Description

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This retelling of the classic tale of the Weeping Woman will cause shivers and delight in readers of all ages

Este recuento del folclore de La Llorona causar escalofr os y deleite en lectores y oyentes de todas las edades

Have you ever heard the story of La Llorona, the ghost woman they say is crying and crying for her children? In this bilingual Spanish and English edition, The Weeping Woman retells the tale of a beautiful woman whose fear and jealousy dooms her to an eternal search for all she's lost.

Has escuchado alguna vez la historia de La Llorona, la mujer fantasma que dicen que llora y llora por sus hijos? En espa ol e ingles, La Llorona cuenta la historia de una hermosa mujer cuyo miedo y celos la condenan a una b squeda eterna de todo lo que ha perdido.

About the Author

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Joe Hayes is one of America's premier storytellers. He grew up in a small town in southern Arizona where he started learning Spanish from his classmates. As Hayes got older, he began reading the work of folklorists and anthropologists and gathering the old stories from the Southwest region. His books have received the Arizona Young Readers Award, two Land of Enchantment Children's Book Awards, the Texas Bluebonnet award, and the National Storytelling Network Talking Leaves Award. He lives in New Mexico. Vicki Trego Hill is a book designer and illustrator. She lives in El Paso, Texas. Mona Pennypacker was originally trained in visual arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she earned her degree in Fine Arts with a minor in Latin American Art History. Mona splits her time between El Paso, Texas and Rome, Italy where she continues to study and create artwork in various mediums, including painting, printmaking and graphic design. This is her first book collaborating with her mother Vicki Trego Hill.

Praise For…

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"The illustrations by mother-daughter team Hill and Pennypacker add depth to the story…Deeper colors are used to depict the couple and infant children in happier times. Shaded pictures and silhouettes add to the feelings of deception, desertion, and despair that came later. Best if read aloud. Recommended to all libraries and bookstores." —Críticas

"This new edition features much larger, full-color illustrations destined to make the story even more popular, as well as the direct narration in both Spanish and English. This belongs in every folktale collection, and libraries serving Hispanic children, especially those of Mexican descent, can easily justify purchasing multiple copies." —Kirkus Reviews

"This story packs a punch in both English and the author's fluid Spanish translation…A solid retelling of a classic tale." —School Library Journal

"This story is presented in both English and Spanish, and has a companion audiocassette. The richly detailed illustrations in brown hues capture the town, its residents, and their clothing." —Multicultural Children's Literature

"This popular Hispanic legend is told here in both Spanish and English and warns children about the dangers of venturing out past their bedtimes…This book would be useful in multicultural and/or language arts lessons."—Children's Literature

"The traditional Latino story of a cast-off wife who drowns her children, dies of grief, and spends each night thereafter stalking the riverbank as a wailing ghost finds corporeality in this bilingual picture book. Hayes’ sentences are compact but evocative; he limits the ghostly effects, making this telling more suitable for timid youngsters than creepier versions, but there’s still plenty of pathos in the drama."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Book

"Even though this is a printed book, you can imagine Hayes telling the story aloud, surrounded by kids in a shadowy room, perhaps with only a blazing fireplace for light, and as he concludes the tale, the kiddies shiver and move a little closer…" —The Santa Fe New Mexican

"Joe Hayes is considered one of the authorities on the story and has retold it countless times. He’s also authored a version recently reissued in hardback, which tells the infamous story in both Spanish and English."—McAllen Monitor

" Every child who ever heard the tale of La Llorona knows that she is still out there, wailing and looking for her children -- or maybe someone else's. Young readers with a vivid imagination can't go wrong with a Joe Hayes storybook. He is a good read any time of year. You don't have to wait for ghosts to come knocking or howling."—El Paso Times