Welcome to Josefina's World 1824: Growing Up on America's Southwest Frontier (American Girls...

Welcome to Josefina's World 1824: Growing Up on America's Southwest Frontier (American Girls Collection) | Yvette Lapierre, Peg Ross, ... | My 9 year old daughter loves it!

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	Welcome to Josefina's World 1824: Growing Up on America's Southwest Frontier (American Girls Collection) Yvette Lapierre, Peg Ross, ... American Girl, 1999 - 58 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Describes the daily life and activities of Mexican Americans in New Mexico during the early 1800s including information about their homes, community, and links to Spain and Mexico.

What a World!

"Josefina's World" is an excellent supplement to the Josefina chapter books and short stories. Although each chapter book and short story has a section in the back with historical information that is relevant to the story in the book, "Josefina's World" is a colorful, informative historical overview with the kinds of information that readers will most want to know. There are wonderful cut-away pictures of Josefina's rancho and of a pueblo, which many children will find appealing. The experiences of birth, childhood, and marriage are covered along with fashion, cleanliness, faith, health and medicine, and the importance of the role of the community. Stories of real people of the time and the retelling of the folk tale of "La Llorona" supplement the text. Historical information slips in with the coming of the Spanish, the blending of Pueblo and Spanish cultures, the significance of trade from Mexico City and the Santa Fe Trail, and the coming of the Americans in the mid-nineteenth century. The text is divided into short sections that are easy to read and full of accurate, important historical information. The pictures show delightful representations of colonial New Mexico and even someone who does not read the text will get a comprehensive view of Josefina's World.

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My 9 year old daughter loves it!

Great book full of wonderful pictures and great historic information. My daughter can spend hours exploring the book time and time again.

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