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Books I plan to give away during National Children's Book Day July 16, apart from being the birthday of two of the loves of my life, is also National Children's Book Day (NCBD) here in the Philippines. The NCBD is an initiative of the Philippine Board of Books for Young People (PBBY - my, this post is turning out to have too many acronyms, isn't it?),  which is headed by fantastic librarian blogger  Zarah Gagatiga . Tomorrow's highlight is the awarding of the Salangga Prize for a children's book writer, and the Alcala Prize for an illustrator. And though the NCBD is just a day, the PBBY has been encouraging people to do something for it since a few weeks ago. They've also been doing capsule interviews of some children's book authors and illustrators, care of blogger Xi Zuq , who's also suggested ways of celebrating NCBD. I'd like to celebrate the NCBD myself by doing something I've always wanted to do. So, this is what I posted on my ...

Why I liked Crashed (Junior Bender #1)... because Nancy Pearl included it among her "under the radar" reads for this summer , and I do like trying books not many people have read. Then again, this isn't really a reason why I liked the book. More like a reason why I'm inclined to like it, so... because the plot's tight and moves along quickly, and the writing's smooth and witty. because of who Junior Bender is--a crook (with a heart of gold, of course) who does detective work for other crooks. And in addition to being a career criminal, he's a career reader. Sold.  I highlighted a few sections. Read and see if you don't like him, or at least, how he spends is off-work days. “It’s true. Like it or not, I’m a professional burglar.” “You mean, like full-time?” She stretched the words out derisively. “Well, you see, that’s one of the nice things about being a burglar. You only work a couple of times a month.” “What do you do the rest ...