Prietita and the Ghost Woman / Prietita y la llorona

By Gloria Anzaldúa, Maya Gonzalez
Paperback: $11.95

Bilingual English/Spanish. Gloria Anzaldúa uniquely reinterprets the famous Mexican legend of la Llorona.

Description

Ever since she can remember, Prietita has heard frightening stories about la Llorona-the legendary ghost woman who steals children at night. One day, when Prietita goes in search of the missing herb that can help cure her mother’s illness, she becomes lost in the woods. Suddenly she hears a distant crying sound and sees flashes of white in the trees. Could it be the ghost woman from her grandmother’s stories?

In her second book for children, Gloria Anzaldúa reinterprets the famous Mexican legend of la Llorona, the ghost woman. Surrounded by the live oak and prickly pear of the Texas woods, Prietita discovers that la Llorona is not what people expect. In this magical story, Prietita’s search for the healing rue plant turns into a powerful journey of self-discovery.

About the Creators

Gloria Anzaldúa

Gloria Anzaldúa was a major Mexican American/Chicana literary voice, scholar, and activist. Her first book for Children's Book Press, Friends from the Other Side/Amigos del otro lado, about a brave young girl's friendship with an immigrant boy and his mother, was praised by School Library Journal as "an important book touching on a timely and sensitive issue." She passed away in 2004.

Maya Gonzalez

Maya Gonzalez is an award-winning children’s book artist, author, activist and progressive educator. Their work addresses systemic inequity in relation to race/ethnicity, sexism, and cissexism using children’s books as radical agents of change and healing, both personally and culturally. Gonzalez co-founded Reflection Press, a POC, queer and trans owned independent publishing house that uses holistic, nature-based, and anti-oppression frameworks in their books and materials for kids and grown-ups. They are also the creator of the Gender Wheel, a tool to express the dynamic, infinite and inclusive reality of gender, and provides lectures and workshops to educators, parents and caregivers. Visit them online at mayagonzalez.com.

Awards

  • Américas Award Commended Title

    Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs

Paperback

  • ISBN 9780892391677
  • Price $11.95
  • Publication Date May 01, 2014
  • Trim Size 9.5 × 8.5 × 1 in
  • Weight 0.3125 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Word Count 1222
  • Interests

  • Imprint Children's Book Press
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Legends, Myths, Fables / General
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Ghost Stories
  • Themes Bilingual, Conflict resolution, Courage, Cultural Diversity, Environment / Nature, Fiction, Folktale / Folklore / Traditional Literature, Friendship, Heroism, Latinx / Latino / Hispanic, Mothers, Nature / Science, Overcoming Obstacles
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 8 - 10
  • Grade Range Grades 3 - 5
  • Guided Reading P
  • Spanish Guided Reading P
  • ATOS Book Level 4.1
  • DRA 34
  • Lexile Code AD
  • Lexile Level 600
  • SRC 4.5
  • Bebop Reading Fluent
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