Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale

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 J…

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