Ang mga Anak Dalita ("[The] Children of the Poor"[1]) is a 1911 Tagalog-language novel written by Filipino novelist Patricio Mariano.

Ang mga Anak Dalita is a political novel that deals also with Filipino ideology, the socio-economic situation, the industrial upheaval, and the struggle of the oppressed Filipino working class in Manila during Mariano’s time.

[1][2] Mariano wrote Ang mga Anak Dalita in poetic form.

According to literary critic Soledad Reyes, there was a scene in the novel wherein Ata, the main female protagonist, narrates a story about how the Philippines (represented by the name "Mutya", meaning "pearl", "precious stone", or "charmstone"[3]) became the victim of Spain (represented by the name "Dulong", a type of small fish[4] known as the Gobiopterus lacustris (lacustrine goby), which belongs to the family Gobiidae),[5] and the United States (represented by the name "Limatik", meaning "leech"[6]).

[2] The characters of the novel include Ata, Teta, Pedro, and a factory owner.