Nasario García dedicated his life to educating others in a variety of settings, including universities and prisons.
A native of rural New Mexico and a beloved writer and folklorist, in Beyond My Adobe Schoolhouse García reflects on his experiences of being educated and of being an educator.
He takes readers from his childhood in a one-room schoolhouse through graduate school and to universities and other settings in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Colorado, and New Mexico, all places in which he spent time teaching in various capacities.

Beyond My Adobe Schoolhouse is a love song to education and a reminder to everyone that it is possible to find a life, love, and purpose beyond the circumstances into which they were born.

University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 2024.

A bilingual poetry collection. Author Anne Valley-Fox describes, "Lágrimas: Poems of Joy and Sorrow delivers a rare, first-hand glimpse of village life in the Rio Puerco Valley. Though the New Mexico village was abandoned more than a half century ago, these poems, told in the enchanted voice of a child, feel wide-eyed and close at hand. In these wholehearted poems, joy gets the better of sorrow."

Author V.B. Price says, "These poems ring out with the truth of the world and the reality of the human heart. One of New Mexico's greatest poets, Nasario García speaks to the interior life of those who are honored to be New Mexicans, who are fascinated by life and its irony, and those who feel blessed by our homes, our families, and the gifts of friendship."

Judith Literary Press, Albuquerque, 2020.

A bilingual collection of the stories he heard as a child; tales told while gathered around the potbelly stove on cold winter nights, at campfires during cattle roundups, or while working in the fields at his family’s ranch.

Narrated by a young boy named Junie López, the stories will send shivers up kids’ spines while capturing the essence of New-Mexican folklore. In the Land of Enchantment, carved wooden saints talk to people and express their desires. Witches disguised as small birds fly around the countryside in the deepest, darkest night. And in an abandoned settlement in northern New Mexico, which is said to be haunted by ghosts, the sound of rattling chains stirs fear about the unknown.

Based on the oral tradition and superstitions of a previous generation, these stories in English and Spanish will both entertain and provide insight into a time when people lived a more rural life and winged creatures flitted across the countryside.

Arte Público Press, Houston, 2009.

When Nasario García was a boy in Ojo del Padre, a village in the Rio Puerco Valley northwest of Albuquerque, he grew up the way rural New Mexicans had for generations. His parents built their own adobe house, raised their own food, hauled their water from the river, and brought up their children to respect the old ways. In this account of his boyhood García writes unforgettably about his family's village life, telling story after story, all of them true, and fascinating everyone interested in New Mexico history and culture.

University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 2015.

It takes all kinds to populate Northern New Mexico, and this book has every one: from gypsies and gamblers to ranchers and criminals. Noted author Nasario García introduces us to some of these people and the challenges they face. The title character, Adelfa, flirts with the glamour of casinos and finds herself addicted to gambling. Sam "Spam" Austin, an inmate serving a long sentence for murder, is paroled, attends medical school, and becomes a doctor. The affable grandfather in "Yo Quiero Hacer un Lie 'Way," a hard-working and honorable rancher, stuns the proprietor of a mortuary with his request to put a coffin on layaway.

University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 2018.

Tamales are one of the most important holiday traditions in New Mexico. But tamales can be made and eaten all year! This is the story of Junie López and his Grandma Lale. She is known for her tamales and Junie discovers all that goes in to a truly authentic tamale. Junie and his Grandma live in a small, Hispanic village in Northern New Mexico.

Río Grande Books, Albuquerque, 2014.

The horno has been a central part of every home in the Americas, especially Hispanic and Native American homes of New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment.
This is the story of nine-year old Junie Lopez, his grandma Lale, and her magical adobe oven.

Río Grande Books, Albuquerque, 2019.

The matanza tradition in New Mexico started before New Mexico was a state. This was the way villagers fed a large family or even an entire village. The pig roasting or matanza, used the entire pig, and was a celebration. The matanza usually was held in the cool weather because there was no refrigeration.

Award-winning author, Nasario Garcia, tells the story of a matanza in his family in Northern New Mexico, through the eyes of Junie.

Río Grande Books, Albuquerque, 2016.

Grandpa Lolo lives on a ranch in northern New Mexico. When he buys a black-and-white horse named Zorrillo (skunk) from Manuelito Yazzie, a Navajo who lives in a hogan in Torreón, Manuelito throws a tilma, a beautiful Navajo saddle blanket, into the deal. And so begins a beautiful friendship.

This authentic slice of life in the multicultural West will warm the hearts of readers of all ages.

University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 2012.