(4) K-3 Translated by Eloisa D. de Jesús. Illustrated by Carl Angel. On a walk through his neighborhood, Lakas meets several street performers and follows one of them--the Karaoke King--home to the Makibaka Hotel. While there, he discovers that the residents are being evicted and rallies them to protest. The tropically hued illustrations have plenty of bounce, and while the bilingual (English and Tagalog) story is wordy, its themes and context are unique.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton

(2) K-3 Translated by Eloisa D. de Jesus. Illustrated by Carl Angel. In this bilingual English/Tagalog story, a boy's father takes him to buy a fish in a shop in Manilatown, San Francisco's historic Filipino-American neighborhood. After speaking to the boy, the fish runs off, with the boy, his father, and the fish-store man in hot pursuit. Kids will be captured by the loopy story and the rollicking, high-colored, bang-bang pictures.

Reviewer: | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2003