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Josefina: An American Girl (American Girls: Josefina #1-6)
All six Josefina books in an attractive slipcase. Includes "Meet Josefina, Josefina Learns a Lesson, Josefina's Surprise, Happy Birthday, Josefina , Josefina Saves the Day," and "Changes for Josefina."
Paperback, 360 pages
Published
September 1st 1998
by American Girl
(first published 1998)
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When I was younger I loved this book as well. I thought that Josefina's stories in particular were amazing. I believe I loved how she truly did embrace a completely different culture than I did. It was nice to be young and to see how people lived in different circumstances. When I re-read this book, I loved to remember her stories and how dedicated to her family she was. These American Girl Doll Books are great books for kids to learn about different cultures and people.
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I did not expect an American Girl series to be so historical and authentic. This is a fun series about a Mexican American girl and her culture. The setting is authentically described and the Spanish words add to the authenticity. The back of the book will certainly help the students as there is a dictionary with the meanings of the words. Josefina has a great relationship with her family and displays the importance of family in the Mexican American community. This is a great ser...more
I did not expect an American Girl series to be so historical and authentic. This is a fun series about a Mexican American girl and her culture. The setting is authentically described and the Spanish words add to the authenticity. The back of the book will certainly help the students as there is a dictionary with the meanings of the words. Josefina has a great relationship with her family and displays the importance of family in the Mexican American community. This is a great ser...more
I was so happy to read these after the Felicity series, and to find that the good old wonderful values I found in the Kaya series had returned. These values kind of got skipped in Felicity, but they are wonderfully strong in Josefina.
I will be very glad to read this series to my daughter this fall for our Liberty Girls club, and there will be so many wonderful values, principles and experiences to talk about.
I will be very glad to read this series to my daughter this fall for our Liberty Girls club, and there will be so many wonderful values, principles and experiences to talk about.
Josefina was definately my favorite. I had her doll. I never realized it but i guess I really do like westerns. Its all about the frontier for me. & the southwest. I always have a thing for the southwest. The combination of native american and spanish culture is just so rich in tradition. I dunno theres just something about it. But yeah Joesfina was it for me
Feb 06, 2011
Ash E.
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
young (girl) readers
Recommended to Ash by:
Cori Johnson
Shelves:
review-complete,
young-historical-fiction
REVIEW COMPLETE
Comparable with the Dear America series, the American Girl books provide an easily-accessible peek into the past through a young (usually 9 to 10 years of age) girl's eyes. In this case, that girl is Josefina, living in a Hispanic environment. A wonderful series that will educate girls without them even realizing it!
Comparable with the Dear America series, the American Girl books provide an easily-accessible peek into the past through a young (usually 9 to 10 years of age) girl's eyes. In this case, that girl is Josefina, living in a Hispanic environment. A wonderful series that will educate girls without them even realizing it!
Josefina was always my sisters favorite, while I found her quiet and boring. However, in this lovely edition it was easy to reconnect with Josefina and her personality. Tripp does a great job with any of her American Girl books, creating well rounded and interesting characters that have withstood the test of time.
Reviewed by my seven-year-old daughter: Josefina was very adventurous and she loves nature and flowers. She saved her friend from a rattlesnake bit. She wants to be a healer and she loves to help people. She lives with her sisters and her father. Her mother just died and her Tia came to live with them.
We loved this book on tape, too! I really liked that Josefina isn't your typical strong-willed heroine you see so often these days. She's soft spoken and timid at times, but full of heart and determination. She's happy to follow in her family's traditions, which I also liked.
Nov 17, 2010
Gracious Pack
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
book-club-books
I like this series. It tells a lot about Mexico and how they speak. In my book club we made a memory box, a Nina doll, and we made boondoggle. We learned how to make food from Mexico and we have recipe cards for them. We also went to a tortilla factory for a field trip. I really like it.
We have only read the Felecity series but Bea wanted to try more. We read this and the 2nd book in the series. They were depressing -- so much of the plot hinges on their grief over the mom's death. Bea was not liking them so we didn't continue in the series.
These were believable and action-packed. The characters are well developed and not so stock that they're completely predictable. We're studying Spanish this year for homeschool, so the Spanish character-names and place-names were a fun bonus.
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Sigh. Josefina came a bit after the Original Five in what I believe was a marketing ploy. But whatever. Still fun and informative, but this series had a different vibe from the others.
May 04, 2013
Kimberly Hortman
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
american-girl-club
I liked the Josefina stories because I always liked that tome period. I liked learning more about Catholic traditions too, and loved pets even her goat:)
This American Girl series book was surprisingly well written and does a good job of describing this time and culture.
I liked josefina's books
but it was kinda odd
that her dad married her tia dolores
but it was kinda odd
that her dad married her tia dolores
She pretty awesome to read about
I awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A wonderful primer in New Mexico history and an excellent series for girls age 5 and up.
I really enjoyed these short stories and can't wait for my girls to be old enough.
I just got done reading these books for my history group its a very good.
Mar 24, 2009
Alexia Gomez
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone that loves to read!
Recommended to Alexia by:
My mom
It was good I loved it! I learned that she is a tough loving girl!
Very sweet books, and I love learning about another culture.
Only read half of this book but it was still good!
These were great books! I liked them a lot!
nice, it's mostly about mexico
It was cute, not a very good beginning
I started, then got bored!
My daughter moved from the little house books to this volume of American girl books. She has really enjoyed this story about a 10 year old New Mexican girl and her family after the death of their mother. After reading the books, I found a copy of the audio book at the library and she is listening to it constantly. I'm not excited about the whole American Girl branding phenomenon but the history and innocence of the stories are great.
Reading this (entire collection) to the girls. They love it- and so do I! There are great historical lessons as well as life lessons to be learned in this series. It also helps supplement the Spanish we are attempting to learn!
Update: Finished the whole Josefina collection and we all loved it. Josefina is a fine example of a hard-working young lady with manners, curiosity and joy for life. I highly recommend it to all girls!
Update: Finished the whole Josefina collection and we all loved it. Josefina is a fine example of a hard-working young lady with manners, curiosity and joy for life. I highly recommend it to all girls!
These books are wonderful!!!!!! They are easy to read and have been some of my favorite books.
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Valerie Tripp is a children's book author, best known for her work with the American Girl series.
She grew up in Mount Kisco, New York with three sisters. She is a reading expert with a Reading Master’s of Education degree from Harvard University. Since 1985 she has lived in Silver Spring, Maryland. Her husband teaches history at Montgomery College. She has been a writer for reading textbooks for t...more
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She grew up in Mount Kisco, New York with three sisters. She is a reading expert with a Reading Master’s of Education degree from Harvard University. Since 1985 she has lived in Silver Spring, Maryland. Her husband teaches history at Montgomery College. She has been a writer for reading textbooks for t...more
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