NN ILLUS. $11.78. 2003026824. ILLUS: JIM HARRIS. MANY OF THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN DESERT WITNESS THE RACE BETWEEN SLOW BUT STEADY TORTOISE AND THE QUICK, OVERCONFIDENT JACKRABBIT. DN

A retelling, set in the Old West, of the traditional story about two elves who help a poor shoemaker, or in this case a bootmaker, and his wife.

A Southwestern version of "Little Red Riding Hood" in which Little Red rides her pony Buck to Grandma's ranch with a jar of cactus jelly in the saddlbag.

Josephina, a javelina who dreams of becoming a famous ballerina, heads for California hoping to be discovered, but her cousin Angelina takes her to a talent agent who looks strangely familiar.

A southwestern adaptation of "The three little pigs."

Two twins go on a magical, geological trip back in time to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

Lily Rose and Grandma stitch a quilt that tells the story of their family's journey from Missouri to California by covered wagon in 1859.

Chronicles the extraordinary renaissance of ceramic art in the tiny village of Mata Ortiz in northern Mexico, a phenomenon sparked by the village woodcutter Juan Quezada, who gradually recreated the technology of ancient pre-Columbian masterpieces, until modern masterpieces also emerged from his own hands. This reawakening of the ancient art is taking many forms in the hands of some three hundred villagers. An essay by noted Arizona author Susan Lowell...