Si ISEM sa Bayang Bawal Tumawa (Isem in Grumpy Town) by Eugene Evasco

Bilingual (Tagalog - English) Children's Book. In the town of Misoot, Datu Rupanget forbids laughing. That's why everyone is grumpy, sullen, ill-tempered and wailing. Until the very unusual Isem, born with a perpetual grin on his face, arrives in town. Can he change the datu's oppressive decree?

Hardcover
Publisher: Lampara Publishing House, Inc. (2003)
Language: Filipino
ISBN-10: 971518044-2
ISBN-13: 978-97-1-518044-3