ESTRELLITA DE ORO / LITTLE GOLD STAR: A CINDERELLA CUENTO.retold in Spanish & English.BILINGUAL MIDDLE READER

Hayes, Joe (santacruz, daniel ed

ISBN 10: 0938317490 / ISBN 13: 9780938317494

Published by Cinco Puntos Press, 2000

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VERY GOOD CONDITION IN GOOD UNCLIPT(S15.95) DUST JACKET.nice dj has 1" clear taped edge tear at spine end.EP has small name plate "Mary Goldsmith.94550".else all nice. ; Wraparound DJ duplicates hard cover art, except dj has PHOTO & BIOG of Author Hayes on inner dj flap. Text in ENGLISH & SPANISH LANGUAGE.; Glossy Color,drawings; 32 pages; Ages 4-8. Hayes, a veteran folklorist, offers an engaging telling of Cinderella that is popular in the mountain communities of New Mexico. There are some significant variations that add depth to the story, making it in many ways more interesting than the original.The English text, which is made full-bodied by its many details, appears with a Spanish translation. The impressive acrylic illustrations, done in a sturdy folk-art style, are thick with color and bright with humor.-.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ESTRELLITA DE ORO / LITTLE GOLD STAR: A CINDERELLA CUENTO.retold in Spanish & English.BILINGUAL MIDDLE READER
• Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0938317490
• ISBN 13: 9780938317494
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated by PREEZ, GLORIA Osuna & Lucia Angela
• Edition: first edition,1p; 10987654321pt line.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good+

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Synopsis

Joe Hayes tells one of the world's favorite folktales in Spanish and English. The Cinderella story is common to cultures the world over. Spanish settlers brought the tale to the New World centuries ago, and through many tellings it evolved into LITTLE GOLD STAR. Like every Cinderella tale, LITTLE GOLD STAR is a wonderful celebration of the human spirit. As always, the kind heroine triumphs over her envious stepmother and stepsisters. But in this humorous version the teller weaves the enchanting elements of the story to show us how the inner qualities of the characters are revealed in their appearance. Each girl has an encounter with a magical hawk. When the heroine is kind to the bird, she receives a gold star on her forehead; but when her spiteful sisters go in search of their own gold stars, one is rewarded with a donkey's ear and the other gets a cow's horn. You can just imagine how a prince would feel about asking those two stepsisters to be his bride!

About the Author

Joe Hayes is one of Americas premier storytellersa 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 Americas storytellers.

Joe grew up in a small town in southern Arizona. His schoolmates and friends, many of whom were Mexican-American, taught him how to speak Spanish. As Joe got older, he began reading the work of folklorists and anthropologists and gathering the old stories from the region that he calls homethe Southwestern United States. When his own children were young, Joe enjoyed telling them stories. He decided that this would be the way he would earn a living. He also decided to use both Spanish and English when telling his stories to children so that they could learn and love both languages, just like he did when he was a child.Joes tales are a combination of the traditional lore of the American Southwest and his own imagination. The traditional part is based on things people have told him and on what he has learned from reading the work of folklorists and anthropologists. Joes own contribution is based on his instincts as a storyteller and what his experience tells him listeners need ! in order to feel satisfied with a story.

Joe Hayes is the resident storyteller at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe. He has been featured at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesboro, Tennessee.