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This tale, very famous in many parts of Latin America and beyond, is a great way to bring traditional literature and folklore into the study of horror literature. There are many tellings of this legend that differ, but I especially appreciate that this version presents the legend side-by-side in English and Spanish. The art is fantastic and does a wonderful job of illustrating the story and especially the mood. This is a story that is traditionally told to young people to encourage them to get home before dark, and thus a scary story that has been passed down for many generations. Because of this, many of my students enjoy the familiarity of the story when we use it to practice analyzing stories for elements of horror. I am happy to have this version on hand to use the illustrations to add context to that analysis.

This is a collection of Cuban folktales told in both English and Spanish. This would be a good book for children because it can help expose them to other cultures. I liked how the book had one story written in English followed by another story written in Spanish. This book could also help children learning English or Spanish since they have the story in their native language and then the other language to compare it to.

Presented in both English and Spanish, this folktale from New Mexico follows the story of Arcía, the kindhearted daughter of a widowed sheepherder. Convincing her father to marry their neighbor, also widowed, she soon regrets the change in her familiar circumstances, as Margarita begins to mistreat her, and to favor her own biological daughters. When her sheep's wool is stolen by a hawk one day, while she is washing it at the local stream, Arcía's politeness to the avian thief wins her a reward, in the form of a little golden star on her forehead. Although this makes her stepsisters jealous, when those two girls attempt to win a star themselves, they are rude and contemptuous, rather than polite, and find themselves with a donkey ear and a cow horn on their foreheads instead of a star. As for Arcía, her bright star eventually attracts the attention of a nearby prince, who comes looking for her, after he gets a glimpse of her at his party...

This is the second retelling of this folktale that I have read in picture-book form, following upon Robert D. San Souci's Little Gold Star: A Spanish American Cinderella Tale. Unlike that other story, which features the figure of the Virgin Mary, Estrellita de oro / Little Gold Star: A Cinderella Cuento utilizes a hawk to reward the heroine with her lovely gold star. It's interesting to note that the two books were published the same year (2000), and that, according to author Joe Hayes' note, it is more common for this story to include the Virgin Mary, than not. This made me wonder why Hayes chose to use another variant - was he aware of the San Souci project, and wanting to set his version apart? According to his note, he was most influenced by the retelling of the tale found in Aurora Lucero-White's Literary Folklore of the Hispanic Southwest, so perhaps the explanation is simply that this version had a hawk, rather than the Virgin Mary.

Leaving aside issues of source material and variant, I enjoyed the story here, and I appreciated that it was presented in both English and Spanish. This is something that Joe Hayes is known for, and that I also appreciated in his wonderful Pajaro Verde / The Green Bird. I will have to try to track down more of his work! The accompanying artwork is lovely, created in a folk style using a vivid color palette. I found the back story behind the illustrations, discussed in the rear dust-jacket blurb, quite moving. Apparently the first three paintings were done by Gloria Osuna Pérez, who then became ill with ovarian cancer, in the midst of the project. Her daughter and caregiver, Lucía Ángela Pérez, also an artist, then stepped in and completed the work, under her mother's instruction. I'm sure this was a labor of love for both of them, and I found that information quite poignant. This is one I would recommend to young folklore enthusiasts, to readers seeking Cinderella variants from around the world, and to those interested in the Hispanic folklore of the American Southwest.

These two sisters, while trying to be kind, have ended up secretly delivering home grown produce to each other.

I love that the story is in both Spanish and English. It is also fun for kids to keep track of who was getting what, and how many times they have gone back and forth.

This bilingual chapter book is about a 14 year old girl, her father and her grandmother. Elena, her little sister and her father were abandoned by her mother so they moved to a small town with her grandmother and Tia. Her father rented a house that was reported to be haunted. This story is very engaging and gives students insight to the belief of ghost by some cultures. With 13 chapters this book will be excellent for English and for English language learners. I personally enjoyed the writing style of this book and feel that any teenager can relate to this story in some way.

A great moral message, and it's really nice to the have the bilingual edition for families and people wanting to learn the language.

In this classic bilingual style story, there is a haunted house in a small town in Arizona. A man gives rent for free, but people do not want to rent because they know a little girl haunts. Elena's father decides to rent and move in. He does not believe in ghosts, but Elena's grandmother knows all about them. In this mysterious and haunting story Elena helps to solve the mystery and along the way learns a valuable lesson.
This book gives you the chills and it is fun to read. This book would be appropriate for grades 3rd through 6th for a read aloud or project reading.

This is a story about a sister who lives alone and a sister who has a husband and kids. The sisters both have a garden and have extra food in their harvest. With each harvest both sisters worry about the other sister; one for being alone and not having enough help in her garden and the other for having so many mouths to feed. The sisters both tell their mother in secret that they plan to sneak some of their harvest into the other sister's house. Each night both sisters pass each other with a basket of their harvest and sneaks it into the other's house. Each morning after, the sisters discover their food has doubled overnight and decides to give some extra to their mother until the mom floods the night with lights as the sisters try to sneak peppers into each others kitchens.
Ages: 4-6
Source: Teaching Strategies Gold Boxed Curriculum

This book does a very faithful adaptations of the mexican folktale "La Llorona", this was a story i was often told as a child and seeing it adapted in book was exciting. I enjoyed how the author did not attempt to sway the reader into believing the protagonist was good or bad but rather presenting it as tragic tale with context. The illustrations are very moving and giving the folktale needed darkness to capture the sadness of this tale.

A wonderful story about a young family who befriends their wealthy neighbor and tells him that a friend of theirs uses a new spoon for each bite of food he eats. Their greedy neighbor feels insulted that there is someone richer than he, and vows to use a new spoon for each bite of food as well.

Juan Verdades was an honest man. He was so honest that is boss put a wager on him and his ability to tell the truth no matter what. This bet was unknown to him. His boss, Don Ignacio, was the man putting on the wager against another rancher named Dan Arturo. Whoever lost the bet had to give his ranch to the winner. Don Arturo schemed a way to make Jaun Verdades lie. Juan used skillful imagination to not lie. Juan stayed true to his word and did not lie and won over the love of Araceli, Don Arturo’s daughter. After he won the bet, Don Ignacio signed over his ranch ti Juan and he Married Araceli. This was a great story that had a deeper meaning within the story. The story being told made it an interesting read and the moral of the story, not lying, is told in a way that helps children better understand that good things happen to people who tell the truth and do not lie. The pictures also were very colorful and helped portray the story. Good book to teach students the value of telling the truth no matter what.

I was expecting something different from this book. It started out with a poor husband and wife that owned only 1 spoon for them each. When they have a baby, they decide to ask their rich neighbor to become the Godparent. After some time, the poor family decides to save up enough money to buy a third spoon and invite their neighbor to dinner. After telling their neighbor that they got a third spoon just for him, he bragged to them saying he has enough spoons to eat fro a different one every day of the year. The poor family then tell their neighbor that they know a man that never uses the same spoon more than once. Upset that there is someone with more spoons than him, the rich man sells all of his belongings to be able to afford a different spoon for every bite and eventually goes broke. Every spoon that he ever used went to the poor family. The poor family told the rich man that the person who uses a different spoon actually uses a tortilla as a spoon and eats the tortilla with every bite. The rich man is now broke and the poor family sells all of the spoons to live a decent life. I feel the moral of the story is to be humble about the things that you have or you can loose everything.

This book is about Joe hayes when he was a young kid and about his gum chewing habit. We learned how his Mom was always mad at him because he would chew gum and then it would get stuck in his front pocket when she did the laundry. Then one day he was out in the desert chewing gum but then he stepped on a Rattle Snake. The Rattle Snake tried to bite him but his teeth had gotten stuck on the bubble gum in his pocket. Then he and the Rattle Snake both fainted and his mom found him and took him home. After that his mom never got mad at him for chewing his gum again.

Llorona is a very intense ghost story that would require something light-hearted to follow. This is not a story that I would read to the younger grades and is not fit for all audiences. This could be a great opener into a unit over folktales and traditions that incorporated research. Overall, good but but kind of dark.

La Llorona was the most beautiful woman in the world and she refused to marry anyone who was any less beautiful than her, she insisted to marry the best, most handsome ranchero. She thinks he is perfect until after they are married and he starts to treat her poorly, even cheating on her. This creates a monster in La Llorona and she throws her children in the river murdering them. When she realizes what she has done, she dies of heartbreak and devastation. People of hispanic culture have passed on this story and it is said that if you go down by the river, you can hear the woman weeping in the river. This is a tragic folktale that shows a story passed down over several generations of a different culture.

La Llorona is about a woman who was conceited and insisted on marrying a particular man. She manipulates the man into marrying her. When the man is unhappy and cheats on her she murders her children by throwing them in the river. She then is found dead and is said to haunt the river stealing other people's children. This is a good Hispanic folk tale to teach children tragedy and a different culture's superstitions.

Silly and comical novel about a family that outsmarts a rich man into taking his spoons.In the end, the man is sad and the family is happy and laughing in the end.

This is a Hispanic Folktale about a poor couple who invites their rich neighbor to dinner and the events that follow.
I thought this was a funny book with a great moral. It an be used to share culture and different viewpoints. It would be a great way to start discussions on social justice or differences in SES. I thought the story was interesting and it might prove funny to children.

Don Ignacio is so sure his foreman, Juan Verdades, will not tell a lie that he is willing to bet his ranch on it with his friend don Arturo. Don Arturo and his daughter design a plan that is sure to make Juan lie, but in the end they fall in love, and it becomes a win-win for all.

Abigail says this is a version of Beauty & the Beast and East of the Sun....
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And she's right. ?�Intriguing. ?áHighly recommended for scholars and for classrooms, and not just in schools that have a contingent of Latino children. ?áI love the pictures, especially the ones of the prince as he transitions from his 'beast' form.

Picked this up thinking it would be 'good for me' - teach me something about Hispanic culture etc. I was pleasantly surprised at what a kick it is! I've seen some similar motifs in folk tales from other cultures, but Hayes and Hill bring these to vivid life, making them concise, funny, and effective.

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