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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. Juan Bobo stories are also used as instructional models in public school districts and libraries throughout the United States, [13] and on PBS Television. When the comic books appeared for public mass sale in , they were printed as standard page hardcover children's comic books.

Often a trickster , sometimes a fool, Juan Bobo depicts a boy with a special way of doing things: 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. Instead, Juan Bobo dresses her for church in his mother's best Sunday clothes, complete with lipstick and high heels. 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.

The first series of Juan Bobo stories published in the U. 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. Alden Mason for authoring "the most abundant and important Spanish folk-tale material collected in Spanish America. Published both in hardcover and paperback, the Juan Bobo books are used as elementary school teaching books, [5] for bilingual language programs, [25] [26] and in Spanish-language studies throughout the United States [27] Juan Bobo lesson plans and literacy activities accompany many of the books. Book sellers throughout the United States carry a broad selection of Juan Bobo books.

Juan Bobo books are sold in Great Britain. Juan Bobo and the Queen's Necklace: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale. Juan Bobo and the Queen's Necklace is still in print, and appears in book catalogues throughout the United States.

Juan Bobo children's books have been published in the U. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

This article is about the book series. For the folkloric character, see Juan Bobo character.

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