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The two mountains

an Aztec legend
2000
Two married gods, who disobey their orders and visit Earth, are turned into mortals as punishment, and eventually become mountains so that they will always stand side by side.

Sword of the samurai

adventure stories from Japan
2000
Seven short stories about samurai warriors, their way of life, courage, wit, and foolishness.

Montezuma and the fall of the Aztecs

2000
Traces the life of the last emperor to rule the Aztec empire in Central America before it was conquered by the Spaniards.

Squash it!

a true and ridiculous tale
1997
The King of Spain's fondness for a louse that bit him leads to good fortune for a clever peasant.

Little Red Hot

2013
A hot pepper pie exposes the big bad wolf in this southwestern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

A horn for Louis

2005
Presents a narrative account of the young life of jazz legend Louis Armstrong, in simple text with illustrations, describing how he grew up in New Orleans and learned to play the trumpet.

The three little tamales

2009
In this variation of "The Three Little Pigs" set in the Southwest, three little tamales escape from a restaurant before they can be eaten, and set up homes in the prairie, cornfield, and desert.

The gingerbread man

1993
A retelling of the story in which a freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of animals until he meets a clever fox.

The frog princess

a Tlingit legend from Alaska
2006
After rejecting all of her human suitors, the beautiful daughter of a Tlingit tribal leader declares that she would rather marry a frog from the lake.

Billy Lazroe and the King of the Sea

a tale of the Northwest
1996
Billy Lazroe, a sailor from Oregon, jumps into the ocean at the command of Davy Jones and falls in love with one of Davy's daughters.

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