“Rizaldy,” the latest book by renowned children’s book writer Eugene Evasco, was recently launched at the Top Plaza Hotel in Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, during the National Midyear Demofest of the Reading Association of the Philippines.

Winner of the 2011 Philippine Board on Books for Young People-Salanga Prize, “Rizaldy” tells the story of a boy whose name was derived from the holiday on which he was born: Rizal Day. Yasmin Doctor illustrates.