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==Target audiences==
==Target audiences==
Published both in hardcover and paperback, the Juan Bobo books are used as elementary school teaching books,<ref name="goesToWork"/> for bilingual language programs,<ref>''Language, Space and Power: A Critical Look at Bilingual Education'', pp. 169–216; by Sabina Hadi-Tabassum; Multilingual Matters Ltd. Pub., 2006; Tonawanda, NY</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://quizlet.com/subject/juan-bobo/ |title=Quizlet, ''Juan Bobo Bilingual Study Set'' |publisher=Quizlet.com |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> and in Spanish-language studies throughout the United States<ref>{{cite web |url=http://conjuguemos.com/activity.php?id=132&source=public&language=spanish& |title=Juan Bobo, Spanish-Language Lessons Plans |publisher=Conjuguemos.com |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014 |archive-date=17 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317080221/http://conjuguemos.com/activity.php?id=132&source=public&language=spanish& |url-status=dead }}</ref> Juan Bobo [[lesson plans]] and literacy activities accompany many of the books.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hbavenues.com/highpoint/library/pdf/hp.basics.tg11.pdf |title=HB Avenues/Highpoint Library, ''Juan Bobo Lesson Plans'' |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312213002/http://hbavenues.com/highpoint/library/pdf/hp.basics.tg11.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Scholastic Books Educational Materials, ''Juan Bobo Goes to Work''</ref> The [[McGraw Hill]] company uses the books in a reading instruction series, which is used in [[State school|public school]] districts throughout the United States.<ref>[http://oea.dpi.wi.gov/files/oea/pdf/readrelease8.pdf ''Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations''; McGraw Hill pub.; 2006; New York, NY] Reading Grade 8. Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref> The [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]] publishing company also offers Juan Bobo instruction modules to teachers around the US.<ref>{{cite web|author=Carmen T. Bernier-Grand |url=http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/juan-bobo |title=Scholastic Books, ''Juan Bobo'' series, Grades K-2. Retrieved 2013-05-29 |publisher=Scholastic.com |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> August House publishers has a series of Juan Bobo teaching materials for national distribution,<ref>[http://www.augusthouse.com/userfiles/pdf/ah_lesson_plan_juan_bobo_pig_2.pdf August House, ''Juan Bobo'' teaching series] Retrieved 29-05-2013</ref> and the Greenwood Publishing Group also developed Juan Bobo materials to promote child literacy in classrooms and libraries.<ref>{{cite book|author=CactusHead Studio |url=http://cactusheadpuppets.blogspot.com/2013/04/pictures-of-tale-of-juan-bobo.html |title=Promoting Latino Children's Literature and Literacy in Classrooms and Libraries; Jaime Campbell Naidoo, ed |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |location=Santa Barbara, CA |isbn=978-1-59158-904-4 |work=Cactusheadpuppets.blogspot.com |date=19 April 2013 |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> The ''American Legends'' children's books included Juan Bobo in a series of four folkloric books.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jessyeomans.com/2012/06/21/juan-bobo-and-the-bag-of-gold-marshall-cavendish-benchmark/ |title=American Legends Series, ''Juan Bobo'' |publisher=Jessyeomans.com |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014 |archive-date=19 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119072325/http://www.jessyeomans.com/2012/06/21/juan-bobo-and-the-bag-of-gold-marshall-cavendish-benchmark/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Juan Bobo books and stories are stocked, and actively promoted, in public libraries in New York,<ref>[http://vufind.uhls.org/vufind/Record/367530/Excerpt Upper Hudson Library System] Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref> [[North Carolina]],<ref>[http://www.cmlibrary.org/bookhive/books/details.asp?id=1459 Charlotte Mecklenburg Library; Charlotte, NC] Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref> [[Pennsylvania]],<ref>[http://vufind.uhls.org/vufind/Record/367530/Excerpt Albright College Library Shelves; Reading, PA] Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.carnegielibrary.org/research/parentseducators/educators/earlychildhood/programs/hispanicheritage.html Carnegie Library; Pittsburgh, PA] Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref> and in library systems throughout the United States.
Published both in hardcover and paperback, the Juan Bobo books are used as elementary school teaching books,<ref name="goesToWork"/> for bilingual language programs,<ref>''Language, Space and Power: A Critical Look at Bilingual Education'', pp. 169–216; by Sabina Hadi-Tabassum; Multilingual Matters Ltd. Pub., 2006; Tonawanda, NY</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://quizlet.com/subject/juan-bobo/ |title=Quizlet, ''Juan Bobo Bilingual Study Set'' |publisher=Quizlet.com |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> and in Spanish-language studies throughout the United States<ref>{{cite web |url=http://conjuguemos.com/activity.php?id=132&source=public&language=spanish& |title=Juan Bobo, Spanish-Language Lessons Plans |publisher=Conjuguemos.com |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014 |archive-date=17 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317080221/http://conjuguemos.com/activity.php?id=132&source=public&language=spanish& |url-status=dead }}</ref> Juan Bobo [[lesson plans]] and literacy activities accompany many of the books.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hbavenues.com/highpoint/library/pdf/hp.basics.tg11.pdf |title=HB Avenues/Highpoint Library, ''Juan Bobo Lesson Plans'' |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312213002/http://hbavenues.com/highpoint/library/pdf/hp.basics.tg11.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Scholastic Books Educational Materials, ''Juan Bobo Goes to Work''</ref> The [[McGraw Hill]] company uses the books in a reading instruction series, which is used in [[State school|public school]] districts throughout the United States.<ref>[http://oea.dpi.wi.gov/files/oea/pdf/readrelease8.pdf ''Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations''; McGraw Hill pub.; 2006; New York, NY] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312225156/http://oea.dpi.wi.gov/files/oea/pdf/readrelease8.pdf |date=12 March 2014 }} Reading Grade 8. Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref> The [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]] publishing company also offers Juan Bobo instruction modules to teachers around the US.<ref>{{cite web|author=Carmen T. Bernier-Grand |url=http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/juan-bobo |title=Scholastic Books, ''Juan Bobo'' series, Grades K-2. Retrieved 2013-05-29 |publisher=Scholastic.com |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> August House publishers has a series of Juan Bobo teaching materials for national distribution,<ref>[http://www.augusthouse.com/userfiles/pdf/ah_lesson_plan_juan_bobo_pig_2.pdf August House, ''Juan Bobo'' teaching series] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180139/http://www.augusthouse.com/userfiles/pdf/ah_lesson_plan_juan_bobo_pig_2.pdf |date=23 September 2015 }} Retrieved 29-05-2013</ref> and the Greenwood Publishing Group also developed Juan Bobo materials to promote child literacy in classrooms and libraries.<ref>{{cite book|author=CactusHead Studio |url=http://cactusheadpuppets.blogspot.com/2013/04/pictures-of-tale-of-juan-bobo.html |title=Promoting Latino Children's Literature and Literacy in Classrooms and Libraries; Jaime Campbell Naidoo, ed |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |location=Santa Barbara, CA |isbn=978-1-59158-904-4 |work=Cactusheadpuppets.blogspot.com |date=19 April 2013 |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> The ''American Legends'' children's books included Juan Bobo in a series of four folkloric books.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jessyeomans.com/2012/06/21/juan-bobo-and-the-bag-of-gold-marshall-cavendish-benchmark/ |title=American Legends Series, ''Juan Bobo'' |publisher=Jessyeomans.com |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014 |archive-date=19 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119072325/http://www.jessyeomans.com/2012/06/21/juan-bobo-and-the-bag-of-gold-marshall-cavendish-benchmark/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Juan Bobo books and stories are stocked, and actively promoted, in public libraries in New York,<ref>[http://vufind.uhls.org/vufind/Record/367530/Excerpt Upper Hudson Library System] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317082509/http://vufind.uhls.org/vufind/Record/367530/Excerpt |date=17 March 2014 }} Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref> [[North Carolina]],<ref>[http://www.cmlibrary.org/bookhive/books/details.asp?id=1459 Charlotte Mecklenburg Library; Charlotte, NC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317080128/http://www.cmlibrary.org/bookhive/books/details.asp?id=1459 |date=17 March 2014 }} Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref> [[Pennsylvania]],<ref>[http://vufind.uhls.org/vufind/Record/367530/Excerpt Albright College Library Shelves; Reading, PA]{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.carnegielibrary.org/research/parentseducators/educators/earlychildhood/programs/hispanicheritage.html Carnegie Library; Pittsburgh, PA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317075907/http://www.carnegielibrary.org/research/parentseducators/educators/earlychildhood/programs/hispanicheritage.html |date=17 March 2014 }} Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref> and in library systems throughout the United States.


==Book sales==
==Book sales==
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==Other media==
==Other media==


On U.S. [[public television]], the Juan Bobo stories are used by [[PBS]] stations in [[Alabama]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aptv.org/episodes/2369/Super-WHY/Juan-Bobo-and-the-Pig/ |title=Alabama PBS, ''Juan Bobo and the Pig'' |publisher=Aptv.org |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> [[Arkansas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://livedash.ark.com/transcript/super_why!-(juan_bobo_and_the_pig)/918/KQED/Tuesday_August_10_2010/404847/ |title=Arkansas PBS, ''Juan Bobo and the Pig'' |publisher=Livedash.ark.com |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> California,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/index.jsp?pgmid=16830 |title=California PBS; KQED-TV; ''Juan Bobo and the Pig'' |publisher=Kqed.org |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> Chicago,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://schedule.wttw.com/episodes/159265/Super-Why/Juan-Bobo-and-the-Pig/ |title=Chicago PBS, WTTW-TV, ''Juan Bobo and the Pig'' |publisher=Schedule.wttw.com |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> and [[Iowa]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iptv.org/series.cfm/18956/super_why/ep:140 |title=Iowa PBS, IPTV, ''Juan Bobo and the Pig'' |publisher=Iptv.org |date=8 January 2014 |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> and in the nationwide PBS Learning Media system.<ref>[http://pbskids.org/video/?mediaid=1910717672 PBS Media, ''Juan Bobo and the Pig''] Retrieved 29-05-2013</ref> Currently, Juan Bobo stories and [[radio dramas]] are regularly broadcast over radio stations in Puerto Rico.<ref name="prpop1">{{cite web |url=http://www.prpop.org/noticias/nov11/juan-bobo-vigente-por-partida-triple-11292011-1.shtml |title=Juan Bobo vigente por partida triple |publisher=Fundación Nacional (Prpop.org) |date=27 November 2011 |accessdate=18 March 2014 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312212946/http://www.prpop.org/noticias/nov11/juan-bobo-vigente-por-partida-triple-11292011-1.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> Juan Bobo CDs are also sold on the island<ref name="prpop1"/> and in the United States,<ref>[http://hbavenues.com/highpoint/library/pdf/hp.basics.tg11.pdf Highpoint Library, Juan Bobo CDs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312213002/http://hbavenues.com/highpoint/library/pdf/hp.basics.tg11.pdf |date=12 March 2014 }} Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110801/LIFE/108010302 ''Juan Bobo’s Pot''. Times-Herald Record. 1 August 2011.] Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref> as are Juan Bobo MP3 downloads.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Juan-Bobo/dp/B003BSZLSO Juan Bobo MP3s, Amazon] Retrieved 29-05-2013</ref>
On U.S. [[public television]], the Juan Bobo stories are used by [[PBS]] stations in [[Alabama]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aptv.org/episodes/2369/Super-WHY/Juan-Bobo-and-the-Pig/ |title=Alabama PBS, ''Juan Bobo and the Pig'' |publisher=Aptv.org |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> [[Arkansas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://livedash.ark.com/transcript/super_why!-(juan_bobo_and_the_pig)/918/KQED/Tuesday_August_10_2010/404847/ |title=Arkansas PBS, ''Juan Bobo and the Pig'' |publisher=Livedash.ark.com |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> California,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/index.jsp?pgmid=16830 |title=California PBS; KQED-TV; ''Juan Bobo and the Pig'' |publisher=Kqed.org |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> Chicago,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://schedule.wttw.com/episodes/159265/Super-Why/Juan-Bobo-and-the-Pig/ |title=Chicago PBS, WTTW-TV, ''Juan Bobo and the Pig'' |publisher=Schedule.wttw.com |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> and [[Iowa]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iptv.org/series.cfm/18956/super_why/ep:140 |title=Iowa PBS, IPTV, ''Juan Bobo and the Pig'' |publisher=Iptv.org |date=8 January 2014 |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> and in the nationwide PBS Learning Media system.<ref>[http://pbskids.org/video/?mediaid=1910717672 PBS Media, ''Juan Bobo and the Pig''] Retrieved 29-05-2013</ref> Currently, Juan Bobo stories and [[radio dramas]] are regularly broadcast over radio stations in Puerto Rico.<ref name="prpop1">{{cite web |url=http://www.prpop.org/noticias/nov11/juan-bobo-vigente-por-partida-triple-11292011-1.shtml |title=Juan Bobo vigente por partida triple |publisher=Fundación Nacional (Prpop.org) |date=27 November 2011 |accessdate=18 March 2014 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312212946/http://www.prpop.org/noticias/nov11/juan-bobo-vigente-por-partida-triple-11292011-1.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> Juan Bobo CDs are also sold on the island<ref name="prpop1"/> and in the United States,<ref>[http://hbavenues.com/highpoint/library/pdf/hp.basics.tg11.pdf Highpoint Library, Juan Bobo CDs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312213002/http://hbavenues.com/highpoint/library/pdf/hp.basics.tg11.pdf |date=12 March 2014 }} Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110801/LIFE/108010302 ''Juan Bobo’s Pot''. Times-Herald Record. 1 August 2011.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312224534/http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110801/LIFE/108010302 |date=12 March 2014 }} Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref> as are Juan Bobo MP3 downloads.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Juan-Bobo/dp/B003BSZLSO Juan Bobo MP3s, Amazon] Retrieved 29-05-2013</ref>


In the theatrical arts, in New York City, Theatre Works USA developed and presented a Juan Bobo play, together with a children's [[study guide]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theatreworksusa.org/uploads/studyguide/studyguide_206.pdf |title=Theatre Works USA; ''Juan Bobo and the Pig''; 2008 |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312015714/http://www.theatreworksusa.org/uploads/studyguide/studyguide_206.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Teatro Círculo Theater Company mounted an Off-Broadway production of ''The Mischievous Juan Bobo'' in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatermania.com/off-off-broadway/shows/los-titingos-de-juan-bobo_124332/ |title=Teatro Circulo; ''The Mischievous Juan Bobo''; 2006 |publisher=Theatermania.com |date=14 September 2006 |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> Also in 2006, the Open Eye Theater in [[Minneapolis]] performed ''The Adventures of Juan Bobo.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/events/adventures-juan-bobo |title= The Adventures of Juan Bobo; Twin Cities Daily Planet; Minneapolis; Minn |publisher=Tcdailyplanet.net |date=21 July 2012 |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/media/Minnesota-Monthly/Events-Pics-Calendars/Calendar/index.php/name/The-Adventures-of-Juan-Bobo-at-Open-Eye-Figure-Theatre/event/10952/ |title=The Adventures of Juan Bobo; Open Eye Figure Theater; Minneapolis, Minn |publisher=Minnesotamonthly.com |date=21 July 2012 |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> This was followed in 2009 by the University Theater of [[Northeastern Illinois University]] presenting a Juan Bobo play titled ''Señora Tortuga.''<ref>[http://www.neiu.edu/~stagectr/Childrens/Tortuga.html ''Señora Tortuga''; Northeastern Illinois University; Fall 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529204529/http://www.neiu.edu/%7Estagectr/Childrens/Tortuga.html |date=29 May 2010 }} Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref> [[Children's theater]] companies enact the Juan Bobo stories, often in the form of puppet plays.<ref>[http://cactusheadpuppets.blogspot.com/2013/04/pictures-of-tale-of-juan-bobo.html Cactus Head Puppets; April 2013] Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/theater/the-encounter-of-juan-bobo-and-pedro-animal Time Out New York; April 2013; ''The Encounter of Juan Bobo and Pedro Animal''] Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref>  In New York City, a group of grade school children made a Juan Bobo [[animated film]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzzco.com/Educational/JuanBobo |title=Juan Bobo's Birthday Party |publisher=Buzzzco.com |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312024934/http://www.buzzzco.com/Educational/JuanBobo |url-status=dead }}</ref> and children's Juan Bobo play scripts are available.<ref>[http://www.creativeeducationalsystems.com/web_files/Juan.html Creative Educational Systems; Juan Bobo play scripts] Retrieved 29-05-2013</ref> In [[Colombia]], the ''Corporación Artística La Polilla'' theatre company mounted a production of ''Juan Bobo y el Secreto de la Princesa'' (Juan Bobo and the Riddling Princess) in 2013.<ref>[http://www.lapolilla.org/index.php/servicios-polilla/titeres/98-juan-bobo-y-el-secreto-de-la-princesa Corporación Artística La Polilla; ''Juan Bobo y el Secreto de la Princesa''; 2013] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412210822/http://www.lapolilla.org/index.php/servicios-polilla/titeres/98-juan-bobo-y-el-secreto-de-la-princesa |date=12 April 2013 }}</ref>
In the theatrical arts, in New York City, Theatre Works USA developed and presented a Juan Bobo play, together with a children's [[study guide]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theatreworksusa.org/uploads/studyguide/studyguide_206.pdf |title=Theatre Works USA; ''Juan Bobo and the Pig''; 2008 |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312015714/http://www.theatreworksusa.org/uploads/studyguide/studyguide_206.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Teatro Círculo Theater Company mounted an Off-Broadway production of ''The Mischievous Juan Bobo'' in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theatermania.com/off-off-broadway/shows/los-titingos-de-juan-bobo_124332/ |title=Teatro Circulo; ''The Mischievous Juan Bobo''; 2006 |publisher=Theatermania.com |date=14 September 2006 |accessdate=18 March 2014 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312022336/http://www.theatermania.com/off-off-broadway/shows/los-titingos-de-juan-bobo_124332/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Also in 2006, the Open Eye Theater in [[Minneapolis]] performed ''The Adventures of Juan Bobo.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/events/adventures-juan-bobo |title= The Adventures of Juan Bobo; Twin Cities Daily Planet; Minneapolis; Minn |publisher=Tcdailyplanet.net |date=21 July 2012 |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/media/Minnesota-Monthly/Events-Pics-Calendars/Calendar/index.php/name/The-Adventures-of-Juan-Bobo-at-Open-Eye-Figure-Theatre/event/10952/ |title=The Adventures of Juan Bobo; Open Eye Figure Theater; Minneapolis, Minn |publisher=Minnesotamonthly.com |date=21 July 2012 |accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> This was followed in 2009 by the University Theater of [[Northeastern Illinois University]] presenting a Juan Bobo play titled ''Señora Tortuga.''<ref>[http://www.neiu.edu/~stagectr/Childrens/Tortuga.html ''Señora Tortuga''; Northeastern Illinois University; Fall 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529204529/http://www.neiu.edu/%7Estagectr/Childrens/Tortuga.html |date=29 May 2010 }} Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref> [[Children's theater]] companies enact the Juan Bobo stories, often in the form of puppet plays.<ref>[http://cactusheadpuppets.blogspot.com/2013/04/pictures-of-tale-of-juan-bobo.html Cactus Head Puppets; April 2013] Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/theater/the-encounter-of-juan-bobo-and-pedro-animal Time Out New York; April 2013; ''The Encounter of Juan Bobo and Pedro Animal''] Retrieved 29-05-2013.</ref>  In New York City, a group of grade school children made a Juan Bobo [[animated film]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzzco.com/Educational/JuanBobo |title=Juan Bobo's Birthday Party |publisher=Buzzzco.com |date= |accessdate=18 March 2014 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312024934/http://www.buzzzco.com/Educational/JuanBobo |url-status=dead }}</ref> and children's Juan Bobo play scripts are available.<ref>[http://www.creativeeducationalsystems.com/web_files/Juan.html Creative Educational Systems; Juan Bobo play scripts] Retrieved 29-05-2013</ref> In [[Colombia]], the ''Corporación Artística La Polilla'' theatre company mounted a production of ''Juan Bobo y el Secreto de la Princesa'' (Juan Bobo and the Riddling Princess) in 2013.<ref>[http://www.lapolilla.org/index.php/servicios-polilla/titeres/98-juan-bobo-y-el-secreto-de-la-princesa Corporación Artística La Polilla; ''Juan Bobo y el Secreto de la Princesa''; 2013] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412210822/http://www.lapolilla.org/index.php/servicios-polilla/titeres/98-juan-bobo-y-el-secreto-de-la-princesa |date=12 April 2013 }}</ref>


In 1962, the [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] librarian [[Pura Belpré]] published the first Juan Bobo novel in the United States: ''Juan Bobo and the Queen's Necklace: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale''.<ref name=latinas>{{cite book|last1=Korrol|first1=Virginia Sánchez|last2=Ruiz|first2=Vicki L.|title=Latinas in the United States, set: A Historical Encyclopedia|year=2006|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253111692|pages=83–84}}</ref><ref name="belpre">{{cite book|last=Belpre|first=Pura|title=Juan Bobo and the Queen's Necklace-a Puerto Rican Folk Tale|date=January 1, 1962|publisher=Frederick Warne|asin=B000H8VQBM}}</ref> Belpré, throughout her life, collected many other [[Folklore|folktales]] from Puerto Rico, translated them into English and had them published as children's literature. ''Juan Bobo and the Queen's Necklace'' is still in print, and appears in book catalogues throughout the United States.<ref name="belpre"/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0LyutQg6mroC&pg=PA74 Continuum Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature, p. 74; K.S. Giniger, pub.; New York, NY; 2005] Retrieved 2013-05-29</ref><ref>[http://www.abebooks.com/Juan-Bobo-Queens-Necklace-Puerto-Rican/3891067550/bd Abe Books, ''Juan Bobo and the Queen’s Necklace''] Retrieved 2013-05-29.</ref> Today, the [[Belpré Medal|Pura Belpré Award]] is given annually by the [[American Library Association]], in recognition of a Latino or Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays the Latino cultural experience in a work of literature for children or youth. In 2002 the Pura Belpré Award was given to Joe Cepeda for his illustration of ''Juan Bobo Goes to Work.''<ref name="ala.org"/>
In 1962, the [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] librarian [[Pura Belpré]] published the first Juan Bobo novel in the United States: ''Juan Bobo and the Queen's Necklace: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale''.<ref name=latinas>{{cite book|last1=Korrol|first1=Virginia Sánchez|last2=Ruiz|first2=Vicki L.|title=Latinas in the United States, set: A Historical Encyclopedia|year=2006|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253111692|pages=83–84}}</ref><ref name="belpre">{{cite book|last=Belpre|first=Pura|title=Juan Bobo and the Queen's Necklace-a Puerto Rican Folk Tale|date=January 1, 1962|publisher=Frederick Warne|asin=B000H8VQBM}}</ref> Belpré, throughout her life, collected many other [[Folklore|folktales]] from Puerto Rico, translated them into English and had them published as children's literature. ''Juan Bobo and the Queen's Necklace'' is still in print, and appears in book catalogues throughout the United States.<ref name="belpre"/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0LyutQg6mroC&pg=PA74 Continuum Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature, p. 74; K.S. Giniger, pub.; New York, NY; 2005] Retrieved 2013-05-29</ref><ref>[http://www.abebooks.com/Juan-Bobo-Queens-Necklace-Puerto-Rican/3891067550/bd Abe Books, ''Juan Bobo and the Queen’s Necklace''] Retrieved 2013-05-29.</ref> Today, the [[Belpré Medal|Pura Belpré Award]] is given annually by the [[American Library Association]], in recognition of a Latino or Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays the Latino cultural experience in a work of literature for children or youth. In 2002 the Pura Belpré Award was given to Joe Cepeda for his illustration of ''Juan Bobo Goes to Work.''<ref name="ala.org"/>

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Juan Bobo is a comic book series of folk stories from Puerto Rico, centered on the Juan Bobo children's character. For centuries, these folk stories have been passed from generation to generation amongst Puerto Rican schoolchildren, and the Juan Bobo comic books have been published in Puerto Rico, the United States and Spain, among other countries. For nearly two centuries a vast collection of books, songs, riddles and folktales have developed around the Juan Bobo character. Hundreds of children's books have been written about Juan Bobo in English and Spanish.[1][2] There are at least 70 Juan Bobo stories.[3] In 2002, the book Juan Bobo Goes to Work won the ALA Notable Books for Children Award[4] and the Belpré Medal for its illustrations.[5]

Juan Bobo stories are also used as instructional models in public school districts and libraries throughout the United States,[6] and on PBS Television.[7] The series was first published in the United States in 1921 by the Journal of American Folklore; the most recent series is in the American Legends and Folktales series published by Benchmark Publishers. When the comic books appeared for public mass sale in 1974, they were printed as standard 26-page hardcover children's comic books.[8] Some publishers chose the 8x8 format as the book sales matured.[9] They are designed for kindergarten and early grade children, aged four to eight.[9]

The Juan Bobo character

Template:Main article Often a trickster, sometimes a fool, Juan Bobo depicts a boy with a special way of doing things: with a good heart but little common sense. Juan Bobo tries to do exactly as his mother tells him, yet things always seem to go wrong - until they end up spectacularly right, as though Juan Bobo had an otherworldly, God-given genius. Due to this errant genius, Juan Bobo is Puerto Rico's most beloved noodlehead.[10] For example, sent off by his mother to find work, Juan Bobo causes one disaster after another and always manages to lose his payment.[11] In a typical Juan Bobo story his mother asks him to clean up a pig, so that she will fetch a higher price in the town market. Instead, Juan Bobo dresses her for church in his mother's best Sunday clothes, complete with lipstick and high heels.[12] The stories incorporate a pícaro young man who roams the Puerto Rican countryside, moving from job to job, and disaster to disaster. Though Juan and his tricks constitute the main story interest, the satirical comments on various trades and professions give a wealth of information on the social, political and religious fabric of Puerto Rico.[13] Juan Bobo is Puerto Rico's Amelia Bedelia.[14]

First U.S. collection

The first series of Juan Bobo stories published in the U.S. occurred in 1921. They appeared in the Journal of American Folklore under the title Porto Rican Folklore.[15][16] The story collection consisted of 56 "Picaresque Tales" about Juan Bobo, and included such exotic titles as Juan Bobo Heats up his Grandmother, Juan Bobo Delivers a Letter to the Devil, Juan Bobo Throws his Brother Down a Well, and Juan Bobo Refuses to Marry the Princess.[15] The first known publishing of the Juan Bobo stories in comic book format occurred in 1973; they were printed by the Walker and Company publishing house, authored by Bernice Chardiet and produced in hardcopy format.[17][18]

The origin and authorship of the stories presented a sociological lesson. The editors acknowledged that the stories absorbed many versions of African and European folk tales, and that the first draft of all 56 stories had been written by Puerto Rican school children. However, none of these children were named or credited in the story collection. Despite this open and wide-scale plagiarism, the Journal of American Folklore congratulated J. Alden Mason for authoring "the most abundant and important Spanish folk-tale material collected in Spanish America."[15]

Target audiences

Published both in hardcover and paperback, the Juan Bobo books are used as elementary school teaching books,[11] for bilingual language programs,[19][20] and in Spanish-language studies throughout the United States[21] Juan Bobo lesson plans and literacy activities accompany many of the books.[22][23] The McGraw Hill company uses the books in a reading instruction series, which is used in public school districts throughout the United States.[24] The Scholastic publishing company also offers Juan Bobo instruction modules to teachers around the US.[25] August House publishers has a series of Juan Bobo teaching materials for national distribution,[26] and the Greenwood Publishing Group also developed Juan Bobo materials to promote child literacy in classrooms and libraries.[27] The American Legends children's books included Juan Bobo in a series of four folkloric books.[28] Juan Bobo books and stories are stocked, and actively promoted, in public libraries in New York,[29] North Carolina,[30] Pennsylvania,[31][32] and in library systems throughout the United States.

Book sales

Book sellers throughout the United States carry a broad selection of Juan Bobo books. These can be found at Barnes & Noble,[33] Amazon Books,[34] Abe Books,[35] and Powell Books,[36] Newspapers around the U.S. regularly run Juan Bobo stories.[37] The Juan Bobo stories are known in many countries, from the United States to Central and South America, the Caribbean, Spain and the Philippines. Juan Bobo books are sold in Great Britain.[38] The National Library Board of Singapore has a listing of Juan Bobo books.[39] In the Philippines, Juan Bobo stories go by the name "Lazy Juan".[40] The National Library Board of Singapore has a listing of Juan Bobo books.[41]

Other media

On U.S. public television, the Juan Bobo stories are used by PBS stations in Alabama,[42] Arkansas,[43] California,[44] Chicago,[45] and Iowa,[46] and in the nationwide PBS Learning Media system.[47] Currently, Juan Bobo stories and radio dramas are regularly broadcast over radio stations in Puerto Rico.[48] Juan Bobo CDs are also sold on the island[48] and in the United States,[49][50] as are Juan Bobo MP3 downloads.[51]

In the theatrical arts, in New York City, Theatre Works USA developed and presented a Juan Bobo play, together with a children's study guide in 2008.[52] The Teatro Círculo Theater Company mounted an Off-Broadway production of The Mischievous Juan Bobo in 2006.[53] Also in 2006, the Open Eye Theater in Minneapolis performed The Adventures of Juan Bobo.[54][55] This was followed in 2009 by the University Theater of Northeastern Illinois University presenting a Juan Bobo play titled Señora Tortuga.[56] Children's theater companies enact the Juan Bobo stories, often in the form of puppet plays.[57][58] In New York City, a group of grade school children made a Juan Bobo animated film,[59] and children's Juan Bobo play scripts are available.[60] In Colombia, the Corporación Artística La Polilla theatre company mounted a production of Juan Bobo y el Secreto de la Princesa (Juan Bobo and the Riddling Princess) in 2013.[61]

In 1962, the Puerto Rican librarian Pura Belpré published the first Juan Bobo novel in the United States: Juan Bobo and the Queen's Necklace: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale.[62][63] Belpré, throughout her life, collected many other folktales from Puerto Rico, translated them into English and had them published as children's literature. Juan Bobo and the Queen's Necklace is still in print, and appears in book catalogues throughout the United States.[63][64][65] Today, the Pura Belpré Award is given annually by the American Library Association, in recognition of a Latino or Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays the Latino cultural experience in a work of literature for children or youth. In 2002 the Pura Belpré Award was given to Joe Cepeda for his illustration of Juan Bobo Goes to Work.[5]

Publishers

Juan Bobo children's books have been published in the U.S. and worldwide. Juan Bobo stories have been published by HarperCollins,[66] Dutton Children's Books,[67] Scholastic Books[68] and many others, and reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,[69] Library Journal,[11] Publishers Weekly and Booklist.[67] Following is a partial list of Juan Bobo book series publishers.

Year Publisher Location Title Format Author Artist Language
1921 Journal of American Folklore New York, NY 56 Picaresque Porto Rican Folk Tales Softcover JAF JAF Spanish
1973 Walker & Co. New York, NY Juan Bobo and the Pig: A Puerto Rican Folktale Retold Softcover Bernice Chardiet Hope Meryman English
1979 Ediciones Libero Mayagüez, PR Los Cuentos de Juan Bobo Paperback María C. Martínez, María Cadilla de Martínez, José Ramirez Rivera Freda Barbarika Spanish
1981 Ediciones Huracán San Juan, PR Los Cuentos de Juan Bobo Paperback Rosario Ferré Spanish
1993 Dutton New York, NY Juan Bobo and the Pig Hardcover Félix Pitre Chris Hale English
1994 HarperCollins New York, NY Juan Bobo: Four Folktales from Puerto Rico (an I Can Read Book) Hardcover Carmen T Bernier-Grand English
1995 HarperCollins New York, NY Juan Bobo: Four Folktales From Puerto Rico (I Can Read Book 3) Paperback Carmen T. Bernier-Grand English
1995 Dutton Lodestar New York, NY Juan Bobo and the Pig Hardcover Félix Pitre Chris Hale English
1995 Turtleback St. Louis, MO Juan Bobo: Four Folktales From Puerto Rico Hardcover Carmen T. Bernier-Grand English
1995 Turtleback St. Louis, MO Juan Bobo: Four Folktales From Puerto Rico Hardcover Jan M. Mike English
1997 Troll Comm Mahway, NJ Juan Bobo and the Horse of Seven Colors: A Puerto Rican Legend Hardcover Jan M. Mike Charles Reasoner English
1998 Troll Comm Mahway, NJ Juan Bobo and the Horse of Seven Colors (a Puerto Rican Legend) Paperback Jan M. Mike Charles Reasoner English
1998 Ediciones Libero Mayagüez, PR Los Cuentos de Juan Bobo Paperback María Cadilla de Martínez, José Ramirez Rivera Spanish
1999 Scholastic New York, NY Juan Bobo: Four Folktales From Puerto Rico (an I Can Read Book) Hardcover Carmen T. Bernier-Grand Ernesto Ramos Nieves English
2000 Rayo New York, NY Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale Hardcover Marisa Montes Joe Cepeda English
2000 Hampton-Brown Columbus, OH Juan Bobo Goes Up and Down the Hill A Puerto Rican Folk Tale Paperback Marisa Montes Maurie J. Manning English
2003 Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas San Juan, PR Aventuras de Juan Bobo Unknown María Inéz Forasteri Spanish
2004 Houghton Mifflin Boston, MA Juan Bobo Takes a Long Walk Paperback Julián Rojas Cindy Revell English
2006 Rayo New York, NY Juan Bobo Busca Trabajo Paperback Marisa Montes Joe Cepeda Spanish
2008 August House Little Rock, AR Juan Bobo Sends the Pig to Mass Paperback Ari Acevedo Feliciano Tom Wrenn English and Spanish
2013 Benchmark Pelham, NY Juan Bobo and the Bag of Gold (American Legends and Folktales) Hardcover Virginia Schomp Jess Yeomans English
2023 self-published Hamden, CT Juan Bobo: Cuentos Insólitos Paperback Ricardo A. Domínguez Ángel Flores Guerra B.

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  3. ↑ Juan Bobo and the Riddling Princess: A Puerto Rican Folktale. John Alden Mason and William Bernard McCarthy. (In, "Marvels & Tales." Vol. 19, No. 2. 2005)
  4. ↑ 2002 Notable Children's Books. American Library Service to Children, American Library Association. 2002.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ala.org
  6. ↑ Scholastic Books, Juan Bobo series, Grades K-2 Retrieved 29-05-2013.
  7. ↑ Chicago PBS; WTTW TV; Juan Bobo and the Pig Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  8. ↑ Juan Bobo and the Pig: A Puerto Rican Folktale Retold. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Juan Bobo sends the Pig to Mass: Summary. Story Cove. Atlanta, GA. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  10. ↑ Juan Bobo: Four Folktales from Puerto Rico.
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  13. ↑ Juan Bobo and the Riddling Princess. William Bernard McCarthy. Journal of Fairy Tale Studies; Vol. 19, 2005; Wayne State University. Digitalcommons.wayne.edu Retrieved 18 March 2014
  14. ↑ Juan Bobo. Publishers Weekly. 25-04-1994.
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  16. ↑ William B. McCarthy, Wayne State University, Vol. 19, 2005. Retrieved August 2, 2014
  17. ↑ Kirkus Reviews, Nov. 1, 1973. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  18. ↑ Juan Bobo and the Pig: A Puerto Rican Folktale Retold. 16 March 2014.
  19. ↑ Language, Space and Power: A Critical Look at Bilingual Education, pp. 169–216; by Sabina Hadi-Tabassum; Multilingual Matters Ltd. Pub., 2006; Tonawanda, NY
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  24. ↑ Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations; McGraw Hill pub.; 2006; New York, NY Template:Webarchive Reading Grade 8. Retrieved 29-05-2013.
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  26. ↑ August House, Juan Bobo teaching series Template:Webarchive Retrieved 29-05-2013
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  29. ↑ Upper Hudson Library System Template:Webarchive Retrieved 29-05-2013.
  30. ↑ Charlotte Mecklenburg Library; Charlotte, NC Template:Webarchive Retrieved 29-05-2013.
  31. ↑ Albright College Library Shelves; Reading, PATemplate:Dead link Retrieved 29-05-2013.
  32. ↑ Carnegie Library; Pittsburgh, PA Template:Webarchive Retrieved 29-05-2013.
  33. ↑ Barnes & Noble; Juan Bobo book selection Retrieved 2013-05-29
  34. ↑ Amazon Books; Juan Bobo book selection Retrieved 29-05-2013.
  35. ↑ Abe Books; Juan Bobo selection Retrieved 29-05-2013.
  36. ↑ Powell Books; Juan Bobo selection Retrieved 29-05-2013
  37. ↑ San Angelo Standard-Times; Juan Bobo's Pot: A Folktale from Puerto Rico; 30 July 2011 Template:Webarchive Retrieved 16-06-2013.
  38. ↑ Book Depository; Slough, UK; Juan Bobo: Four Folk Tales Retrieved 29-05-2013.
  39. ↑ National Board of Singapore; Juan Bobo Legends Template:Webarchive Retrieved 29-05-2013.
  40. ↑ The House Between Earth and Sky: Harvesting New American Folktales. Joseph Daniel Sobol. p.136. Teacher Ideas Press. 2005. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  41. ↑ National Board of Singapore; Juan Bobo Legends Template:Webarchive Retrieved 2013-05-29.
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  49. ↑ Highpoint Library, Juan Bobo CDs Template:Webarchive Retrieved 29-05-2013.
  50. ↑ Juan Bobo’s Pot. Times-Herald Record. 1 August 2011. Template:Webarchive Retrieved 29-05-2013.
  51. ↑ Juan Bobo MP3s, Amazon Retrieved 29-05-2013
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  57. ↑ Cactus Head Puppets; April 2013 Retrieved 29-05-2013.
  58. ↑ Time Out New York; April 2013; The Encounter of Juan Bobo and Pedro Animal Retrieved 29-05-2013.
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  60. ↑ Creative Educational Systems; Juan Bobo play scripts Retrieved 29-05-2013
  61. ↑ Corporación Artística La Polilla; Juan Bobo y el Secreto de la Princesa; 2013 Template:Webarchive
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