Meet the creatures behind the story
Meet the creatures of Filipino folklore, discover how their stories change across generations, and see what they become inside the world of Tiktik.
Four interior plates from A Christmas of Three Names, black and white first, the way they print in paperback, then in color.
A coloring and activity book built as a field journal — scenes to color, puzzles to solve, and a creature of your own to invent.
A free classroom guide for grades 5–8, with comprehension, theme, character, and writing prompts.
Four interior plates, black and white first — the way they print in paperback — then in color.
She lives in an old tree. Cut it down for lumber, and she moves into your house with the wood.
The small old man who owns the house, and the anthill out back. Say excuse me, and he might leave you a gift.
The merfolk of Visayan folklore sing from the rocks near shore. Meeting one can mean fortune, danger, or being taken under.
Not a werewolf — there are no wolves here. Its real name has a better story than the monster does.
Splits at the torso and flies at night — but the story in Book One is about the line she won't cross.
It leads travelers in circles — then tells a better version of the walk afterward.
A small, plain bird. The scary part isn't the bird — it's what it means when you stop hearing it.
No single version of the Kapre is the real one — name, tree, size, even the cigar all change by region.
Or start with the story itself — read Chapter One free →