Mariang Makiling Book

"Abadeha" tells a story similar to the one we know under the title "Cindirella" but it takes place in the Philippines. For some, it might not be obvious to consider this a multicultural read. I believe that if it is present right, it has a wealth of multicultural lessons to be learned. I wouldn't recommend using this book with early elementary students as it isn't as gentle as we would expect. I believe it can be a good read for middle school students. As a teacher, if I would choose to use this book for multicultural education purposes, I would pair it up with a few more of the same topic, Chinese Cinderella, Persian Cinderella, etc. I would follow up with a discussion on similarities and differences of these stories. There is a lot of cultural, geographical, traditional information in this book, which we would not find in the other versions. The main idea stays the same, good values are better than greed and viciousness regardless if you are from Philippines, US, or any other part of the world.