{"id":15429,"date":"2022-11-19T07:12:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T17:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/?p=15429"},"modified":"2022-11-19T07:12:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T17:12:55","slug":"fil-ams-raise-money-to-publish-ilokano-english-childrens-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/2022\/11\/19\/fil-ams-raise-money-to-publish-ilokano-english-childrens-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Fil-Ams Raise Money To Publish Ilokano-English Children&#8217;s Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-attachment-id=\"15400\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/hfn-nasirig\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?fit=1170%2C635\" data-orig-size=\"1170,635\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HFN-Nasirig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?fit=300%2C163\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?fit=640%2C348\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?resize=425%2C230\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15400\" width=\"425\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?resize=1024%2C556 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?resize=300%2C163 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?resize=768%2C417 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?w=1170 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Young Filipino Americans from Hawaii and New York are raising funds to publish a children&#8217;s book written in Ilokano and English.The book titled &#8220;Nasirig&#8217;s Great Adventure&#8221; follows a young girl and her two best friends on her journey to find her missing tablet.<br><br>As a way to connect with Filipino and Ilokano culture, the creators hope that the community will enjoy the book&#8217;s story and visual glossary of Ilokano-English vocabulary words.<br><br>Moreover, the book will have 40+ pages and will be printed in hardcover and in full color.<br><br>The book&#8217;s fundraising campaign is currently up on Kickstarter.com. The book is scheduled to go into production in December and will be shipped to customers from January to February.<br><br>The book&#8217;s production team consists of three Filipino Americans.<br><br>Author Chachie Abara is a 1.5-generation Filipino-Ilokano immigrant and mental health advocate in Hawaii. Fellow Filipino-Ilokano immigrant in Hawaii Mario Doropan is the book&#8217;s Ilokano translator. New York-based designer and illustrator Cassandra Balbas is bringing Nasirig&#8217;s adventure to life in the children&#8217;s book.<br><br>For those who would like to donate to the project, head to kickstarter.com\/projects\/ilokochildrensbook\/nasirigs-great-adventure. For more updates, follow the project on Instagram @nasirigsgreatadventure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young Filipino Americans from Hawaii and New York are raising funds to publish a children&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,11,5],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?fit=1170%2C635",1170,635,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?resize=150%2C150",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?fit=300%2C163",300,163,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?fit=640%2C348",640,348,true],"large":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?fit=640%2C348",640,348,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?fit=1170%2C635",1170,635,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?fit=1170%2C635",1170,635,true],"ultp_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?resize=1170%2C635",1170,635,true],"ultp_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?resize=870%2C570",870,570,true],"ultp_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?resize=600%2C635",600,635,true],"ultp_layout_square":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?resize=600%2C600",600,600,true],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?resize=1115%2C635",1115,635,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?resize=737%2C500",737,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?fit=1024%2C556",1024,556,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?resize=540%2C285",540,285,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?resize=375%2C250",375,250,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/category\/features\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Features<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/category\/_news\/hawaii-filipino\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Hawaii - Filipino<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/category\/_news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HFN-Nasirig.jpg?fit=1170%2C635","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15429"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15430,"href":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15429\/revisions\/15430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}