02315cam a2200505 i 4500 378500188 TxAuBib 20190401120000.0 170915s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017042011 9781943145287 1943145288 9781943145294 1943145296 (OCoLC)1004206766 TxAuBib rda Hernandez, Jaime,. The dragon slayer [Print] : folktales from Latin America / by Jaime Hernandez ; with an introduction by F. Isabel Campoy. English edition. New York : TOON Books, [2017] ©2017. 40 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier "TOON graphics for visual readers." -- Cover. "A Spanish edition, La Matadragones: Cuentos de Latinoamérica, is also available." -- Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references. How would a kitchen maid fare against a seven-headed dragon? What happens when a woman marries a mouse? And what can a young man learn from a thousand leaf cutter ants? Famed Love and Rockets creator Jaime Hernandez asks these questions and more as he transforms beloved myths into bold, stunning, and utterly contemporary comics. Guided by the classic works of F. Isabel Campoy and Alma Flor Ada, Hernandez’s first book for young readers brings the sights and stories of Latin America to a new generation of graphic-novel fans around the world. 570L Lexile. Decoding demand: 64 (high) Semantic demand: 87 (very high) Syntactic demand: 79 (high) Structure demand: 75 (high) Lexile. 20190401. Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee (2020.) Tales Latin America. Folklore Latin America. Tales. Folklore. Latin America. Graphic novels. Campoy, F. Isabel, author of introduction. TXTLL