Oral Tradition (Folktales)

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."

This epic - part history, part legend - is a great adventure story.