{"id":15324,"date":"2026-06-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15324"},"modified":"2026-06-09T07:28:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:28:54","slug":"bedtime-reading-if-you-dare-night-stories-folktales-from-latin-america-by-liniers-graphic-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15324","title":{"rendered":"Bedtime reading, if you dare… NIGHT STORIES: FOLKTALES FROM LATIN AMERICA, by Liniers (Graphic Novel)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Danger on the river,
in the town,
on the pampas! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One night in their bunk beds, a brother and sister are telling each other scary stories from folktales they’ve heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s the one about the mermaid and the pink dolphin in the Amazon River – that’s Iara, Mother of the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And beware the Witch-Owl of the Mexico borderlands – when this bruja calls your name, you know that your death is near!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the pampas grasslands of South America, the Evil Light threatens to steal travelers’ souls – is it the gates of Hell opening a crack?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As you read these stories, you will get at thrill from them. You might feel scared. But I hope you will keep in mind all the layers of meaning they contain,” says writer David Bowles in the heavily researched introduction “Why We Tell Tales” (pg. 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More about each folktale is found in the notes at the end of this entertaining and chilling graphic novel. Available in Spanish as Cuentos de noche: Relatos de Latinoam\u00e9rica<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s your favorite folktale from the Western Hemisphere?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Night Stories: Folktales from Latin America \/ Liniers; introduction by David Bowles. Toon Graphic, 2024. [about the author\/artist https:\/\/www.lambiek.net\/artists\/l\/liniers.htm<\/a>] [publisher site https:\/\/www.toon-books.com\/store\/p330\/Night_Stories%3A_Folktales_from_Latin_America_by_Liniers.html<\/a> ] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher, via Publisher Spotlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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