A 1967 Newbery Honor Book While awaiting trial for murder and withholding from the king the obligatory fifth of the gold found in Cibola, Esteban, a seventeen-year-old cartographer, recalls his adventures with a band of conquistadors.

The Navajo tribe's forced march from their homeland to Fort Sumner by white soldiers and settlers is dramatically and courageously told by young Bright Morning.

This three little pigs story cleverly reframes the main characters as javelinas in their Sonoran desert habitat. Young readers get a taste for a cross-section of cultures, along with the weather, flora, and fauna of this unique setting. Humorous illustrations convey this folk tale's gentle lesson in making wise choices.