La Llorona / The Weeping Woman

Latino Literary Hall of Fame Award / Best Children's Picture Book (Bilingual), Latino Literacy Hall of Fame

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 causará escalofríos 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 español e ingles, La Llorona cuenta la historia de una hermosa mujer cuyo miedo y celos la condenan a una búsqueda eterna de todo lo que ha perdido.

Joe Hayes is one of America's premier storytellers. He grew up in a small town in southern Arizona and developed a lifelong interest in the cultures and creatures of the region. As Hayes got older, he began reading the work of folklorists and anthropologists and gathering the old stories from the Southwest region. His books for young readers have received numerous awards. 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.