Cuentos de cuanto hay: Tales from Spanish New Mexico

By J. Manuel Espinosa, ESPINOSA (Jose Manuel), Espinosa J. Manuel (José Manuel) -.

Book Overview

A collection of traditional New Mexican Hispanic folktales gathered from the oral tradition in 1931 and translated by famed storyteller Joe Hayes. As old as any Old World fairy tales, these cuentos are also thoroughly New Mexican. An enchanted frog sits under a cottonwood tree, the king wears a serape, and the princess eats eggs and garbanzos at a wedding banquet. Parents and children, folklorists and students, anyone who loves a good tale will relish this collection."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826319270
• ISBN13: 9780826319272
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 3 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher