*Employed in mineral exploration work, working all over the western U.S. *Taught at Sunnyside High School in Tucson, Arizona and also in Los Alamos, NM. *Graduated from University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Arts in English. In 2001, he traveled to Cuba participate in a translation workshop sponsored by Writers of the Americas.įor children and adults alike, Joe's storytelling sessions outside the tepee at the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe are a summer tradition that has continued for over 25 years. He focuses on elementary school audiences although his work appeals to a wide range of ages. In 1979, he began to devote himself full time to sharing stories. The family moved to Arizona where Joe learned to speak Spanish which became an integral part of his storytelling and writing. Here's how Joe's story goes: When Joe was a boy, he chewed lots of bubblegum, his mom got so mad because the gum in his shirt pocket made a terrible mess in the wash! But this wad of bubblegum just happened to save Joe from a rattlesnake's fangs!ĭon't worry-his mother didn't believe the story either.ĭesignated New Mexico Eminent Scholar by the New Mexico Commission on Higher Learning (1979). But now, that old gum-chewer is here for the first time in a picture book with full-color illustrations by Antonio Castro L. Joe's been telling this wild story for years, since before 1980, when he took those long legs of his out on the road. Couple that with kids' natural fascination with poisonous snakes, and The Gum-Chewing Rattler turns out to be one of Joe's most requested stories. Respected raconteur Joe Hayes is built for tall tales-he's got the world's longest legs! And Joe-who travels all over the United States telling stories to kids-says that The Gum-Chewing Rattler is the perfect tall tale for kids because it combines so many familiar experiences-chewing lots of bubblegum, getting in trouble in school, driving your mom crazy-with the wild, impossible claim that a certain rattlesnake chewed gum and blew a bubble with it.
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