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The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

Genre:
Fairytales, Folk Tales, and Tall Tales, Myths and Legends, Fiction
Age Level:
9-12
Reading Level:
Independent Reader

Meet the dragon slayer, a girl and a mouse, and a boy who talks to ants. Three traditional tales, each revealing a particular truth, are recast here in comic book format. An introduction and the concluding background note provides a glimpse into the cultures from which the tales come.

New Shoes

New Shoes

Genre:
Fiction
Age Level:
9-12
Reading Level:
Independent Reader

Francis strives to make the best shoes possible, even from material that is hard to acquire. When his friend doesn’t return with one such item, Francis goes on a jungle trek to find him. Along the way, he comes across actual animal residents. Photographs are incorporated into comics as is a bit of factual information for a rollicking good adventure.

Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers book cover

Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers

Genre:
Biography
Age Level:
9-12
Reading Level:
Independent Reader

Discover how 40 influential Latinas became the women we celebrate today in this collection of short biographies from all over Latin America and the U.S. From Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to singer Selena Quintanilla to NASA’s first virtual reality engineer, Evelyn Miralles, this is a book for aspiring artists, scientists, activists, and more. 

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