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Great as a means to educate readers on Filipino culture, but does it within the context of the English alphabet, so if you’re looking for a Filipino alphabet book, this isn’t quite it.

The ñ/ng page is awkward. IDK if Amazon allows non-English characters, but picture the n with a tilde that you often see in Spanish. Or look at my picture lol. Tagalog borrows a lot of words from Spanish, but the spelling often changes to avoid letters that don’t exist in the Filipino alphabet (e.g. banyo, panyo).

It would’ve been better if they used a word rather than trying to describe the sound. I bet you could find something cute to write about ngiti (smile) or something.

Other than that, this is a very cute book! I learned some things myself. Gigil is a concept I hadn’t heard of, but one that is universally experienced.

Brand	N/A
Rating	4.7 (138 ratings)
Price	$14.97
Category	Asia

A is for Adobo: ABCs of Filipino Culture (Filipino Culture Children's Books)