Search Results | Akron Public Library

Catalog Search Results

Showing Results using Keyword index

Search instead using Subject index

Sort by

1) Juan Bobo and the Bag of Gold

Author

Schomp, Virginia

Series

American legends and folktales

Pub. Date

2011

Description

Read Description

A folktale from Puerto Rico describing the foolish Juan Bobo who, despite not being very smart, winds up with a bag of gold thanks to his honesty and good heart.

2) The rainbow-colored horse

Author

Belpré, Pura

Pub. Date

c1978

Description

Read Description

When the youngest son succeeds in capturing the dazzling seven-color horse that has been trampling his father's fields, the horse bargains for his freedom by granting the young man three favors.

3) Juan Bobo busca trabajo

Author

Montes, Marisa

Pub. Date

[2006]

Description

Read Description

¿Qué se puede hacer con un niño que trata de hacer todo bien, pero que siempre termina haciendo todo mal? Although he tries to do exactly as his mother tells him, foolish Juan Bobo keeps getting things all wrong.

4) The legend of the hummingbird: a tale from Puerto Rico

Author

Ramirez, Michael Rose

Series

Mondo folk tales

Pub. Date

c1998

Description

Read Description

A girl and boy from rival tribes have their love protected and immortalized when they are changed into a red flower and a hummingbird.

5) The golden flower: a Taino myth from Puerto Rico

Author

Jaffe, Nina

Pub. Date

[1996]

Description

Read Description

This myth explains the origin of the sea, the forest, and the island now called Puerto Rico.

6) There's a billy goat in the garden: based on a Puerto Rican folk tale

Author

Gugler, Laurel Dee

Pub. Date

2003.

Description

Read Description

A rowdy group of farmyard animals flutter, snort, stomp and tromp, trying to chase a stubborn, old billy goat out of the garden. But it is the most unlikely animal, a tiny bee, who actually manages to do it.

7) Juan Bobo and the Horse of Seven Colors: a Puerto Rican legend

Author

Mike, Jan

Pub. Date

1995

Description

Read Description

After winning seven wishes from a magical horse, the foolish Juan Bobo wastes six of them on his way to try to make the king's daughter laugh.

8) Pérez y Martina =: Pérez and Martina

Author

Herrmann, Marjorie E

Pub. Date

c1988

9) The song of el coqu©Ư and other tales of Puerto Rico

Author

Mohr, Nicholasa

Pub. Date

[1995]

Description

Read Description

A collection of three folktales which reflect the diverse heritage within the Puerto Rican culture.

10) Sing, little sack!: canta, saquito! : a folktale from Puerto Rico

Author

Jaffe, Nina

Pub. Date

c1993

Description

Read Description

Captured and kept inside a sack by a strange little man, a young girl is forced to sing, until her mother hears her song and knows that it is not the sack that is singing.

11) Juan Bobo goes to work: a Puerto Rican folktale

Author

Montes, Marisa

Pub. Date

2000.

Formats

Book, Picture

Description

Read Description

Although he tries to do exactly as his mother tells him, foolish Juan Bobo keeps getting things all wrong.

12) The squeaky door

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Pub. Date

[2006]

Formats

Book, Picture

Description

Read Description

When Little Boy is frightened by a squeaky bedroom door, his grandmother brings in various animals to help him feel secure enough to sleep. Includes notes on the story's origins.