Bea's Balikbayan Box of Treasures - Alemshah, Christine
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Erscheint vorauss. 17. Juni 2025
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Bea, a seven-year-old Filipina-American girl, helps her family pack a balikbayan box for their relatives in the Philippines. A balikbayan box is the ultimate international care package and an expression of love for many Filipino families living abroad. When the package has been shipped, Bea waits patiently for it to arrive overseas--it could take two whole months! Finally, Bea's family gets a video call from Tito Rico, Tita Alma, and Bea's pinsan, Maribel, and they connect over the excitement of unpacking the box.

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Bea, a seven-year-old Filipina-American girl, helps her family pack a balikbayan box for their relatives in the Philippines. A balikbayan box is the ultimate international care package and an expression of love for many Filipino families living abroad. When the package has been shipped, Bea waits patiently for it to arrive overseas--it could take two whole months! Finally, Bea's family gets a video call from Tito Rico, Tita Alma, and Bea's pinsan, Maribel, and they connect over the excitement of unpacking the box.
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Christine Alemshah (she/her) is a biracial Filipina-American children's author and classically trained vocalist; she is the author of Bea's Balikbayan Box of Treasures. Christine writes children's picture books championing innovation and celebrating multiculturalism, often with musical or percussive vibes. She hopes readers will see themselves in the stories she writes. Christine studied psychology and music, earning a bachelor of arts degree from Whittier College. When not writing, Christine enjoys singing karaoke and reading with her husband and two daughters under cozy blankets at their Lake Forest, California, home. Find out more about Christine at christinealemshah.com. Dream (Mengqian) Chen is an artist with a background in both illustration and animation. She received her BFA in animation at Communication University of China and her MFA in visual art at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She prides herself on creating colorful and imaginative dream worlds using a variety of media and tools. She has experimented with photography, stop-motion animation, printmaking, illustration, papermaking, bookbinding, and much more. She lives in Shanghai, China. To see more of her work, visit dreamchen.org or Instagram @dreamchenillustration.