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La Llorona: The Legendary Weeping Woman of Mexico

Megan Cooley Peterson

  • La Llorona
  • La Llorona
    This centuries-old legend says that if the wailing woman gets too close, she will drag you to a watery grave.

32 pages
Grade Readability: 4
Interest Age: 8 to 14
Lexile: 770
2019
ISBN: 9781543574791

The ghost of a weeping woman dressed in white, La Llorona, is often spotted beside bodies of water. People in Mexico and in the southwestern United States have claimed to hear her wailing in the night, crying out for her drowned children. This centuries-old legend says that if the wailing woman gets too close, she will drag you to a watery grave.