Watch Out for Clever Women / Cuidado con las mujeres astutas - Couverture souple

Hayes, Joe

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1947627015 ISBN 13 : 9781947627017

Editeur : Cinco Puntos Press,U.S., 2019

Synopsis

Storytelling World Honor Award, Storytelling World

Folktales with an affirmative action twist: In each a woman uses her wits to overcome adversity.

A bilingual collection of humorous trickster tales, in which women pit their formidable intelligence to outwit villains, husbands, brothers, fathers, and sweethearts. From the kind woman who tricked two men who thought they had robbed her of a ham to the woman who saved her gold by tricking her foolish husband into thinking it had snowed tortillas, these tales cultivate lessons of honesty, goodness, hospitality, and honor--not to mention intelligence and wit to survive. As Joe Hayes points out, "People the world over tell stories of a humble individual tricking an overbearing person of higher status, but the idea is especially cherished in Hispanic storylore. Making the trickster a woman adds spice to the trick."

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Joe Hayes is one of America's premier storytellers. He grew up in a small town in southern Arizona and developed a lifelong interest in the cultures and creatures of the region. As Hayes got older, he began reading the work of folklorists and anthropologists and gathering the old stories from the Southwest region. His books for young readers have received numerous awards. He lives in New Mexico.

Vicki Trego Hill is a book designer and illustrator. She lives in El Paso, Texas.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cinco Puntos Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1947627015
• ISBN 13: 9781947627017
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible