Beatrice Dungis

We were asked to create a book for children in one of my MA classes. I initially thought of just creating a concept book because it would be easier than making an actual story.  My first idea  was to create a "My first Filipino words" in a board book format.

I was determined on the idea when my boss told me that I shouldn't settle for a concept book, that I am creative so I should write a story. Not all people believe that I am creative, but if there's one person who does, then maybe I should too!

I know this is far from being a novel (number 19 in the list), but this was a good exercise for squeezing out my creative juices. I am proud to present you, Beatrice Dungis:

P.S. My gratitude goes out to all people who made this project possible : Karen for encouraging me to write ; Nomer for some of the ideas ; Reg for ideas that were extremely funny but didn't really work, haha ; Grace and LC for the comments ; Nang Mar for suggesting the illustrator ;  and Tito Randy for giving Beatrice a face.