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La Llorona / The weeping woman
Have you ever heard the story of La Llorona, the ghost woman they say is crying and crying for her children? Some people say she cries along the river, while others think they've heard her in the desert, or down an alley right near their house. But almost everyone agrees the La Llorona is not a lady you want to meet late at night, when you're out past your bedtime. Then you might learn more about her than you ever wanted to know!--Container
A natural man
This timeless ballad has been part of American folklore for over a century. Born with a hammer in his hand, John Henry discovers his true calling as a steel-driving man but he inevitably meets his match in a race against a steam drill that provides a powerful metaphor for the disruption and loss of innocence created by the industrial age. Thorne's soft charcoal drawings deftly capture the triumphal spirit of this cautionary tale
Can’t scare me!
A fearless little boy ignores Grandma's warning about nighttime monsters until he runs away and meets the two- headed giant's three-headed brother
The best gift of all / El mejor regalo del mundo
Retellling of the Dominican folk character, La Vieja Belén , who leaves gifts for poor children a week after the Feast of the Epiphany.
Mulan
There was once an extraordinary girl who was as beautiful as she was brave. She knew how to read and write and sew. She loved to ride horses and shoot her bow and arrows. But it was the love for her family and her father that made her into a great soldier.--Back cover
Juan and the Jackalope
Competing for the hand of the lovely Rosita and her rhubarb pie, Juan rides a Jackalope in a race against Pecos Bill
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