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Blancaflor: The Hero with Secret Powers: A Folktale from Latin America
By Nadja Spiegelman
Illustrators
Illustrated by Sergio GarcÃa Sánchez
Edition
By Nadja Spiegelman
Hardcover edition
Publisher Toon Books Imprint Toon Books ISBN9781943145553
Blancaflor: The Hero with Secret Powers: A Folktale from Latin America
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SKU
9781943145553J
A damsel to the rescue!
Raised by a mean ogre of a father who eats his opponents for dinner, Blancaflor is often told not to show off her own considerable powers for fear of scaring off suitors. When a prince falls from the sky and wakes up in her lap, she is spellbound and moves heaven and earth to help the endearing, yet not so clever, young man, all while trying not to let him know. With their trademark magnificent brio, Nadja Spiegelman and Sergio García Sánchez update a classic tale extolling the strength and resourcefulness of women.
Raised by a mean ogre of a father who eats his opponents for dinner, Blancaflor is often told not to show off her own considerable powers for fear of scaring off suitors. When a prince falls from the sky and wakes up in her lap, she is spellbound and moves heaven and earth to help the endearing, yet not so clever, young man, all while trying not to let him know. With their trademark magnificent brio, Nadja Spiegelman and Sergio García Sánchez update a classic tale extolling the strength and resourcefulness of women.
Introduction by F. Isabel Campoy. Author’s note. Bibliography. Full-color illustrations were drawn in India ink and colored digitally.
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