New York: HarperCollins, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Although he tries to do exactly as his mother tells him- foolish Juan Bobo- -Puerto Rico's most celebrated folktale hero--keeps getting things all wrong. 'Bobo' means simple or fool, so Juan Bobo is 'Simple John' or the town fool - as Montes-Marisa explains in her note on the sources, he is the creation of Puerto Rico's country folk or jibaros, and arises from a combination of European, African and native Taino sources. The one constant in all the stories is that he can never get things right. Her first book for children, vibrantly and humorously illustrated by Joe Cepeda. SIGNED by Montes on the title page, and dated in the year of publication also SIGNED and dated by the illustrator, Joe Cepeda, with a small drwing of a bird. Large format, bound in glossy illustrated covers, unpaginated. Glossary of Spanish terms. ISBN: 0-688-162347.