Happy Birthday, Josefina!: A Springtime Story: Book 4 (The American Girls Collection) - Hardcover

Tripp, Valerie; McAliley, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1562475886 ISBN 13: 9781562475888

Publisher: Amer Girl Pub, 1998

Synopsis

Josefina hopes to become a "curandera" or healer like Tâia Magdalena, and she is tested just before her tenth birthday when a friend receives a potentially fatal snakebite.

About this title

About the Author:

Valerie Trippwrote all the books in the Felicity, Josefina, Kit, and Molly series and three of the books in the Samantha series. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and has a Master's of Education degree from Harvard University. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

From Kirkus Reviews:

In this entry in one strand of the American Girls series (Meet Josefina, 1997, etc.), Josefina is approaching her tenth birthday and has decided she wants to be a healer like her godmother, Ta Magdalena. Participating in family and community activities - raising a baby goat, helping to replaster the church, and helping Ta Magdalena - take up much of her time. Near the end she is given the opportunity to prove her ability as a healer when her friend, Mariana, is bitten by a rattlesnake. This cheerful story is packed with historical tidbits. The adorable baby goat will appeal to the target audience, and although the story can be bland, it is well-paced, and enhanced by lovely realistic illustrations. (glossary) (Fiction. 7-10) -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amer Girl Pub
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1562475886
• ISBN 13: 9781562475888
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 69
• Illustrator: Tibbles Jean-Paul