Christmas Gift Suggestion

Thinking of a nice gift to give your favorite elementary school child (grade four and up)? We suggest the CMMA award-winning book, Si Kontra, Si Bida, at Si Big Boy Buwaya written by Christine Bersola-Babao.

Contact Goodwill and Bridges Bookstore for book availability. 

Christmas Gift Suggestion

Si Kontra, Si Bida at si Big Boy Buwaya (Press Release)

 Award-winning TV-Radio host and children’s book author Christine Bersola-Babao has collaborated with Jesuit priest, Fr. Ted Gonzales, on a Children’s Book entitled “Si Kontra, Si Bida, at si Big Boy Buwaya”.

Said book was given a Special Citation by the recently concluded 32^nd Catholic Mass Media Awards.

Edited by another award-winning author, Christine S. Bellen, and wonderfully illustrated by Martin Malabanan, the book is a project of Fr. Ted’s BASA (Bayan Akayin sa Abot-Tanaw) – an organization which seeks to uplift children’s values through love of reading.

“Si Kontra, Si Bida, at si Big Boy Buwaya” fulfills BASA’s mission by being rooted in Filipino values, particularly on working together, unity, and integrity.  The story revolves around the title characters’ transformational journey inside their forest kingdom.

According to Tintin, her inspiration for the story is "...what is happening in our present-day society. Our choice of leaders. What happens if and when we choose the wrong leaders. And in the end, how people can unite and work together and rebuild society. I wrote this a year before Ondoy. This book will remind us about Ondoy and our apathy  to nature. But in the end, lesson learned is  that we can all work towards common goals- positivism and unity“

This project has been made possible with the help of CEFAM (Center for Family Ministries), the LCF (League of Corporate Foundations) 57-75 thrust, and Accupoint Systems. It is published by Katha Publishing Co., and is available in Goodwill and Bridges Bookstores or call this number for inquiries and orders: 895-8684 or www.Bridgesbookstore.com

Si Kontra, Si Bida at si Big Boy Buwaya (Press Release)

Tintin Bersola-Babao's Si Kontra, Si Bida, at Si Big Boy Buwaya wins CMMA!

I am grateful to Tintin Bersola-Babao and other volunteers who believe in Imagination to Build a Nation; May we write more topics to ignite the soul of the nation!

- Fr. Ted Gonzales, SJ

Si Kontra, Si Bida, at Si Big Boy Buwaya is BASA's first book. Congrats to the creators of SKSBASBBB - Christine Bersola- Babao, Martin Malabanan, and Christine Belen, and  the Project Team and donors.

Read the press release.

Tintin Bersola-Babao's Si Kontra, Si Bida, at Si Big Boy Buwaya wins CMMA!