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Cover of Kuya and the Kapre: the family reads at a lit window while a gentle tree giant leans in to listen

Sundays with Lola, Book 3

Kuya and the Kapre

A Filipino Myth Story in English and Tagalog

The big tree outside the family's building has a lonely giant in it. Kuya, braver in books than in real life, befriends the kapre by reading him stories.

Meet the kapre

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Two pages from Kuya and the Kapre: Kuya reads his book at a lit window at night and waves, while a shy, hairy kapre with fireflies glowing in his leafy beard peeks out of the big tree to listen
Pages 12–13 of Kuya and the Kapre

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