Horse Hooves and Chicken Feet: Mexican Folktales

Horse Hooves and Chicken Feet: Mexican Folktales, ed. by Neil Philip, illus. by Jacqueline Mair, gathers 15 traditional Mexican tales of lovers, princesses, magicians and priests, illustrated in the style and fiesta-bright hues of Mexican folk art. In ""The Flea,"" a young man must outwit a great magician if he hopes to marry the magician's daughter; in ""Pedro the Trickster,"" a clever man tricks Death. (Sept.)