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Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folktale

32 pp. | HarperCollins | October, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-688-16233-9 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-688-16234-7 $$15.89
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Joe Cepeda. Juan Bobo (Simple John) sets out to find a job--first with the farmer, then with the grocer. Despite his mother's instructions, the silly peasant boy gets everything wrong and loses his coins and food on the way home every day. But his antics, comically illustrated, are rewarded when he makes an ill rich girl laugh. An author's note gives information about this popular Puerto Rican folktale character. A pronunciation guide is included. Glos.
Reviewer: Elena Abos Alvarez-Buiza

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