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

by Rudolfo Anaya

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826345212
• ISBN13: 9780826345219
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4