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Folktale Books Reviewed on this Site

Another Tortoise and a Different Hare by Judith Cole, illustrated by Anke Van Dun

Antelope Woman by Michael Lacapa

Baby Rattlesnake told by Te Ata, adapted by Lynn Moroney, illustrated by Mira Reisberg

The Bootmaker and the Elves by Susan Lowell, illustrated by Tom Curry

Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna Aardema, illustrated by Petra Mathers

Bubba, The Cowboy Prince: A Fractured Texas Tale by Helen Ketteman, illustrated by James Warhola** New!

Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella by Susan Lowell, illustrated by Jane Manning

Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the Southwest by Gerald McDermott

Coyote and the Laughing Butterflies by Harriet Peck Taylor

Coyote Places the Stars by Harriet Peck Taylor

Coyote Steals the Blanket: A Ute Tale by Janet Stevens

Coyote Walks on Two Legs by Gerald Hausman, illustrated by Floyd Cooper

The Day It Snowed Tortillas by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Lucy Jelinek

Dusty Locks and the Three Bears by Susan Lowell, illustrated by Randy Cecil

The Fire Stealers collected and translated by Ekkehart Malotki, Narrated by Michael Lomatuway'ma, illustrated by Ken Gary

The Flute Player: An Apache Folktale by Michael Lacapa

A Heart Full of Turquoise: Pueblo Indian Tales retold by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Lucy Jelinek

How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend by Jerrie Oughton, illustrated by Lisa Desimini

Little Gold Star: Estrellita de oro: A Cinderella Story retold by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Gloria Osuna Perez
and Lucia Angela Perez** New!

Little Red Cowboy Hat by Susan Lowell, illustrated by Randy Cecil

The Magic Hummingbird by Ekkehart Malotki, illustrated by Michael Lacapa

The Magic of Spider Woman by Lois Duncan, illustrated by Shonto Begay

Monster Birds: A Navajo Folktale retold by Vee Brown, illustrated by Shonto Begay

No Way, José! ¡De ninguna manera, José! by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Lucy Jelinek

Roadrunner's Dance by Rudolfo Anaya, illustrated by David Diaz

Soft Child: How Rattlesnake Got Its Fangs retold by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Kay Sather

The Tale of Rabbit & Coyote/El cuento del conejo y el coyote by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Tomie dePaola**

The Three Little Javelinas /Los tres pequeños jabalíes by Susan Lowell, illustrated by Jim Harris

The Woman Who Outshone the Sun/La mujer que brillaba aún más que el sol by Rosalma Zubizarreta, Harriet Rohmer, and David Schecter, from a poem by Alejandro Cruz Martinez, illustrated by Fernando Olivera

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