Juan and the Jackalope: A Children's Book in Verse - Hardcover

Anaya, Rudolfo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826345212 ISBN 13: 9780826345219

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2009

Synopsis

When Rosita, the loveliest gal in the Pecos River Valley, offers her delicious rhubarb pie as first prize for the Great Grasshopper Race, a thousand love-struck vaqueros line up for the competition. Of course everyone believes that the legendary cowboy Pecos Bill, riding his giant grasshopper, Hoppy, is a shoo-in for the grand prize. Sure enough, Bill and Hoppy give an impressive performance, crisscrossing the Southwest in a raucous ride. But young Juan, who is hopelessly in love with Rosita, astonishes them all when he and Jack the Jackalope take a miraculous ride around the world and across the Milky Way. The daring pair return, covered in stardust, to claim the beautiful Rosita and her delicious pie.

Set in New Mexico, Anaya's fanciful story, coupled with Amy Córdova's vivid illustrations, brings the tradition of Southwestern tall tales to a new generation of young readers.

Ages 6 and up

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The master of Chicano fiction brings the tradition of Southwestern tall tales to a new generation of young readers.

About the Author:

Rudolfo Anaya, widely acclaimed as one of the founders of modern Chicano literature, is professor emeritus of English at the University of New Mexico. Anaya was presented with the National Medal of Arts for literature in 2001 and his novel Alburquerque (the city's original Spanish spelling) won the PEN Center West Award for Fiction. He has also received the Premio Quinto Sol, the national Chicano literary award, the American Book Award from The Before Columbus Foundation, the Mexican Medal of Friendship from the Mexican Consulate, and the Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award. He is best known for the classic Bless Me Ultima.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0826345212
• ISBN 13: 9780826345219
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Córdova Amy