A Cloud Seeker's Story

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 9, 2009 -- “What else do you see in the clouds?” ~ Is what every single book implores, in this delightfully engaging children’s picture book series called “The Cloud Seekers”. Children of all ages will want to discover what’s on the next page, as they, along with The Cloud Seekers, a group of unique, adorable, and very imaginative friends, explore the possibilities of what takes shape in the clouds above. Here is a partial story of Robert L. Calixto's journey into the clouds!

My illustrator, Russel Wayne, once asked me how I came up with the idea for the children’s picture book series called “The Cloud Seekers”. Since he’s done such a great job with the project, I thought I owed him the story behind the story.

I was born in Manila Philippines in 1966. My family lived in the heart of Manila, a town called Binondo, very near the Chinatown and walking distance to the Spanish Colonial “walled city” of Intramuros. My parents, brothers, sisters and I all lived in a bodega-style home. Bodega homes are what the English call “flats”, and what New Yorkers call “apartments”, mostly three floors or more, depending on the block. There are no backyards, no front yards, and no grass whatsoever. If one house burns, then the entire block burns down. It was a very metropolitan way of life.

Our house was owned by my grandmother, who lived solely on the third floor. Her bedroom had access to the corrugated metal roofs of these bodegas. My family, all eight of us, lived entirely in an L-shaped bedroom on the second floor. My aunt and her family, all nine of them, lived on the first floor. I never realized it at the time, but that’s how most Filipinos lived, even to this day. It’s a system called the “extended family”, where almost the entire clan lives under one roof. I’m pretty sure it’s something we took from the Spaniards, but I could be wrong.

The Philippines is a tropical group of islands in the far eastern part of Asia. The weather has two seasons, wet and dry. There is no winter, spring nor fall, just a hot and humid summer six...

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Robert L. Calixto
Author of "The Cloud Seekers" ~ A Children's Picture Book Series:
Published by Halo Publishing International
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rlcalixto
Email: calixtorobert@yahoo.com

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