it is there, and another behind it and still another behind that.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor over 70 years that manuscript, with its hand-drawn illustrations, waited in a drawer. \u003cb\u003eThis book is that manuscript - preserved exactly as it was told.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside you will find 30 timeless tales, including: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhy the Hen Scratches\u003c\/b\u003e - the story of a lost ring and a hawk who still steals her chicks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhy the Turtle Carries His House\u003c\/b\u003e - how the turtles lost their villages to fire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Dwarfs' Parade\u003c\/b\u003e - little Jose and the duwendes who marched with sacks of jewels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhy the Sky is High\u003c\/b\u003e - how a woman's beads, comb, and cooking pot became the stars, the crescent moon, and the sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Origin of Butterflies, Coconuts, Bananas, and Rain\u003c\/b\u003e - and many more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e11 Authentic Igorot Tales\u003c\/b\u003e identified by the author: The Ki-ling and the Rat, Why Crocodiles Eat Human Beings, Mount Data Falls, Tuguinguing and Kot-éng, The Monkey Judge, and more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy this collection is different: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is not a retelling. These stories were collected \u003ci\u003ebefore\u003c\/i\u003e television, \u003ci\u003ebefore\u003c\/i\u003e the highways - when 7,100 islands still spoke 87 dialects and storytellers remembered the old ways. The Introduction, written in Baguio in 1948, gives you the rare historical context of who told each story and where. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilipino-American families sharing heritage with their children\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeachers and homeschool parents teaching Asian folklore and world mythology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLovers of fairy tales, folk tales, and cultural history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReaders who want the gentle, wise, and sometimes funny stories that little boys and girls in the Mountain Province heard by the fire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Igorot highlands to the lowland barrios, these are the stories that have shaped Filipino identity for centuries - finally brought home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThompson Story Studio- Preserving stories that would otherwise be lost.\u003c\/b\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 124\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912690524295,"sku":"9798885266680","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/v0_TSDYMy_9798885266680.webp?v=1790070822","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/beyond-the-blue-mountain-short-tales-from-the-philippines-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}