11 must-read graphic novels books like The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America by Jaime Hernández

Cover of The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America by Jaime Hernández

The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

By: Jaime Hernández

3.75

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

How would a kitchen maid fare against a seven-headed dragon? What happens when a woman marries a mo…

If you liked the graphic novels plot in The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America by Jaime Hernández , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James

1. Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

By: Derrick Barnes , Gordon C. James

4.38

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The barbershop is where the magic happens. Boys go in as lumps of clay and, with princely robes dra… read more

Similar categories in Derrick Barnes's Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Bat and the Waiting Game by Charles Santoso, Elana K. Arnold

2. Bat and the Waiting Game

By: Charles Santoso , Elana K. Arnold

2.50

Format: 32 pages, ebook

In the tradition of Clementine and Ramona Quimby, meet Bat. Author Elana K. Arnold returns with ano… read more

Similar categories in Charles Santoso's Bat and the Waiting Game book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

3. Hades: Lord of the Dead (Olympians, #4)

By: George O'Connor

3.88

Format: 144 pages,

Nothing ever changes in the land of the dead. Deep in this hidden Kingdom beneath the earth, countl… read more

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Cover of The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

4. The Night Diary

By: Veera Hiranandani

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal,… read more

Similar categories in Veera Hiranandani's The Night Diary book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile

5. Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess (Olympians, #2)

By: George O'Connor

3.87

Format: 309 pages,

Step into a world of fearsome battle, cruel treachery, and fierce loyalty. Your guides are the thre… read more

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6. El Deafo

By: Cece Bell , None

4.20

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Starting at a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At… read more

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7. Zeus: King of the Gods (Olympians, #1)

By: George O'Connor

3.69

Format: 47 pages,

Here's Where It All Starts: the beginning of everything - the world, the gods, and even humanity. M… read more

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8. Watercress

By: Andrea Wang

4.53

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage.… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Wang's Watercress book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park

9. Prairie Lotus

By: Linda Sue Park

4.29

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Prairie Lotus is a book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an educat… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

10. Efrén Divided

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Pura Belpré Award! “We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Aquicorn Cove by Kay O'Neill

11. Aquicorn Cove

By: Kay O'Neill

4.18

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

When Lana and her father return to their seaside hometown to help clear the debris of a storm, the … read more

Similar categories in Kay O'Neill's Aquicorn Cove book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson

12. When Stars Are Scattered

By: Victoria Jamieson

4.62

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee c… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Pass or fail—I’ve done my best. It’s in God’s hands now."

-Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered

Cover of Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow

13. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

Cover of Waverider (Amulet #9) by Kazu Kibuishi

14. Waverider (Amulet #9)

By: Kazu Kibuishi

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

The highly anticipated, thrilling conclusion to Kazu Kibuishi's #1 New York Times bestselling serie… read more

Similar categories in Kazu Kibuishi's Waverider (Amulet #9) book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Switch by Roland Smith

15. The Switch

By: Roland Smith

3.89

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

What happens when the power goes out? And doesn't come back for days... weeks... even longer? Maste… read more

Similar categories in Roland Smith's The Switch book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • middle grade
Cover of The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

16. The Last Cuentista

By: Donna Barba Higuera

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abu… read more

Similar categories in Donna Barba Higuera's The Last Cuentista book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Suma's eyes are still closed, and I can't tell if she's trying to forget, or to remember. Maybe stories are there to help us do both. I know stories can't always have happy endings. But if there are …"

-Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista

Cover of Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 1: Volume 1 by Celina Frenn

17. Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 1: Volume 1

By: Celina Frenn

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The first book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series is … read more

Similar categories in Celina Frenn's Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 1: Volume 1 book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson

18. Before the Ever After

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.18

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson's novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's Before the Ever After book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) by Carole Lindstrom

19. We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner)

By: Carole Lindstrom

4.51

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues … read more

Similar categories in Carole Lindstrom's We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • childrens
Cover of Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

20. Plain Jane and the Mermaid

By: Vera Brosgol

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more

Similar categories in Vera Brosgol's Plain Jane and the Mermaid book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander

21. The Undefeated

By: Kwame Alexander

4.66

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

This poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Undefeated book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • childrens
Cover of The One Thing You'd Save by Linda Sue Park

22. The One Thing You'd Save

By: Linda Sue Park

3.94

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores… read more

Similar categories in Linda Sue Park's The One Thing You'd Save book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Ages ago my gran knitted a sweater for my dad. He wore it and wore it and wore it right out. Then my other gran, who lives with us, unraveled it and knitted a new sweater for me. So I'd save that swe…"

-Linda Sue Park, The One Thing You'd Save

Cover of The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell

23. The Cardboard Kingdom

By: Chad Sell

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to a neighborhood of kids who transform ordinary boxes into colorful costumes, and their or… read more

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  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of War Stories by Gordon Korman

24. War Stories

By: Gordon Korman

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Restart, a story of telling truth from lies -- and… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's War Stories book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Mid-Air by Alicia D. Williams

25. Mid-Air

By: Alicia D. Williams

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wa… read more

Similar categories in Alicia D. Williams's Mid-Air book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America by Jaime Hernández

26. The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

By: Jaime Hernández

3.75

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

How would a kitchen maid fare against a seven-headed dragon? What happens when a woman marries a mo… read more

Similar categories in Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • fairy tales
  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • folklore
  • fiction
  • folk tales
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Micro Mentor Texts: Using Short Passages From Great Books to Teach Writer’s Craft by Penny Kittle

27. Micro Mentor Texts: Using Short Passages From Great Books to Teach Writer’s Craft

By: Penny Kittle

4.42

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

At a time when students’ attention is being pulled in many directions, writing expert Penny Kittle … read more

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Cover of Brownstone by Samuel Teer

28. Brownstone

By: Samuel Teer

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Teer's Brownstone book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel by Rex Ogle

29. Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel

By: Rex Ogle

4.12

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

From Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza, the creators of Four Eyes, comes the second book in this humorous an… read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • childrens
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Ghostkeeper by Johanna Taylor

30. The Ghostkeeper

By: Johanna Taylor

4.37

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of everything from Lockwood & Co to The Haunting of Hill House, this gothic graphi… read more

Similar categories in Johanna Taylor's The Ghostkeeper book and Jaime Hernández's The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
Cover of Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas

31. Gamerville

By: Johnnie Christmas

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A video gamer’s championship aspirations are dashed when his parents send him to Camp Refresh, wher… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

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Derrick Barnes , Gordon C. James

4.38

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2.50

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4.22

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3.59

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Kayla Miller

4.15

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