Author: Mexican folklore
Illustrator: Carlos Mérida
Year: 1946
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
The Hungry Moon is a collection of Mexican nursery tales, including two songs and thirteen stories, illustrated by Mérida for American publishers. Though original artworks by Mérida are rare and valuable, his illustrations bring his characteristic style to the realm of children’s literature, merging cultural motifs with modernist aesthetics.












