El pájaro verde / The Green Bird

Review
By School Library Journal

Hayes' prose is unfailingly smooth and accomplished, both in English and in Spanish, and whether read or told. The illustrations are large, detailed, and imaginative: a sound match for the story. The just slightly shivery bird person, a cross between a quetzal and Mozart's Papagano, is a bravura touch. Pair this story with George Dasent's retelling of Peter Christen Asbjornsens's Scandinavian tale East o' the Sun, West o' the Moon...for a cross-cultural look at a classic fairy-tale motif.