Joseph (Joe) Hayes (born November 12, 1945)Library of Congress authority file is an American author and teller of stories mainly found in the folklore of the American Southwest.WHAT'S DOING IN; Santa Fe, by Anie Puleston Fleming in the NY Times Travel Section, July 16, 1989Joe Hayes Hayes was an early pioneer of bilingual Spanish/English storytelling.[Author Joe Hayes' "Little Gold Star" is one of only a few bilingual storybooks on the market by David Brower, Morning Edition (NPR), MAY 10, 2000] 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.San Antonio Current: Un mensaje de los niños His father often told stories to the children. Later, Joe would do the same for his children. The family later moved west to Benson,[Yarn spinner enthralls kids, adults by Rosalie Robles Crowe; Arizona Daily Star dated 3/6/2009] a small town in Arizona. Spending his late childhood and adolescent years in Southern Arizona, Joe picked up the Spanish that would become an integral part of his storytelling and writing.

Education and Employment In 1968, Joe graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor's degree in English. He started teaching at Sunnyside High School<ref name=benson/> in Tucson, Arizona. Joe left teaching and was employed in mineral exploration work from 1972 to 1976, working all over the western U.S. as well as in Mexico and Spain. He moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico, in 1976 and again taught English. His interest in storytelling deepened, partly due to the early influence of his father, and he started to share the tales with a broader audience. In 1979, he began to devote himself full-time to sharing stories. He focuses on elementary school audiences, although his work appeals to a wide range of ages. In 1989, he was designated a New Mexico Eminent Scholar by the New Mexico Commission on Higher Learning. He is a guest lecturer at colleges and universities and delivered the commencement address at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2001, he traveled to Cuba participate in a translation workshop sponsored by Writers of the Americas and developed his interest in Cuban and African folk tales there. For children and adults alike, Hayes' storytelling sessions outside the tepee at the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe were a summer tradition that has continued for over 40 years.WorldCat 22842870 Stories at the tipi live at the Wheelwright MuseumSanta Fe Online

Works

Books A Heart Full of Turquoise, Mariposa Publishing, 1988WorldCat 19536017-Heart Full of Turquoise Antonio's Lucky Day, Scholastic, 1993WorldCat 3244045 Antonio's Lucky Day Coyote and the butterflies : a Pueblo Indian tale, Scholastic, 1993WorldCat 32349785 - Coyote and the butterflies The Checker Playing Hound Dog, Mariposa Publishing, 1986WorldCat 14389799 Checker Playing Hound Coyote &, Mariposa Publishing, 1983 WorldCat 10149741 Coyote & The Day It Snowed Tortillas : tales from Spanish New Mexico, Mariposa Pub., 1985, c1982WorldCat 13727209 Day it snowed Tortillas 1982WorldCat 51977759 Day it snowed Tortillas-New version Dance, Nana, dance = Baila, Nana, baila : Cuban folktales in English and Spanish Cinco Puntos Press, 2008WorldCat 175217415 Dance, Nana, Dance El Cucuy A Bogeyman Cuento, Cinco Puntos Press, 2001WorldCat 45446140 El Cucuy A Bogeyman Cuento Winner: New Mexico Land of Enchantment AwardLand of Enchantment Book Awards Everyone Knows Gato Pinto, Mariposa Publishing, 1992 WorldCat 27984606 Everyone Knows Gato Pinto Ghost Fever/Mal de fantasma, Cinco Puntos Press, 2004 WorldCat 574753154 Ghost Fever Winner: Texas Bluebonnet Award The Gum Chewing Rattler Cinco Puntos Press, 2006WorldCat 70174800 Gum Chewing Rattler Juan Verdades The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie Orchard Scholastic Books, 2001 WorldCat 45466160 Juan Verdades 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) WorldCat 17200075 La Llorana Little Gold Star/Estrellita de oro Cinco Puntos Press, 2000WorldCat 51070777 Little Gold Star Mariposa, Mariposa, Trails West, 1988WorldCat 19955483 Mariposa, Mariposa Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Oh!/Lunes, Martes, Miécoles, (O!, Trails West, 1897WorldCat 20295353 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Oh!/Lunes, Martes, Miécoles, O! No Way, José!/(De Ninguna Manera, José, Trails West, 1986WorldCat 16648544 No way, José! = De ninguna manera, José! Pájaro Verde/The Green Bird Cinco Puntos Press, 2002 Winner: American Folklore Society Aesop AwardWorldCat 49404268 Pájaro verde = The green bird Soft Child, Harbinger House, 1993WorldCat 28067654 Soft Child A Spoon for Every Bite, Orchard Books, 1994 WorldCat 32746171 A Spoon for every bite Tell Me a Cuento/Cuéntame un story, Cinco Puntos Press, 1998 WorldCat 38426041 Tell Me a Cuento/Cuéntame un story The Terrible Tragadabas/El Terrible Tragadabas, Trails West, 1987 WorldCat 16681842 The Terrible Tragadabas/El Terrible Tragadabas Watch Out for Clever Women/Cuidado con las mujeres astutas, Cinco Puntos Press, 1994 WorldCat 31042007 Watch out for clever women! = Cuidado con las mujeres astutas! The Wise Little Burro, Trails West, 1990 WorldCat 25328705 The Wise Little Burro Where There's a Will, There's a Way/Donde hay ganas hay mañas, Trails West, 1995WorldCat 32835553 Where there's a will, there's a way = Donde hay ganas, hay mañas : a story in two languages

Anthologies with Stories from Joe Hayes Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival NAPPS, 1990WorldCat 24283905 Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival More Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival NAPPS, 1992 Worldcat 26547446 More Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival Five-minute tales : more stories to read and tell when time is short by Margaret Read MacDonald; August House Publishers, 20075 minute tales

Editing or Translations by Joe Hayes Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with Mrs. Park's class Alfaguara/Santillana USA Pub. Co., 2006 Library of Congress 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.Library of Congress Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with the Mexican hat dance Alfaguara/ Santillana US, 2006.Library of Congress Cuentos de cuanto hay-Tales from Spanish New Mexico/collected from the oral tradition, by J. Manuel Espinosa;University of New Mexico Press, 1998.Library of Congress Celebrate Kwanzaa with Boots and her kittens Alfaguara/ Santillana USALibrary of Congress 1598201352 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."Ghost Fever

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.Joe Hayes receives the ANNE IZARD Storyteller's Choice Award

Awards and Accolades 1989 New Mexico Eminent Scholar by the New Mexico Commission on Higher Learning 1995 New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence and Achievement in the Arts 1995 Southwest Book Award Border Regional Library Association – Watch Out for Clever Women/Cuidado con las mujeres astutas 1995 Children's Author Award, Arizona Library Assoc. the Soft Child: How the Rattlesnake Got Its Fangs Arizona Library Association Previous Service and Book Award Recipients 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) 2002 IPPY Awards 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 IPPY Awards 2003 Aesop Accolade Award – Pajaro Verde: The Green Bird. By Joe Hayes, illustrated by Antonio Castro L. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos, 2002.Aesop Accolade Awards 2005 Talking Leaves Literary Oracle Award – National Storytelling Network 2005 Land of Enchantment Children's Book Award – El Cucuy 2005 Latino Book Awards: Best Children's Picture Book – Bilingual (Tie) La Llorona; Author: Joe Hayes Illustrator: Vicki Trego Hill & Mona Pennypacker Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press 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)2005 IPPY 2007 Texas Bluebonnet Award – Ghost Fever (First Bilingual book to win the prize)<ref name="Ghost"/> 2009 Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Awards – Dance, Nana, Dance/Baila, Nana, Baila: Cuban Folktales in English and Spanish (Cinco Puntos Press) WLS Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Awards

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