FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Anaya, Rudolfo

La Llorona: The Crying Woman

(3) K-3 Translated by Enríque Lamadríd. Illustrated by Amy Córdova. In this book, originally called Maya's Children: The Story of La Llorona, the father of Chicano literature retells the classic Latino folktale of the woman who cries at night for her children. In Anaya's version, La Llorona is an immortal girl named Marisol who is tricked by Father Time. The new illustrations in this bilingual edition appropriately evoke Mexican folk art.

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