Slaying Latin Dragons (the Dragon Slayer review)

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Hernandez, J. (2017) The Dragon Slayer: Folktales From Latin America. New York, NY: Toon Graphics

The Dragon Slayer is the retelling of three folktales from Latin America.  Specifically, the stories are: The Dragon Slayer, Martina Martinez and Perez the Mouse, and Tup And The Ants.  Each of these traditional stories is told in a comic format.  The art is well done, finding a balance between cartoony and realistic; which is just right for these sort of stories.  It's interesting to see the morals in the story and get a sense of the time when these stories were created.  Even though they are old stories, they are still relatable.  My 8 year old daughter very much enjoyed this book and so did I.

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