Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale

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Hardcover
Author: Marisa Montes
Illustrator: Joe Cepeda
Publisher: Harpercollins
Publish Date: September 2000
Language: English
Reading Level: 2.6
EAN: 9780688162337

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Overview

What can you do with a boy who tries to do things right but only leaves disaster in his wake?

Laugh–that’s what! Readers everywhere will love to laugh at the hilarious antics of the ever-blundering Juan Bobo, Puerto Rico’s most celebrated fold character.

In this rollicking Juan Bobo tale, our hero sets out to find work at the farm and the grocery. Although the tasks are simple and the directions couldn’t be clearer, he always find a way to bungle things up as only a character whose name means “Simple John” could!

Details

Pages: 32
Dimensions: 11.24 x 9.52 x 0.35 in
Lexile Score: 540
Interest Level: Lower Grade (LG)
Point Value: 0.5
ISBN: 0688162339

Awards

2004 North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee (Picture Book)
2002 Pura Belpre Award - Honor Book (Illustrator)