Silver Edition
As a way of thanking you for bringing life to our books for a quarter of a century, we bring you this Silver Edition of one of four classic all-time bestsellers to add to your collection. This hardbound copy, printed on quality paper and encased altogether, is sure to be a worthy addition to your and your child's treasury of books.

This award-winning story honors the untiring love a mother has for her family. She works all day: cooks their meals, does the laundry, cleans each nook and cranny. All this work must make her hands as rough as sandpaper! This distresses the little girl in our story who overhears her aunt say that sandpaper hands will make her father leave her mother!

1995 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature,
First Prize, Best Children's Story
1996 National Book Award, Best Children's Book

Filipino with English translation

Author  

Ma. Corazon Remigio
Si Ompong ay Creative Director ng isang advertising agency.  Naniniwala siya na ang pagsusulat para sa mga bata ang pinakadalisay na uri ng pagsusulat.  Inspirasyon niya ang kaniyang apat na anak.

Illustrator  

Beth Parrocha Doctolero
The artist is a graduate of the College of Fine Arts of the University of the Philippines.  A batchmate once told her that if she would like to amount to anything close enough to being an artist, she would have to banish any fear of being one.  No but's, no if's, no excuses, she simply has to thrive on her art.

Mahilig siya sa mga kulay at nasisiyahangan gumawa ng mga aklat pamabata.  Para sa kaniya, bawat librong kaniyang iginuguhit ay isang karanasang dapat kalugdan at ang bawat tauhang kaniyang nililikha ay isang kaibigan.