The Night Marchers and Other Oceanian Tales (Cautionary Fables and Fairytales)

The Night Marchers and Other Oceanian Tales (Cautionary Fables and Fairytales)

An enthralling, spooky, diverse collection. -- KIRKUS

An intriguing portal to folklore. -- SHELF AWARENESS

Readers will want to revisit this collection. -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

"Do you hear them? Never go outside when you hear THAT sound."

Ghostly warriors, angry gods, and monstrous tyrants? That's just the start of this collection of folklore from the Pacific, retold in comics!

The fourth volume of the "Cautionary Fables and Fairytales" graphic novel series is a thrilling, funny, and totally new take on stories spanning the entirety of the region, with loads of lesser known myths and legends from the Philippines, New Zealand, Hawaii, and beyond. Featuring the work of TINTIN PANTOJA, PAOLO CHIKIAMCO, ROB CHAM, TOKERAU WILSON, and more!

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Kirkus

An enthralling, spooky, diverse collection of Oceanian legends in comic form. 

School Library Journal

Gr 6 Up--Ranging in tone from sweet to chilling, 17 Oceanian tales, retold by primarily #OwnVoices comic creators, fill this robust addition to the "Cautionary Fables and Fairytales" series. One of the strongest entries, Yiling Changues's "The Legend of the Coconut Tree," tells the Maui coconut tree creation myth from the perspective of the slaughtered eel, casting the slippery creature as a sad, sympathetic, scorned king who lost his greatest love. Cy Vendivil's "The Turtle and the Lizard" follows two scrappy characters trying to escape the clutches of hungry humans; a quick segment lays out the basics of Baybayin, an old Tagalog script. Iole Marie Rabor's "Tabi Po" and Diigii Daguna's "The Tyrant Has Horns" make excellent use of shadow and contrast to set a menacing tone. Though all the tales are rendered in black and white, they vary in artistic style, reflecting the diversity of the region. Nicole Mannino's "The Story of Benito" has a traditional comic book look; the inspired shading in Sloane Leong's "The Hula Mano" is eerie. VERDICT Readers will want to revisit this collection. Many will be inspired to seek out other installments in the series and research the cultures from which these rich tales originate.--Abby Bussen, Muskego P.L., WI

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Review quotes

This majority #OwnVoices offering is an intriguing portal to folklore, ferrying readers beyond more familiar Western myths and tales. — SHELF AWARENESS

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781945820793
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Publication date
April 20, 2021
Series
Cautionary Fables and Fairytales
BISAC categories
JUV037000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
JUV012020 - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | Country & Ethnic - General
JUV012000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | Anthologies
JUV030080 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Australia & Oceania
JUV008070 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends & Mythology
Library of Congress categories
Fables
Fairy tales
Graphic novels
Comic books, strips, etc
Pacific Ocean
Islands of the Pacific
Folk tales
Pacific Islanders

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