The Day It Snowed Tortillas: Tales from Spanish New Mexico [Paperback]

Joe Hayes (Author), Lucy Jelinek (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up

"Tell Me a Story!" Professional storyteller Joe Hayes has filled that request throught the Southwest. He tells folktales representing many cultures. Among his favorites are the local cuentos, the Hispanic tales of New Mexico. This regional classic, now in its ninth printing, contains ten of Joe's best know stories, including "La Llorona" (The Crying Woman). Over 45,000 copies in print!

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Mariposa Printing & Publishing Co; 3 edition (October 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0933553005
• ISBN-13: 978-0933553002
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,609,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joe Hayes is one of America's premier storytellers--a nationally recognized teller of tales from the Hispanic, Native American and Anglo cultures. His bilingual Spanish-English tellings have earned him a distinctive place among America's storytellers. His books, CDs and tapes of Southwestern stories are popular nationwide. Born in Pennsylvania, Joe Hayes moved as a child to a small town in southern Arizona, some fifty miles from the Mexican border. From Mexican-American friends and schoolmates he began to acquire a knowledge of Spanish and an appreciation for Hispanic culture. As an adult, his experience with Spanish helped him find work doing mineral exploration in Mexico and Spain. When Joe moved to New Mexico in 1976, he first taught high school English, but his interest in the rich folklore of the region was already growing. He enjoyed sharing stories with his own children so much that he decided to shape a career for himself as a storyteller. Joe gathered traditional stories of the Southwest, added a little of his own spice and hit the road, traveling all over to share his stories. He has captured the imagination of children in schools all over the United States. In 2005, Joe received the Talking Leaves Literary Award from the National Storytelling Network, an award given to members of the storytelling community who have made considerable and influential contributions to the literature of storytelling. Joe has taught storytelling to teachers at the University of New Mexico and been a guest lecturer at many colleges and universities, delivering the commencement address for the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at U.C.L.A. He was designated a New Mexico Eminent Scholar by the New Mexico Commission on Higher Education, and in 1995 he received the New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence. Joe began sharing his stories in print in 1982. His books have received many awards including the Arizona Young Readers Award, two Land of Enchantment Children's Book Awards, and an Aesop Accolade Award. Joe's books have also been on the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List three times, and Ghost Fever--selected by Texas school children--won the Texas Bluebonnet Award for 2006-2007, the first bilingual book to achieve that distinction.

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5.0 out of 5 stars So Entertaining!, December 19, 2010

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This review is from: The Day It Snowed Tortillas: Tales from Spanish New Mexico (Paperback)

When I was little my mom took me every Sunday in the Summer to go listen to Joe Hayes by the teepee on museum hill. Now I live in Japan and can't do that for my son, but I love to read him these stories and hear Joe in my head. Such a wonderful collection of stories, no kid (or adult!) would be bored.

4.0 out of 5 stars hispanic stories, October 7, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Day It Snowed Tortillas: Tales from Spanish New Mexico (School & Library Binding)

This book is about different kinds of stories that are from New Mexico. The book's title is The Day it Snowed Tortillas and it's written by Joe Hayes.
The stroy's title is The Day It Snowed Tortillas. It starts like this: this guy was a wood cutter her only knew how to cut wood, he didn't know anything. Nothing! One day he went up to the mountains in the village he saw immediately three bags full of gold coins. He carried them all the way down the moutains...his wife had him buy flour- this tricked the robbers. If you like short stories and surprises at the end, you would consider this book to read.

5.0 out of 5 stars The woodcuters finds gold what will he find next?, October 7, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Day It Snowed Tortillas: Tales from Spanish New Mexico (School & Library Binding)

"You found gold" the woodcutter said. The woodcutter's wife is smart so she makes a plan for if in case the robbers come to their village to reclaim their gold. You would really want to read this book. It is not one story it is a bunch of stories. If you want to find out what the wooodcutter's wife has in store for the robbers, and want to find this book, it is called The Day It Snowed Tortillas. In my point of view I highly recommend this book.