00:00So, alamin naman natin ang kwento sa likod ng librong The Horse Soldier,
00:04a wartime secret na isinulat ng isang creative writer and cultural advocate.
00:08Panawin po natin ito.
00:13Naghahanap ka ba ng libro para sa iyong anak?
00:16Isang librong magbabalik sa kanya sa nakaraan, sa panahon ng digmaan,
00:20at magpapaalala ng kahalagahan, ng kapayapaan at kalayaan.
00:25Ito mismo ang hatid ng librong The Horse Soldier,
00:27A Wartime Secret, ng isang creative writer at cultural advocate,
00:32ang kanyang pangatlong libro at kauna-unahang children's book.
00:37The book is based on a true story about my mom when she was 12.
00:43No, actually, the war started when she was 10.
00:47But then, my grandfather was part of the guerrilla movement,
00:52and so was my grandma as well.
00:54And mom was only 10 when the war started,
00:56when World War II, when the Japanese came,
01:01there was an American soldier.
01:03My family hid him in their home.
01:06And that's really basically how the story has been said to me
01:11since I was 4 or 5, I've heard stories.
01:14And it's all been, you know,
01:17nandun na yun eh, so naalala ko.
01:18So in my mind, parang sabi ko, oh, I want to preserve that.
01:23Bagamat natapos na ang World War II mahigit 80 years ago,
01:27ang kwento ay patuloy na kapupulutan ng aral ng mga bata.
01:31Bida rito ang mga karakter na hango sa mga pangalan ng totoong tao at lugar.
01:35I hope that parents will be able to explain to their children
01:42that there was a war in the Philippines that happened,
01:46and because of the underground movement led by Colonel Ramsey,
01:51Edwin Ramsey, will be spread around,
01:56so that they would know that Filipinos were very loyal with the American government
02:04because we were a commonwealth at the time.
02:07Sana maalala nila na magpasalamat na lang tayo
02:11na meron tayong kapayapaan dito sa mundo.
02:15And I hope that they always remember that.
02:20Maliban sa personal na istorya ng mga karakter,
02:23binigyan buhay din ng aklat ang makulay na kulturang Pilipino.
02:28Nakasulat man sa Ingles ito,
02:29may mga salitang Pilipino na ginagamit sa pagkikwento
02:33na kung saan may kitang kahulugan nito sa hulihang bahagi ng aklat.
02:37Kasabay ng launching,
02:38nagkaroon din ang book signing at book reading
02:41na nagbigay ng pasilip sa kung ano pa ang nilalaman
02:43ng The Horse Soldier, A Wartime Secret.
02:46Ang pagbasa ng ganitong uri ng libro
02:48ay hindi lang nagbibigay ng historical knowledge,
02:51kundi nagtuturo rin ang empathy at appreciation
02:54sa mga value na mula sa nakaraan.
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