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SAS Announces Storybook Collection 2004

Philippine children’s literature is truly alive today! But from the many books in the market and after a thorough evaluation of hundreds of available locally published storybooks, SAS is happy to announce the top 75 storybooks that have made it to the SAS Storybook Collection 2004. A team of DepEd reading specialists, teachers, psychologists, parents and students read through hundreds of titles and chose the books based on three main characteristics: the books exhibit Filipino family values, they have literary merit and are considered by Grade 4 students to be reader-friendly.

SAS recognizes the importance of delivering reading materials to children responsibly. We have developed methodologies for evaluating storybooks, and we place special value on those that emphasize Filipino family values. Each title in the Storybook Collection must be creative, colorful, fun and engaging for the Filipino child. And in support of the local children’s book publishing industry, all books must be written, illustrated and published by Filipinos. In order to validate our choice of books, we asked 7- to-10-year old students to read and rate the storybooks. This is to ensure that all the books can be comprehended by its target readers.

Each Grade 4 section that participates in the SAS Reading Program is gifted with a set of at least 60 titles from the Storybook Collection. These are what the students will be reading during the 31-day Read-a-Thon.