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The Tale of La Llorona
By Lowery, Linda & Keep, Richard & Porter, Janice Lee
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-82256-378-5
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, c2008.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2008
Gr 2-4 Many versions of this popular Mexican folktale exist, some terrifying and bloody, some highly political, some of the kind that impatient caregivers once told to keep their children from running outside at night. Much of this book is given over to describing Maria, a discontented poor girl who goes off with Don Ramón because she thinks her life will be easier. In this version, she doesn't kill her children after he leaves her. She simply...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
In these stories, trickster Anansi wins a box of stories from the sky god; the Yellow Emperor fights the Black Dragon; a young man wins a princess's hand with his magic pomegrana...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
