Teach Me to Pray in Chamorro: A Colorful Children's Prayer Book / Large Print / Gerard Aflague

Product Description

GERARD AFLAGUE COLLECTION

This book is a resource that assists parents to teach children to pray in Chamorro. Using colorful illustrations, each page presents a short phrase allowing for easier memorization.

5 PRAYERS THAT ARE INCLUDED:

The Lord's Prayer

Prayer Before Meals

Prayer Before Bedtime

Prayer for Mom and Dad

Prayer for Grandma and Grandpa

Paperback: 54 pages
Author: GERARD AFLAGUE and Mary Aflague
PRINTED IN USA
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; First edition (June 12, 2016)
Language: Chamorro
ISBN-10: 1534666567
ISBN-13: 978-1534666566
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.1 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces

Chamorro (/tʃəˈmɔːroʊ/)(Chamorro: Finu' CHamoru) is an Austronesian language spoken by about 47,000 people (about 35,000 people on Guam and about 12,000 in the Northern Mariana Islands).^[4] It is the native and spoken language of the Chamorro people who are the indigenous people of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, US territories.

AUTHOR Biography:

GERARD V. AFLAGUE (1969-) was born on the pacific island of Guam (a U.S. Territory), to Chamorro parents, and grew up in the village of Sinajana, during which time he relocated to the U.S. mainland in 2006, where he now lives with his family. With his professional career steeped in technical research and writing for the U.S. Government, he has enjoyed the art of illustrating since the age of 16, and now book publishing. His passion is to illustrate, author, and publish a variety of titles that embrace cultural themes, to entertain his readers, and to educate the young and old through children's bilingual language learning books, rhyming story books, Christian Chamorro prayer books, and short stories.

He is credited for authoring, illustrating, or publishing the following titles:

Ai Adai Guali'ek Everywhere: A Rhyming Story about Island Geckos; Chamorro ABCs: Animals, Plants, and Things of the Mariana Islands; Chamorro Christmas Hymns Song Book: Favorite Novena Songs of Guam and CNMI; Children of the Green Jungle: An Eco-Fable for Children and their Heirs; Counting in Chamorro 123s: Language of the People of the Marianas Islands of Guam and the CNMI; Feelings - Sinente Siha: Chamorro the Fun and Easy Way; Island Geckos Everywhere: A Rhyming Story about Island Geckos; Kai and Oke's Wintry Hawaii Adventure; Kulot Siha - Colors in Chamorro: Language of the Marianas Island People; Little Chamorrita, Did I Tell You?; John & Napu's Wintry Guam Adventure; Juan & Chico's Wintry Puerto Rico Adventure; Kai & Oke's Wintry Puerto Rico Adventure; Shapes - Saying it in Chamorro, Fotmasion Siha; The Twelve Days of Chamorro Christmas: With a Gayu on a Coconut Tree; Two Lover's Point, Guam - Journal; Vroom - Cars, Trucks, and other Transportation - Transpottasion Siha (Chamorro Edition); Prayers, Proverbs, and Healing Words in Chamorro and English; Tinaitai, Atpahon, Yan Fino Hinemio Siha; Chamorro Fiesta Table: One Islander's amusing journey through the well-known party table; Chamorro & English Prayers & Poetry: Tinaitai Yan Sinangan Siha; and Island Geckos Everywhere: A Rhyming Story about Island Geckos;

Chamorro
Finu' Chamoru
Native to	Mariana Islands
Ethnicity	Chamorro people
Native speakers	(95,000 cited 1990–2010)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian(MP) Nuclear MP Sunda-Sulawesi? Chamorro
Official status
Official language in	Guam Northern Mariana Islands
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`ch`
ISO 639-2	`cha`
ISO 639-3	`cha`
Glottolog	`cham1312`