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AUTHOR Q&A: SERGIO BUMATAY III 9/21/2015 Multi-awarded illustrator Sergio Bumatay III relates to us his story of creating May Darating na Trak Búkas , a poetry book written by Rio Alma (pen name of National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario). Some of Sergio’s works include Naku, Nakuu, Nakuuu!, Tuwing Sabado, Ay, Naku!, and Tight Times. Many of these are awarded with local and international honors, such as the Philippine Board on Books for Young People –Alcala Illustrator’s Prize, the National Children’s Book Award, and the International Board on Books for Young People-Sweden Peter Pan Prize. May Darating na Trak Búkas is one his latest offerings. Now, a Sambat Trust school library has a copy of this book, thanks to Sergio's kind donation. First of all, thanks for the copy of May Darating na Trak Búkas! You’re very welcome! I hope kids will love it as I did in creating the book. Surely, they will! Can you tell us a little more about this wonderful poetry book? We really wanted to make the book special and beautiful, as you can see from the printing and binding, and of course with the heartwarming content. A hardbound children’s book is very rare locally, and it’s like holding a real work of art, only in book form! It’s our “gift” to kids. It says on your blog that the book started with Rio Alma writing a poem based on one of your works. Can you briefly explain the process that followed? It actually started with one of my sketches. We experimented on the “reverse process” of creating a book: coming up with images first as inspiration for the story. In this case, I made sever al drawings, from which I outlined the imagery to form a storyline. Then the publishing team asked Sir Rio, which I’m very grateful that he found time, to write a poem inspired from the imagery. What were the pleasures and challenges in the process? And was there a difference between illustrating a poetry book and storybooks? It was a pleasure creating the book because I was given a lot of room for creative expression. That independence means I can offer a lot of ideas to make the book more beautiful. Illustrating a poetry book can be a bit more experimental than picture storybooks. For me, that is more fun. Poetry is really fun! But there are only a handful of poetry books for Filipino children. How does May Darating na Trak Búkas contribute to the growth of this genre? I think that by offering a beautiful book, both inside and out, many kids might learn to appreciate the power it has to transform and inspire imagination, and hopefully treasure a book forever. What book projects can we expect from you? Are we going to see more poetry book illustrations? Hopefully, I can make more poetry books or books with lesser words. I would like to come up with my own wordless book someday. And any message to the teachers, students, and librarians who have now access to your wonderful book? I’m just grateful that they appreciate my perspective in illustrating. I hope that they will be able to share that magic to many kids and people in general as possible. Thanks again!
9/21/2015
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