This bilingual version, abbreviated, of the story of the arrival of the Mother of the Americas, the Virgin of Guadalupe, is written and illustrated all inb color for children and for those who want to know: just who is OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE?
In 32 pages the story of Juan Diego and his meeting with the Mother of God in 1531 who appeared to him as a 'meztizo' indian woman is told. Her love for the poor and the faithful is shown in her words and in what she asked of Juan Diego. Obedient and patient, Juan followed through with her directives. He died in 1548, as honorably and as well as he lived.
He is Mexico's first Native American Canonized Saint.