The Day It Snowed Tortillas / El Día Que Nevó Tortilla: Folk Tales Retold by Joe Hayes by Hayes, Joe

The Day It Snowed Tortillas / El Día Que Nevó Tortilla: Folk Tales Retold by Joe Hayes

A Joe Hayes' classic, revealing the wit and wisdom of Hispanic New Mexico folklore.Kids of all ages...
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Author: Joe Hayes
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The Day It Snowed Tortillas / El Día Que Nevó Tortilla: Folk Tales Retold by Joe Hayes by Hayes, Joe

The Day It Snowed Tortillas / El Día Que Nevó Tortilla: Folk Tales Retold by Joe Hayes

CHF 20.36

The Day It Snowed Tortillas / El Día Que Nevó Tortilla: Folk Tales Retold by Joe Hayes

CHF 20.36
Author: Joe Hayes
Format: Paperback
Language: Spanish

A Joe Hayes' classic, revealing the wit and wisdom of Hispanic New Mexico folklore.

Kids of all ages are always asking Joe Hayes, How can it snow tortillas? Well, now they can find the answer in the bilingual edition of Joe's signature book The Day It Snowed Tortillas. Bloomsbury Review listed the original English-only edition as one of their fifteen all-time favorite children's books. This bilingual edition has all the original stories as they have evolved in the last twenty years of Joe's storytelling. It also has new illustrations by award-winning artist Antonio Castro L.

Storytellers have been telling these stories in the villages of New Mexico since the Spanish first came to the New World over four hundred years ago, but Joe always adds his own nuances for modern audiences. The tales are full of magic and fun. In the title story, for instance, a very clever woman saves her silly husband from a band of robbers--by making the old man believe it snowed tortillas during the night! In another story, a young boy gladly gives up all of his wages for good advice. His parents think he is a fool, but the good advice leads to wealth and a royal marriage. The enchantment continues in story after story--a clever thief tricks a king for his kingdom and a prince finds his beloved in a house full of wicked step-sisters. And of course, we listen to the ancient tale of the weeping woman, La Llorona, who still searches for her drowned children along the riverbanks.***

Lectores de todas las edades siempre le preguntan a Joe Hayes: Cómo puede nevar tortillas? Pues ahora pueden encontrar la respuesta en esta versión bilingüe de este libro clásico de Joe Hayes. El Bloomsbury Review nombro la versión original de inglés como uno de sus quince libros infantiles favoritos de cualquier época. Esta versión bilingüe incluye todos los cuentos originales, con todos los nuevos trucos de cuentista que Joe les ha añadido después de veinte años de contarlos. Las historias también están acompañados por ilustraciones por el premiado artista Antonio Castro Lopez.

Cuentistas han contado estas historias en los pueblos de Nuevo Mexico desde hace más que 400 años, pero Joe siempre les añade toques modernos para los lectores. Los cuentos están llenos de magia y diversión. Por ejemplo, en la historia titular, una mujer muy astuta salva a su tonto esposo de una banda de rateros. Le hace creer al hombre que durante la noche nevaron tortillas! En otra historia, un niño intercambia todo su salario por un buen consejo. Sus padres creen que fue un tonto, pero el consejo lo lleva a tener riquezas y un matrimonio real. El encanto continua cuento a cuento: un ingenioso ratero engaña a un rey por su reino y un príncipe encuentra a su amada en una casa llena de hermanastras malvadas. Y claro, volvemos a escuchar la antigua historia de La Llorona, que sigue buscando a sus hijos a la orilla del río.



Author: Joe Hayes
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
Published: 10/01/2003
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.51h x 6.69w x 0.43d
ISBN: 9780938317760
Language: Spanish
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 83690 / Day It Snowed Tortillas: A Classic from the American Southwest


Review Citation(s):
Poder Hispanic 11/01/2003 pg. 58
School Library Journal 04/01/2004 pg. 146
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 134 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 134 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Criticas 09/01/2003

About the Author

Joe Hayes is one of America's premier storytellers. He grew up in a small town in southern Arizona and developed a lifelong interest in the cultures and creatures of the region. As Hayes got older, he began reading the work of folklorists and anthropologists and gathering the old stories from the Southwest region. His books have received the Arizona Young Readers Award, two Land of Enchantment Children's Book Awards, the Texas Bluebonnet award, and the National Storytelling Network Talking Leaves Award. He lives in New Mexico.

Antonio Castro L. was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and has lived in the Juarez / El Paso area for most of his life. He has illustrated numerous children's books including The Gum-Chewing Rattlesnake, My Pet Rattlesnake, and was awarded the prestigious Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor for My Tata's Remedies / Los remedios de mi tata in 2016.




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