Juan Bobo (comic book)

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

Juan Bobo
Cover of Juan Bobo and the Bag of Gold #1 (August 2013) [Benchmark Books]. Art by Jess Yeomans.
Publication information
PublisherJournal of American Folklore

Walker & Company
Ediciones Librero
Ediciones Huracan
Dutton[1]
HarperCollins[2]
Turtleback Books
Troll Communications
Scholastic Books[3]
Rayo
Ediciones Puertorriqueñas
Houghton Mifflin
August House
Benchmark Books
Hampton-Brown

Reviewed by:
Kirkus Reviews[4]
Library Journal[5]
Publishers Weekly[6]
Booklist[6]
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication date1921, 1973, 1979, 1981, 1993, 1994, 1995 (HarperCollins), 1995 (Dutton Lodestar), 1995 (Turtleback-Bernier), 1995 (Turtleback- Mike), 1997, 1998 (Troll), 1998 (Libero), 1999, 2000 (Rayo), 2000 (Hampton-Brown), 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2013
Main character(s)Juan Bobo
Creative team
Created byOriginally: Puerto Rican school children[7]
Retold by:
Virginia Schomp (Benchmark)
Marisa Montes (HarperCollins)
Felix Pitre (Dutton Books)
Carmen T Bernier-Grand (HarperCollins)
Ari Acevedo-Feliciano (August House)
Bernice Chardiet (Walker & Co.)
Maria Cadilla de Martinez and Jose Ramirez-Rivera (Ediciones Librero)
Jan M. Mike (Troll Communications)
Rosario Ferre (Ediciones Huracan)
Jan M Mike (Turtleback)
Written byPuerto Rican school children
Artist(s)Jess Yeomans (Benchmark)
Joe Cepeda (HarperCollins)
Christy Hale (Dutton Books)
Ernesto Ramos Nieves [Photographer] (HC-2)
Tom Wrenn (August)
Charles Reasoner (Troll)
Collected editions
ALSC AwardISBN 978-0-6881-6234-4 [8]
Belpre AwardISBN 0-688-16234-7 [9]

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.[10][11] There are at least 70 Juan Bobo stories.[12] In 2002, the book Juan Bobo Goes to Work won the ALA Notable Books for Children Award[8] and the Belpré Medal for its illustrations.[9]

Juan Bobo stories are also used as instructional models in public school districts and libraries throughout the United States,[13] and on PBS Television.[14] 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.[15] Some publishers chose the 8x8 format as the book sales matured.[16] They are designed for kindergarten and early grade children, aged four to eight.[16]

  1. ^ Juan Bobo and the Pig: a Puerto Rican Folktale; by Christy Hale; Dutton Juvenile pub.; Sept. 1993; New York, NY ISBN 9780525674290
  2. ^ Harper Collins, Juan Bobo Goes to Work; by Marisa Montes ISBN 9780688162337
  3. ^ Scholastic Books, Juan Bobo series
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference kirkusreviews1994 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference goesToWork was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b Dutton; Juan Bobo and the Pig. Reviews by Booklist and Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 29-05-2013.
  7. ^ Journal of American Folklore, Vol.34, p.143-208; by J. Alden Mason & Aurelio M. Espinosa, ed.; 1921 Retrieved 2013-05-31.
  8. ^ a b 2002 Notable Children's Books. American Library Service to Children, American Library Association. 2002.
  9. ^ a b The Pura Belpré Award winners, 1996-present. American Library Service to Children, American Library Association. 2002.
  10. ^ Rodríguez, Enid Sepúlveda (2007). Thesis - Juan Bobo, Postcoloniality and Frantz Fanon's Theory of Violence. Colorado State University Press. ISBN 978-0549285397.
  11. ^ Zipes, Jack David (2006). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Vol. 4. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195146561. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  12. ^ 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)
  13. ^ Scholastic Books, Juan Bobo series, Grades K-2 Retrieved 29-05-2013.
  14. ^ Chicago PBS; WTTW TV; Juan Bobo and the Pig Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  15. ^ Juan Bobo and the Pig: A Puerto Rican Folktale Retold. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  16. ^ a b Juan Bobo sends the Pig to Mass: Summary. Story Cove. Atlanta, GA. Retrieved 16 March 2014.