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Soft watercolor-style cover showing a family gathered outdoors on grass beneath a tree. A child reaches toward butterflies while grandparents sit nearby, suggesting remembrance and celebration. The title appears in large blue and pink lettering above.

What Makes a Family

Celebrating the Filipino Day of the Dead

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About this story

During the Filipino Day of the Dead, a brother and sister learn that families aren’t defined by their size, wealth, gender or distance from one another, but by the love they share in life and beyond.

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Soft watercolor-style cover showing a family gathered outdoors on grass beneath a tree. A child reaches toward butterflies while grandparents sit nearby, suggesting remembrance and celebration. The title appears in large blue and pink lettering above.

Book Details

It is Undas, the Filipino Day of the Dead – a day when families visit the cemetery and gather around their dead loved ones’ tombs. It is a day not of mourning but of celebration – a day in which stories are shared and lives remembered.

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Age Range:

2-5

Page Count:

32pp

Country:

Philipines

Region:

Southeastern Asia

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UK; US & Canada; AUS & NZ

HB ISBN:

9781836290339 (UK & US & ANZ)

PB ISBN:

N/A

Themes:

Empathy & Emotion, Family, Friends, Community, Cultures & Immigration

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