LA CUENTISTA: Traditional Tales in Spanish and...
LA CUENTISTA: Traditional Tales in Spanish and English by Teresa Pijoan, translated from the English by Nancy Zimmerman (Red Crane Books: $13.95; 185 pp., illustrated, paperback original). These stories from northern New Mexico blend elements from Native American, Hispanic and Anglo sources. The lively tales range from elaborate nursery rhymes to dark accounts of ghosts and spirits. Pijoan’s bilingual edition offers parents and children of any ethnicity a chance to expand their knowledge of two languages.