The Tale of La Llorona
[A Mexican Folktale]
From the Series On My Own Folklore
AY-EEEE! A spooky howl pierces the dark night. Is it the wind? Or is it the ghost called La Llorona? La Llorona is said to haunt moonlit roads and riverbanks, crying for her lost children. Before she became a ghost, La Llorona was a beautiful young woman named Maria. But Maria’s wish for wealth led her to doom. Read this haunting tale to find out more.
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978-1-58013-658-7
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$28.99 |
| Interest Level | Grade 2 - Grade 4 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 3 |
| Genre | Social Studies |
| Copyright | 2008 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Brand | On My Own Books |
| Imprint | Millbrook Press ™ |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 48 |
| Publication Date | 2007-08-01 |
| Reading Counts! Level | 2.4 |
| Reading Counts! Points | 3.0 |
| Text Type | Folktale/Legend |
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| BISACS | JNF052030 |
| Dewey | 398.2 |
| Graphics | Full-color illustrations |
| Dimensions | 6 x 8.5 |
| Lexile | 550 |
| Guided Reading Level | N |
| ATOS Reading Level | 3.0 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 114151 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 0.5 |
| Features | Author/Illustrator note, Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Original artwork, Reviewed, Teaching Guides, and eSource |
Author: Richard Keep
Author: Linda Lowery
Linda Lowery is an award-winning author of more than 60 fiction and nonfiction books for readers from preschool to middle grade. She currently lives in Tennessee.
Illustrator: Janice Lee Porter
Janice Lee Porter was born and raised in Chicago. She has a BFA in painting from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from California State University, Chico. She is the illustrator of over two dozen children’s books and is an art faculty member at Shasta College in Redding, California, where she teaches painting and drawing. She lives in Chico, California.
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On My Own Folklore
Folklore characters come to life in these magically illustrated titles. Each story shares both the facts and the fiction behind the tall tale and explains how the story became a part of folklore. View available downloads →