I read 12 pages of his book which took 2 minutes and I cried!!! This is my most favorite Big Dream Book ( 6th ) of Yvette Fernandez @yvetteinmanila It’s a beautiful story I promise and I’m not giving it only to kids but to my friends!! P125.00 at National Bookstore
Filipino-American musician apl.de.ap may have a number of chart-topping songs and Grammy awards to his name as a member of hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas, but life hasn’t always been easy for him. In fact, he grew up poor in a humble barrio in the Philippines, had bad eyesight that made studying and sports a challenge, and he never knew his biological father.
What’s Ap?: The Life Story of apl.de.ap is a children’s book published by Summit Books’ Dream Big Books imprint that traces the journey of Allan Pineda Lindo from humble beginnings in Angeles, Pampanga to fame and success on an international scale with The Black Eyed Peas. Written by Yvette Fernandez, illustrated by Ray Sunga, and developed with apl.de.ap, What’s Ap? shows children that perseverance, gratitude, and never forgetting one’s roots can go a long way.
Last week I saw apl.de.ap @apldeap for the first time in person and I saw another side of him that touched my heart! We all know him as a famous musician but if you read his life story you will not only love his music but you will love him as a person. It’s a simple story but it’s a beautiful story and reveals who he really is. You must read his book, give it away and share it. It’s only P125.00 and it will go to the apl.de.ap foundation which builds classrooms, sends kids to schools and helps children with eye problems. Congratulations Yvette Fernandez @yvetteinmanila I hope that you will continue to write more books like these. Yvette also gave her professional fee to the foundation 
Ray Sunga, the illustrator
How cute that this little girl had Ray sign her book
And Ray even drew apl.de.ap 🙂 How precious is that?
Spotted buying plenty copies of the book!! No other than Xandra Ramos herself 🙂 
What’s Ap? is now available in newsstands, bookstores, convenience stores, and supermarkets nationwide for only P125.
Summit Books will give all proceeds from What’s Ap? to the apl.de.ap foundation, the goals of which are to help build classrooms, send children to school, and provide medical help to children with eye problems. Furthermore, National Book Store will donate 5% of its net sales from the book, while author Yvette Fernandez has donated her professional fee to the foundation as well.
Dream Big Books is an imprint of Summit Books that inspires children to aim for the sky, be their best self, and change the world we live in for the better by sharing the life stories of Filipino role models. Among the books in its roster are Big John, the riches-to-rags-to-riches tale of John Gokongwei, Jr.; Nanay Coring, the success story of National Book Store owner Socorro Ramos; Ninoy, Cory, and Noynoy, which tells of the love for nation of the Aquino family; Simply Jesse, which recounts the life of former DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo; and Princess Lea, which reveals how Lea Salonga became the internationally respected performer she is today.
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