Lucas and His Loco Beans: A Tale of the Mexican Jumping Bean

Bilingual tale of the Mexican Jumping Beans. Snappy, rhyming text in both Spanish and English. Great science supplement.

Customer Reviews:

Lucas and His Loco Beans

By A Customer - July 1, 2002

Lucas tells the story of a summertime visit to his grandfather's ranch. He and his grandfather share love of nature. On a trek into the mountains, Lucas learns about the Mexican Jumping Bean and how his abuelo (grandfather) collected them to play with as a boy. Lucas can hear a clicking noise coming from the bean and can see that the seed itself moves. Grandfather tells Lucas about the moth larva that inhabits the bean until it turns into a moth.This book is written in a lively, rhyming, bilingual style, with English as the main language and English meanings given for the Spanish words used. It is an exciting story, whether your language is English or Spanish. There are four pages at the back of the book with jumping bean facts in both English and Spanish, and then a neat multiple-choice quiz on word meanings.This book is both entertaining and educational, and in case you wish to purchase Mexican jumping beans to observe the life cycle of the little critter that lives in... read more

Lucas and His Loco Beans

By Robert Winner - July 1, 2002

This is an enchanting childen's story that is so well presented any parent would be delighted to read along with their children all about these loco beans.

Love the Illustrations!!

By A. Lauderdale - March 22, 2006

I read this book to my first graders as we learn about the life cycle of the bean. The writing is definitely engaging and I can't get enough of this artist. Wish there was more out there of hers to view/read! Enjoy!

A. Lauderdale

1st Grade teacher in Santa Barbara