La Llorona: Retelling a Mexican Legend
- ISBN-10
- 1939656281
- ISBN-13
- 9781939656285
- Series
- La Llorona
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 40
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-08-01
- Publisher
- Red Chair Press
- Authors
- Wim Coleman, Pat Perrin
Description
La Llorona (The Crying Woman) is a sad and haunting tale from Mexico. Parents have told the story for hundreds of years to misbehaving children and to guard against vanity. Some say the story is about Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and a native Mexican woman who served as his translator. Her loss can be compared to the loss of native Mexican culture after the Spanish conquest.
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