Mary Ann Ordinario on Writing, Culture, and the Universal Power of Children’s Stories
Mary Ann Ordinario continues to enrich Philippine children’s literature with stories rooted in the culture and traditions of Mindanao. Over the years, she has authored 58 children’s books, many of which have earned recognition from both national and international award-giving bodies. Her debut work, The Crying Trees , won the Grand Prize at the 2016 Samsung KidsTime Authors Award in Singapore. This was followed by other acclaimed titles: Malong, the Magic Cloth , which received the Best ASEAN Fiction Children’s Book Illustration Award at the first International Children’s Content Rights Fair (ICCRF) in Thailand; The Pencil Who Would Not Write , awarded First Prize at the Los Angeles International Indie Children’s Book Cover Award (2021); and Bulul , honored as Best Reads at the National Children’s Book Awards (2020/2021). Her stories have reached a global audience, with translations in Nihongo, Bahasa Melayu, Mandarin, Thai, Russian, Korean, Nepali, Azerbaijani, Bahasa Indonesia...
.png)
