Found cardboard recycled as book cover boards. Upper portion of front cover painted silver. Title written against silver background, El gordo de los boleros written in black marker, y otros cuentos written in white block letters outlined in black. Silver paint spatters throughout front cover. Black and white photo of a street scene pasted to lower right corner of cover, garbage can in photo painted green with publisher information stamped on the side of the garbage can. Author name handwritten in red on front cover. Title and author handwritten in red on spine. Back cover larger than front cover, undecorated on back, portion of back cover that sticks out beyond the front cover with dotted black line marking extent to which front cover overlaps back cover. Area of back cover facing front of book has circle and rectangle painted white with silver outline, words RECORTA AQUÃ TU written in black, words marcapáginas cartonero written in red.