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Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale

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By Marisa Montes
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers - (Rayo)
Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale
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What can you do with a boy who tries to do things right but only leaves disaster in his wake? Laughthats what! Readers everywhere will love to laugh at the hilarious antics of the everblundering Juan Bobo, Puerto Ricos 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 couldnt be clearer, he always find a way to bungle things up as only a character whose name means Simple John could!

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1235 words1,235 words
32 pages32 pages
Lexile 540LLexile 540L
Grade K to 3Grade K to 3
Published 2000Published 2000

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9780688162337

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