St George is one of the most revered saints in the Maltese islands, and the legend of St George slaying the dragon has been recounted to generation after generation. Yet, to date there was no local retelling of the story in Maltese.

To fill this lacuna, Merlin Publishers has just published Il-leġġenda ta’ San Ġorġ u d-Dragun, a Maltese translation of the legend of St George and the dragon.

Perhaps not everyone knows that St George is hugely popular also in Spain, specifically in the Catalonia region where World Book Day originated.

The legend goes that drops of blood from the slain dragon transformed into roses, and that people began to give a rose and a book on April 23.

This new translation, by award-winning author PierreJ. Mejlak, retells the story of St George in a language accessible to young children.

The publication was made possible thanks to the assistance of the Catalan institute promoting Catalan culture in the world, the Institut Ramon Llull.

Il-leġġenda ta’ San Ġorġ u d-Dragun is available from all bookshops, or online directly from www.merlinpublishers.com.

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