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Pedro and the Padre
A Tale from Jalisco, Mexico
By Aardema, Verna & Henstra, Friso
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80370-522-7
- Publisher
- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1991.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1991
Gr 1-3 Pedro's father, despairing of making a worker of him, turns him loose to earn his own way in the world. A padre hires Pedro as a helper, but the boy's laziness reasserts itself and his interest in the job wanes. He lies to the priest about his chores, insisting that a book entitled How to Lie is responsible for his bad habits. His odyssey to fetch the nonexistent book comprises the major portion of the plot. Pedro bamboozles a farmer with a story of a ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
