Joe Hayes

A bilingual collection of Southwestern folktales with some tricky women teaching people simple lessons. Una colección bilingüe de cuentos populares del sudoeste con algunas mujeres difíciles que enseñan a las personas lecciones simples.

A poor husband and wife ask their rich neighbor to be godfather of their child, and once they are compadres, prey upon his pride and extravagance to trick him out of his fortune.

In this variation of the Cinderella story, coming from the Hispanic tradition in New Mexico, Arciá and her wicked stepsisters have different encounters with a magical hawk and are left physically changed in ways that will affect their meeting with the prince.

Sisters Rosa and Blanca are so kind, thoughtful, and generous, and such good gardeners, their Mamá who lives between the two winds up with a great deal of corn, tomatoes, and red hot chiles.

Although her mother and sisters make fun of her decision to marry a green bird, to Mirabel he is a prince and so when her family's jealousy endangers him, she sets out to save his life and their love.

A wealthy rancher is so certain of the honesty of his foreman that he wagers his ranch.

A retelling, in parallel English and Spanish text, of the traditional tale told in the Southwest and in Mexico of how the beautiful Maria became a ghost.

A collection of ten classic tales from Northern New Mexico retold in Spanish and English.