PICTURE BOOK REVIEW & AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR INTERVIEW : Tajin and the Twelve Thunders by Magaly Morales
TAJIN AND THE TWELVE THUNDERS A Pre-Columbian Myth written and illustrated by Magaly Morales Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2026 ISBN: 978-1-4197-6885-9 Source : publisher for review All opinions expressed are solely my own. Thanks to the publisher for arranging the interview & providing the cover image & summary. ABOUT THE BOOK A mischievous boy tricks the 12 thunder gods in order to create the first hurricanes in Magaly Morales’s debut author-illustrated picture book, a retelling of a Mexican folktale Tajín is a fun-loving child full of energy and mischief. When his antics prove too rough for even the monkeys of the forest, he’s sent to the pyramid of Los Nichos. There live the Twelve Thunders, who, with their sweeping capes, thunderous boots, and flashing swords, make the weather. For a time, the boy is on his best behavior while in their service . . . but all too soon, he yearns to join the Thunders in the sky. Based on a popular Mexican myth, Tajín and the Twelve Thunders...