A Spoon for Every Bite / Una cuchara para cada bocado

By Joe Hayes, Rebecca Leer
Paperback: $11.95

Joe Hayes’s classic tale about the dangers of a rich man’spride — winner of two state awards — is now available in a bilingual edition.

El cuento clásico de Joe Hayes sobre los peligros del orgullo de un hombre rico, ganador de dos premios estatales, ahora está disponible en una edición bilingüe.

Description

In this lovely New Mexico folktale, a rich man tries to prove his wealth to his poor neighbors by using a new spoon for every bite. In the process, he’s served a pretty dish of comeuppance.

En este encantador folklore de Nuevo México, un hombre rico trata de demostrar su riqueza a sus vecinos pobres usando una cuchara nueva para cada bocado. En el proceso, ha servido un bonito plato de merecido.

About the Creators

Joe Hayes

Joe Hayes is one of America's premier storytellers. He grew up in a small town in southern Arizona where he started learning Spanish from his classmates. As Hayes got older, he began reading the work of folklorists and anthropologists and gathering the old stories from the Southwest region. His books have received the Arizona Young Readers Award, two Land of Enchantment Children's Book Awards, the Texas Bluebonnet award, and the National Storytelling Network Talking Leaves Award. He lives in New Mexico.

Rebecca Leer
Rebecca Leer

Rebecca Leer has been a freelance illustrator for many years. Her illustrations and paintings have been awarded by organizations such as the New York Society of Illustrators, LA Society of Illustrators, Oil Painters of America, The Salmagundi Club, Hudson Valley Artists Association, American Artists Professional League, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club and Allied Artists of American, including four Best in Show. You can see more of her work at rebeccaleer.com.

Awards

  • Tejas Star Reading List

    Texas Library Association (TLA)

  • Land of Enchantment Book Award Winner

    New Mexico Library Association

Reviews

  • "The landscapes and lore of the desert are captured in this traditional Hispanic fable. . . Hayes includes an author's note about his sources, while Leer successfully combines the colors of the southwest with the caricatured figures who piquantly inhabit the tale. An entertaining marriage of pictures and words."

    - Kirkus Reviews
  • "The exaggerated facial expressions flatter the hyperbolic story line while also helping to clarify for children the moral choices found in this deftly told tale."

    - Publishers Weekly
  • "The attractive paintings do a nice job of re-creating the Old Southwest, featuring desert colors and flora, fauna, and architecture of the region. The art also helps kids visualize just how a tortilla becomes an eating utensil."

    - Booklist
  • "Leer's realistic paintings, rendered in pastels, display a southern Arizona desertscape. The faces of the three main characters are especially vivid in their display of emotion."

    - School Library Journal

Paperback

  • ISBN 9780938317937
  • Price $11.95
  • Publication Date Jun 01, 2005
  • Trim Size 10.25 × 8.5 in
  • Weight 0.3125 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Interests

  • Imprint Cinco Puntos Press
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Legends, Myths, Fables / General
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Social Themes / Values & Virtues
  • Themes Fiction, Folktale / Folklore / Traditional Literature, Latinx / Latino / Hispanic
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 6 - 9
  • Grade Range Grades 1 - 3
  • Guided Reading O
  • Spanish Guided Reading O
  • ATOS Book Level 4
  • DRA 34
  • Interest Level Grades K - 5
  • Lexile Level 630
  • Reading Level Grades 3 - 4
  • Bebop Reading Fluent
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