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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Retells, in parallel English and Spanish text, the traditional Hispanic American tale of a proud and beautiful woman who, in a fit of jealousy, commits a terrible act and then cannot stop weeping for it, even after she is dead.
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The folklore of Spanish America is full of exciting accounts of a wandering, shrieking, tormented spirit called La Llorona, the "Wailing Woman." Her eerie spine-chilling cry was, said to be an omen of death. This is the first serious account of the frightening tale that has fascinated people for generations. Ray John de Aragón, an expert on Spanish folklore, traditions and myths, traveled throughout the villages and byways of New Mexico searching...
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viii, 109 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"Since the fall of Tenochtitlan, the Mexican people have whispered her name. Navajo tales have forever warned of her threat. And along the vast Rio Grande, she has claimed many victims. La Llorona, the wailing woman, searches our rivers for her children and cries out, "Ay mis hijos ... donde estan mis hijos?" Yet she can never find them. She freed them from this world long ago. Children avoid the river at night, wayward men dread her vengeance,...
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259 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her family history in this ravishing and provocative horror novel"--
Alejandra no longer knows who she is. To her husband, she is a wife, and to her children, a mother. To her own adoptive mother, she is a daughter. But they cannot see who Alejandra has become: a woman struggling with a darkness that threatens to consume her. Nor can they see what Alejandra...
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Monstruos volume 1
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274 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"The twelve-year-old daughter of La Llorona vows to free her mother and reverse the curses that have plagued the magical town of Tres Leches"--
When Felice learns that she's the daughter of La Llorona, she catches a ride to the magical town of Tres Leches, where her mother is said to be haunting the river. Growing up with her uncle Clem in Corpus Christi, Felice knew that she had been rescued from drowning--it's where her intense fear of water comes...
10) Vincent Ventura and the curse of the weeping woman =: Vincent Ventura y la maldición de la llorona
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Monster fighter mystery volume 4
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78, 76 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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¡Vincent Ventura, extraordinario luchador de monstruos, no puede creer que la casa en 666 Duende Street haya atraído a otra criatura espeluznante! De hecho, hay varios seres inusuales, incluidos fantasmas y una dama de blanco con ojos brillantes y ardientes. ¿Es ella... La Llorona?!? ¿Y quién es la otra joven? Al día siguiente en la escuela, Vincent y sus primos conocen a una nueva maestra sustituta, la Sra. Malin Che, que acaba de mudarse a...
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371 pages ; 21 cm
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Español
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En una aventura que recuerda la Odisea de Homero, Odilia, de quince años, y sus cuatro hermanas menores se embarcan en un viaje para devolver a un hombre muerto a su familia en México, ayudado por La Llorona, pero impedido por una bruja, un brujo, chupacabras, y más.
In an adventure reminiscent of Homer's Odyssey, fifteen-year-old Odilia and her four younger sisters embark on a journey to return a dead man to his family in Mexico, aided by La...
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355 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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In an adventure reminiscent of Homer's Odyssey, fifteen-year-old Odilia and her four younger sisters embark on a journey to return a dead man to his family in Mexico, aided by La Llorona, but impeded by a witch, a warlock, chupacabras, and more.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Multiple
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"Little Damian is getting ready for bed, and the spooky monster called La Llorona is hollering up a storm outside his bedroom window. But he's not afraid. "You can't scare me, silly Llorona," says Damian, 'and neither can your monster friends!' When evil-looking witch owls fly around his room and little green duendes, or goblins, make creepy noises under his bed, he's still not frightened. Not even a little bit. The Donkey Lady, a chupacabras and...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Prietita, a young Mexican American girl, becomes lost in her search for an herb to cure her mother and is aided by the legendary ghost woman. While looking for an herb to cure her mother, Prietita gets lost in the woods in this English-Spanish fantasy. Prietita goes into the woods in search of the missing herb that can help cure her mother. Despite the frightening stories she has heard of the legendary ghost woman who steals children at night, she...
15) La Llorona
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40 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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A dramatization of the sad and haunting Mexican legend, the Crying Woman, that parents have told to children who are misbehaving 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. Includes special book features for further study and a special section for teachers and librarians.
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The ghost of a weeping woman dressed in white, La Llorona, is often spotted beside bodies of water. People in Mexico and in the southwestern United States have claimed to hear her wailing in the night, crying out for her drowned children. This centuries-old legend says that if the wailing woman gets too close, she will drag you to a watery grave.
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