Beaulah Pedregosa Taguiwalo

Beaulah Pedregosa Taguiwalo is an illustrator and book designer. Her work in children’s books are in Sampaguita by Maria Elena Paterno, Junior Starfish and the Rainbow by Mirava Yuson and Alfred Yuson, Kuwentong Kalikasan Katha ng Kabataan, Ragamuffin Kid by Grace Chong, and The Christmas Fireflies by Girl Valencia which won as Best Book in Children’s Literature for 2004 in the Philippine National Book Awards. Her work is also in more than 30 published titles, including books by three Philippine National Artists: The Dances of the Emerald Isles by Leonor Orosa Goquingco, Patterns for the Filipino Dress (From the Traje de Mestiza to the Terno) by Salvador Bernal, and the 2004 edition of Culture and History by Nick Joaquin.

Beaulah is a founding member and former officer of Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan, a former member and Chairman of the Philippine Board on Books for Young People, and a member and Regional Advisor of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Her earlier background includes leaving home at age 11 to be among the first batch of government scholars at the Philippine Science High School, teaching Mathematics at the University of the Philippines, and working as Art Director and Manufacturing Manager at a monthly magazine for middle managers in Asia.

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(Photograph above of Beaulah Taguiwalo copyright © 2006 by Mark Taguiwalo)

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