Si Isem sa bayang bawal tumawa =
Subtitle: Isem in grumpy town
By: kuwento ni/story by Eugene Y. Evasco ; guhit ni/illustrations by John D. Crisostomo.
Contributors: Crisostomo, John D.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Lampara Pub. House; Distributed by Precious Pages Corp.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Manila, Philippines; Quezon City, Philippines
Language: tgl
Subjects: Smiling -- Fiction.; Tagalog language materials -- Bilingual.
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Isem in grumpy town
Description: 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 oppresive decree?
Notes: English translation by Book Production: Boots S. Agbayani-Pastor.

Parallel text in Tagalog and English.