Joe Hayes

Retells, in parallel English and Spanish text, the traditional Hispanic American tale of a proud and beautiful woman who, in a fit of jealousy, commits a terrible act and then cannot stop weeping for it, even after she is dead.

A tall tale of a boy whose chewing gum habit saves him from a rattlesnake's bite.

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.

A retelling of the story of two sisters who do not obey their father and are carried off into the mountains by El Cucuy.

Presents ten Hispanic folktales retold in both English and Spanish.

In the 1950s, fourteen-year-old Elena Padilla and her father move into a haunted house in Duston, Arizona, where only Elena can see and help the ghost of the young girl who died there.

Brothers Pablo and Carlitos write letters to the three kings, telling them the gifts they want to receive on Three Kings Day. Includes facts about Christmas and Three Kings Day.