- Hardcover: 64 pages
- Publisher: American Girl (Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1562477692
- ISBN-13: 978-1562477691
- Product Dimensions: 30.5 x 26.2 x 1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,268,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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After Mama died, Josefina cherished a carved wooden box that had belonged to Mama. Read the first page
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
What a World!
7 Jun 2002
Format:Hardcover
"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.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Informative, great homeschooling tool
21 Oct 2009
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
We bought the MP3 recording of the Josefina story collection for my six year old homeschooling daughter, as we are living on the road and listening to books on tape is a long-lasting, space-compact form of entertainment for traveling. She has listened three times through to the five hour series as we travel through the southwest, pointing out yucca (Josefina uses the roots for soap suds) and rabbit brush and prickly pear, mentioning a spanish word here and there. It has been a highlight of this month for her and she has learned immeasurably from it. We bought this book as a companion to the audible stories - no dolls or other books, just the MP3 and this reference book. And it's a perfect combo, giving her something to refer to as she's listening. We have spent hours looking through this together and it gives her a basis for her own drawings as she listens. I can't recommend this informative series highly enough. We'll be buying the Addie MP3s as we travel through antebellum south next month. She says about this book, "I like it, it's interesting. There's cool different things that we don't do in our life that I can learn about. It's a really fun book and it teaches six year olds about different kinds of lives and different kinds of places."
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
My 9 year old daughter loves it!
30 Mar 2000
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
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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