A traveller sails through the Panama Canal and across the Pacific to the Philippines, where he befriends Fil, his sister Filippa and their Moro playmate. Through them young readers learn about names, climate, typhoons and volcanoes, worship, water buffalo carts and the rubber tree, with pictures by Maud and Miska Petersham.
A gentle picture of island life for children, written from an American visitor’s view. Download the free EPUB.