Night Stories: Folktales from Latin America: A Toon Graphic (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781662665295)

Classic Latin American folktales get an update in this new collection by celebrated author Liniers!

Eisner Award winner Liniers brings his exuberant cartooning style and irrepressible sense of humor to the spooky folktales of his childhood, telling three from across Latin America: the Iara, a mermaid (or a pink dolphin?) who lures young men to her underwater domain in the Amazon basin; La Lechuza, an enormous owl with the face of a woman, who terrorizes people who venture out after dark (a legend found in Mexico, Chile, and Uruguay); and La Luz Mala, a spooky, evanescent light that menaces gauchos and other travelers on the Argentine pampas. Liniers animates these thrilling tales with lighthearted twists. Combined with informative backmatter on their ecological, cultural, and historical background and a bibliography, these old stories will come alive for all young readers, from those who have grown up hearing them to those who are encountering them for the first time.

Author: Liniers
ISBN-10: 1662665296
ISBN-13: 9781662665295
Publisher: Toon Books
Language: English
Published: 06/04/2024
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/11/2024
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2024