Summer always began at Apu's house. Two grandmothers, twelve regions, one feast and one song. A children's series of pre-colonial Filipino inheritance, told the way it should be told: through wonder, through hands, through bedtime.
Books 1 + 2 land October 2026
Children read Arc One in their parents' arms, then come back to Arc Two on their own a few years later. Arc One is the meal. Arc Two is the song.
She reads the bedtime story.
Apu's kitchen smells of tocino, the ceiling fan turns slow, the gecko watches from the wall and does not fall. She calls Maya her little moon and Tala her little star. At bedtime she pulls a leather book older than her own grandmother could remember, and the story she reads opens a door.
She hosts the summer.
April's mother's mother. Visayan. Known for her singing. The grandmother April never met. In the world of the series, Lola is alive. The fictional frame does what life could not: it puts both grandmothers at the same table.
A song that celebrates the differences of many islands that make one home.
Maya and Tala bring something home from each region. By Book 13, every gift is on the table.
No spam, no chasing, just the launch.
salamat. april writes once, when the first two books are in your hands.