The Donkey Lady Fights La Llorona and Other Stories / La Senora Asno Se Enfrenta a la Llorona Y Otros Cuentos (English and Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558858164 ISBN 13: 9781558858169

Publisher: Arte Publico Press, 2015

Synopsis

Margarito is eleven years old now and he's way past believing in Grandpa Ventura's ghost stories, but he loves listening to them anyway. One evening on his way home from his grandfather's, Margarito finds himself alone in the gathering dusk, crossing a narrow bridge. Suddenly, a woman in white floats towards him and calls, "Come to me, child ... come to me!" He frantically hides in the shallow river, but soon sees a pair of yellow, glowing eyes swimming towards him. Before long, the Donkey Lady and La Llorona are circling each other, fighting to claim poor Margarito as their next victim!
Popular storyteller Xavier Garza returns with another collection of eerie tales full of creepy creatures from Latin American lore. There are duendes, bald, green-skinned brutes with sharp teeth; thunderbirds, giant pterodactyl-like things that discharge electricity from their wings during thunderstorms; and blood-sucking beasts that drain every single drop of blood from their victims’ bodies!
Set in contemporary times, Garza's young protagonists deal with much more than just the supernatural: there are chupacabras and drug dealers, witches and bullies, a jealous cousin and the devil. Accompanied by the author's dramatic black and white illustrations, the short, blood-curdling stories in this bilingual collection for ages 8 – 12 are sure to bewitch a whole new generation of young people.

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Review:

"An entertaining bilingual collection of short stories that feature a creepy assortment of Mexican-inspired ghosts, witches, monsters, and more. Each of the 12 chapters offers a different contemporary story following middle school-aged protagonists who come in contact with a frightening figure, like the infamous La Llorona—the weeping woman who appears near rivers and creeks looking for children to clain as her own—or the lesser-known duendes—green-skinned goblins that wreak havoc. All are written in clear, easy-to-access prose. Bilingual readers can read the lightly macabre stories twice, since they repeat in Spanish after the last chapter. Older middle-grade readers will find these Latin American horror stories deliciously short but spooky. (Short stories. 8-12)" --Kirkus Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: Arte Publico Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1558858164
• ISBN 13: 9781558858169
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144