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La Llorona: The Weeping Woman: An Hispanic Legend Told in Spanish and English

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La Llorona: The Weeping Woman by Joe hayes is a bilingual picturebook in English and Spanish that presents a classic Hispanic legend. The shaded and emotional color illustrations by Vicki Trego Hill and Mona Pennypacker add an ominous touch to the dark folklore of a weeping ghost woman always searching for her children - and if little ones aren't careful, she might mistake any child for her lost babies! La Llorona is not a happy tale; it imagines the life of a beautiful and proud young woman, who married the man she loved and bore his children, yet who turned jealous when her husband became cold and distant. He rarely came near her, and only appeared to take interest in her children when he did. A bitter rage consumed La Llorona, causing her to cast her own children in the river; shortly after, she realized what she had done, and her own life ended in grief and remorse. La Llorona is a haunting tale, recommended for older children and faithful to the roots of the ghost story it is based upon.

I really liked the illustrations in the hardcover book so I bought the paperback. What a rip off! The book is the size of a leaflet and the illustrations are done in two color tones only. The story is the same but the paper back's quality does not compare to the hardcover. Believe me spend the extra money and buy the hardcover.

As a child I grew up hearing that if I stay out to late that "La Llorona" would get me and mistake for one of ther childern and take me away forever. This book tells of the story of a young girl that thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world, and that no man in her village was good enough for her, that was until a hansome caballero rode into the village and married her. He treat good for the first months of the marrige they had childern and then he left her for a younger woman, her beauty had faded over the years as a result of this, blined by her anger she grabed all her children and throught them into the river and killed them. Once she reliazed what she had done, she ran down the river trying to get them back and triped over a rock and hit her head and died. I enjoyed this story and found it intersting that is tale is very true.