Luli Gray

Books by This Author

The Pear Tree

Elderly woman looking out over hills by a pear tree
By: Luli Gray
Illustrated by: Madelyn Goodnight
Age Level: 6-9

In this folktale retold, Esperanza gives her very last pear to a beggar and is rewarded with the best pear crop she’s ever had—and the power to ensnare anyone she wants in her tree. When Señor Death comes for her, Esperanza tricks him into climbing her tree, where he becomes stuck, unable to come down and do his work. From that point on, no one dies.