Just Josefina
By: by Valerie Tripp ; illustrations by Jean-Paul Tibbles ; vignettes, Philip Hood, Susan McAliley
Contributors: Tibbles, Jean-Paul, ill.; Hood, Philip, ill.; McAliley, Susan, ill.
Series: The American girls collection
Publisher: Pleasant Company
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Middleton, WI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
Subjects: Self-acceptance -- Fiction.; Grandmothers -- Fiction.; Mexican Americans -- Fiction.; Ranch life -- New Mexico -- Fiction.; New Mexico -- History -- To 1848 -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In 1824 New Mexico, nine-year-old Josefina is happy when her grandparents and aunt come to visit, but she thinks she must choose between meeting her grandmother's expectations and being true to herself. Includes historical notes on women's rights in New Mexico in 1824 as well as a recipe for apple empanaditas.
Notes: "Ages 7 and up"--P. [4] of cover.