Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale Spanish Dawn Quigley

Dawn Quigley

• Retellings brim with humor and emotion and offer rich cultural context

It’s called the savior mentality

she hides them away under her bed

Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale Spanish Dawn QuigleyBy Marisa Montes Illustrated by Joe Cepeda Oh no! What silly thing will Juan Bobo do next? What can you do with a boy who tries to do things right but leaves only disaster in his wake? Laughthats what! Readers everywhere will love to laugh at the antics of the ever blundering Juan Bobo, Puerto Ricos most celebrated folktale hero. In this rollicking Juan Bobo story, our hero sets out to find work at the farm and the grocery. Although the tasks are