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Pancho
The story of Pancho and the bull with the crooked tail.
54 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1964
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Berta Hader
78 books4 followersBerta and Elmer Hader were an American couple who jointly illustrated more than 70 children's books, about half of which they also wrote. They won the annual Caldecott Medal for The Big Snow (1948), recognizing the year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". They received the Caldecott Honor Book Award for Cock-a-doodle-doo in 1940 and The Mighty Hunter in 1944.
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August 21, 2017
Beautiful colors and nice design.
January 13, 2022
A wild bull is luring away all the village heifers, and a prize awaits the cowboy who can capture the miscreant. No one expects the potter's little son, Pancho, to be the hero. This was a delightful and humorous tale with wonderful artwork by the Haders.
August 3, 2016
Sometimes, I need a book to be simple. I want an underdog hero faced with a nearly impossible task. I want world-building so vivid I can see each task being carried out. And I want good to triumph over evil.
That's when I turn to children's books.
I remember adoring this story as a child, and it stood the test of time well as I brushed my teeth and read this morning. (Surely you also read as you brush your teeth?) Pancho appears to be out of print now, perhaps because the Mexican cowboy culture depicted is likely stereotyped and possibly historically inaccurate. But I'd still like to assert that Pancho is a literary classic.
Why? They say if you read a classic at different points of your life, you'll find different takeaway messages. And I can definitively tell you I didn't really understand what this line meant when I was a child: "A wild bull with a crooked tail coaxed the best cattle in [Don Fernando's] herd to run away." Now I find it pretty funny to think of that wild stud out stealing cows from the unsuspecting humans.
That's when I turn to children's books.
I remember adoring this story as a child, and it stood the test of time well as I brushed my teeth and read this morning. (Surely you also read as you brush your teeth?) Pancho appears to be out of print now, perhaps because the Mexican cowboy culture depicted is likely stereotyped and possibly historically inaccurate. But I'd still like to assert that Pancho is a literary classic.
Why? They say if you read a classic at different points of your life, you'll find different takeaway messages. And I can definitively tell you I didn't really understand what this line meant when I was a child: "A wild bull with a crooked tail coaxed the best cattle in [Don Fernando's] herd to run away." Now I find it pretty funny to think of that wild stud out stealing cows from the unsuspecting humans.
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