01218nam a2200229Ia 450000500170000000800410001724501180005810000220017670000310019826000430022930000350027230000110030702000150031865000460033365000180037905000180039754600150041552005230043033600090095333700150096233800110097720260803094211.0251212s2012    xx            000 0 und d1 aNanay Coring: bthe story of National Book Store's Socorro Ramos /cYvette Fernandez; illustrated by Liza Flores.1 aFernandez, Yvette0 aFlores, Liza,eillustrator  aPhilippines :bDream Big Books,c2012.  a23 pages: bcolor illustration  c23 cm.  a9719902132  aFictionvJuvenile literaturezPhilippines  aShort stories  a921 F39n 2012  ain English  aSocorro Ramos, known as Nanay Coring is the founder of National Book Store, the largest bookstore chain in the Philippines. She has many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loves to read and learn. But Nanay Coring was once so poor she could not afford to go to school. She went through many hard times, including the Second Worl War. This is the story of how a young girl with no money learned to work hard, to survive the bad times till they became good again, to live and to love, and to never stop dreaming.  atext  aunmediated  avolume