Joe Hayes

Joseph (Joe) Hayes (born November 12, 1945) is an American author and teller of stories mainly found in the folklore of the American Southwest. Hayes was an early pioneer of bilingual Spanish/English storytelling. Joe currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Early life Born in rural Western Pennsylvania not far from Pittsburgh, Joe was the youngest of five children, with two brothers and two sisters. His father often told stories to the children. Later, Joe would do the same for his children. The family later moved west to Benson, a small town in Arizona.

Works

Books A Heart Full of Turquoise, Mariposa Publishing, 1988 Antonio's Lucky Day, Scholastic, 1993 Coyote and the butterflies : a Pueblo Indian tale, Scholastic, 1993 The Checker Playing Hound Dog, Mariposa Publishing, 1986 Coyote &, Mariposa Publishing, 1983 The Day It Snowed Tortillas : tales from Spanish New Mexico, Mariposa Pub., 1985, c1982 Dance, Nana, dance = Baila, Nana, baila : Cuban folktales in English and Spanish Cinco Puntos Press, 2008 El Cucuy A Bogeyman Cuento, Cinco Puntos Press, 2001 Winner: New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award Everyone Knows Gato Pinto, Mariposa Publishing, 1992 Ghost Fever/Mal de fantasma, Cinco Puntos Press, 2004 Winner: Texas Bluebonnet Award The Gum Chewing Rattler Cinco Puntos Press, 2006 Juan Verdades The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie Orchard Scholastic Books, 2001 Nominated: New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award Nominated: Texas Bluebonnet Award La Llorona/The Weeping Woman (Cinco Puntos, 1987)(Hard cover edition, Cinco Puntos Press, 2004) Little Gold Star/Estrellita de oro Cinco Puntos Press, 2000 Mariposa, Mariposa, Trails West, 1988 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Oh!/Lunes, Martes, Miécoles, (O!, Trails West, 1897 No Way, José!/(De Ninguna Manera, José, Trails West, 1986 Pájaro Verde/The Green Bird Cinco Puntos Press, 2002 Winner: American Folklore Society Aesop Award Soft Child, Harbinger House, 1993 A Spoon for Every Bite, Orchard Books, 1994 Tell Me a Cuento/Cuéntame un story, Cinco Puntos Press, 1998 The Terrible Tragadabas/El Terrible Tragadabas, Trails West, 1987 Watch Out for Clever Women/Cuidado con las mujeres astutas, Cinco Puntos Press, 1994 The Wise Little Burro, Trails West, 1990 Where There's a Will, There's a Way/Donde hay ganas hay mañas, Trails West, 1995

Anthologies with Stories from Joe Hayes Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival NAPPS, 1990 More Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival NAPPS, 1992 Five-minute tales : more stories to read and tell when time is short by Margaret Read MacDonald; August House Publishers, 2007

Editing or Translations by Joe Hayes Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with Mrs. Park's class Alfaguara/Santillana USA Pub. Co., 2006 Celebrate a powwow with Sandy Starbright / F. Isabel Campoy & Alma Flor Ada; illustrated by Maria Jesus Alvarez; translated by Joe Hayes and Sharon Franco; Miami : Alfaguara/ Santillana USA, c2007. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with the Mexican hat dance Alfaguara/ Santillana US, 2006. Cuentos de cuanto hay-Tales from Spanish New Mexico/collected from the oral tradition, by J. Manuel Espinosa;University of New Mexico Press, 1998. Celebrate Kwanzaa with Boots and her kittens Alfaguara/ Santillana USA Modelo antiguo : a novel of Mexico City; Cinco Pintos Press, 1997

Quotes

I feel like my bilingual approach to storytelling has helped Spanish-speaking children feel proud of their heritage and at the same time has helped non-Hispanic children open up to and appreciate the Spanish language and Hispanic culture," wrote Hayes, a native of Pennsylvania and current New Mexico resident, in an email. "I think it's really important that my own heritage is not Hispanic. It defuses the 'us and them' way of looking at language. For Hispanic kids I'm one of 'them' honoring 'our' language, and for non-Hispanic kids it's one of 'us' honoring 'their' language. Barriers are lowered; rigid attitudes are softened; a better sense of community is fostered."

Someone has said that enemies are just people whose stories we don't know. I see a lot of truth in that. The more other people's stories are hidden from us, the easier it is for us to view them as enemies. But, when we begin to learn their stories, we recognize all we share in common with them and we delight in how the unique beauty of their traditions enriches our own lives.

Awards and Accolades 1989 New Mexico Eminent Scholar by the New Mexico Commission on Higher Learning 1995 Children's Author Award, Arizona Library Assoc. the Soft Child: How the Rattlesnake Got Its Fangs 1996 Arizona Young Readers Award – Picture Book: Soft Child: How the Rattlesnake Got Its Fangs by Joe Hayes 2001 Land of Enchantment Children's Book Award – A Spoon for Every Bite 2002 IPPY Awards – Children's Picture Book (7 & over) Winner: !El Cucuy! by Joe Hayes; illus. Honorio Robledo (Cinco Puntos Press) 2003 IPPY Award Multicultural Fiction – Juv/Young Adult Winner: Pájaro Verde (The Green Bird) by Joe Hayes; illus by Antonio Castro L. (Cinco Puntos Press) 2003 Aesop Accolade Award – Pajaro Verde: The Green Bird. By Joe Hayes, illustrated by Antonio Castro L. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos, 2002. 2005 Talking Leaves Literary Oracle Award – National Storytelling Network 2005 Land of Enchantment Children's Book Award – El Cucuy 2005 IPPY Award Story Teller of the Year Joe Hayes, author of Ghost Fever (Mal de Fantasma)and La Llorona (The Weeping Woman) (Cinco Puntos Press) 2007 Texas Bluebonnet Award – Ghost Fever (First Bilingual book to win the prize)