Little Gold Star

In this variation of the Cinderella story, coming from the Hispanic tradition in New Mexico, Arciá and her wicked stepsisters have different encounters with a magical hawk and are left physically changed in ways that will affect their meeting with the prince.

Old Father Story Teller

Includes retellings of six Tewa Indian legends and a brief biographical section about the author, who is a noted American Indian artist.

Efraín Of The Sonoran Desert: A Lizard’s Life Among The Seri Indians

Famed ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan learns the deeper meanings of ecology from Amalia Astorga, a Seri Indian.

Alice Yazzie’s Year

Twelve free verse poems chronicle the events and feelings of a Navajo girl’s eleventh year.

The Runaway Tortilla

In this Southwestern version of the Gingerbread Man, a tortilla runs away from the woman who is about to cook him.

Who Wants To Be A Prairie Dog? (Navajo Fairy Tales)

A young Navajo boy must participate in his family’s annual sheep dip. As he follows the sheep to the dipping site, he is led on an adventure and must choose what is more important: his needs or the needs of others.