Juan Bobo Goes to Work
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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!
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Joe Cepeda received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from California State University, Long Beach, and also studied Engineering at Cornell University. He is a fine artist, as well as an illustrator of more than thirty-five book jackets and picture books, which have received many honors including Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, Parenting Magazine’s Reading Magic Award, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award, Texas Library Association 2x2 Reading List, ALA Notable Books, and Child Magazine’s Best Book of the Year. Joe illustrated Hey, Hey, Hay! by Christy Mihaly, ¡Vamonos! Let’s Go! by Rene Colato Lainez, and Swing Sisters by Karen Deans. He both wrote and illustrated two I Like to Read books–Up and I Dig. Joe received an American Library Association Pura Belprè Honor and the Recognition of Merit Award from the George G. Stone Center for Children’s Books. He lives in Southern California.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780688162344
- Publication Date
- September 19, 2000
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Espanol
- Original Publication Date
- January 1, 1388
- Page Count
- 32
- Word Count
- 1232
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 99028799
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 41273059
- Lexile® Level
- 540L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~N
- ATOS® Book Level
- 2.6
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 44753
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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