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--that their Mamá who lives between the two winds up with a great deal of corn, tomatoes, and red hot chiles.

Presents favorite Southwestern folktales of storyteller Joe Hayes, photographs of Hayes performing, and storytelling tips.

Anxious to get to his uncle's wedding, a bossy rooster orders all the animals to help him but they all give him the same reply.

A skunk falls in love with a smelly pair of black and white sneakers.

Retells, two stories in English and Spanish, the Weeping woman a 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.The second story is called Bogeyman, and is the story of two sisters who do not obey their father and are carried off into the mountains by El Cucuy.

Includes traditional Spanish folktales from New Mexico which were collected from the oral tradition of the 1930s, mostly from the common people living in the towns, villages, farms, and ranches of the upper Rio Grande Valley in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Incluye tradicional español folktales nuevo Méjico que ser recoger oral tradición año 30, sobre todo common pueblo vivir en ciudad, aldea, granja, y rancho superior Río Grande...