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The Day It Snowed Tortillas / El día que nevó tortillas: Folktales told in Spanish and English

By Joe Hayes
Illustrated by Antonio Castro L.

Paperback: $14.95

Ebook

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.

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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.

About the Creators

Thumb_joehayes Joe Hayes - Author

Joe Hayes is one of America's premier storytellers. He grew up in a small town in southern Arizona where he started learning Spanish from his classmates. As Joe 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.

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Antonio Castro Lopez (L.) was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and has lived in the Juarez-El Paso area for most of his life. He has illustrated dozens of childrens' books including Barry, the Bravest Saint Bernard (Random House), Pajaro Verde, The Treasure on Gold Street, The Day It Snowed Tortillas and The Gum-Chewing Rattler (Cinco Puntos Press). His artwork for My Tata's Remedies/Los remedios de mi tata won a Pura Belpré Honor for illustration.