Middle Grade Adventure Filipino Folklore & Mythology Recommended for ages 10–14

The Tiktik Series

Book cover for Tiktik: A Summer of Three Names by Peter Bautista, a middle-grade novel about a Filipino-American girl uncovering her family's folklore secrets
Book One · Out now

Tiktik: A Summer of Three Names

What if the stories your family tells you aren't stories at all?

Twelve-year-old Emily knows when adults are lying—and keeps a list to prove it. But when she spends the summer with her grandmother in the Philippines, the creatures from Lola's stories begin appearing outside her window.

Book cover for Tiktik: A Christmas of Three Names by Peter Bautista, Book Two of the Tiktik series
Book Two · Out Nov 20

Tiktik: A Christmas of Three Names

City creatures don't follow province rules.

Emily's notebook has all the answers—until Christmas in Manila. A santelmo, a tiyanak, and a batibat crowd into Lola's city house, drawn by something that happened there thirty years ago.

Your creativity and commitment to sharing Philippine folklore have helped introduce our stories and traditions to a new generation of readers.
Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles Certificate of Appreciation presented to Peter Bautista · FAHM 2026
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