The Josefina Story Quilt (I Can Read Book Series: Level 3)

by Eleanor Coerr, Bruce Degen (Illustrator)

Overview

California,
here we come!Faith's Pa says there's no room on a wagon train for Josefina, a chicken who's too tough to eat and too old to lay eggs. But Faith loves her pet. Can Josefina show Pa that she still has a few surprises left in her?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780064441292
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	04/28/1989
Series:	I Can Read Book 3 Series
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	43,066
Product dimensions:	0.00(w) x 0.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	420L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Eleanor Coerr is the author of many books for young readers, including The Big Baloon Race, a Reading Rainbow book, Chang's Paper Pony, and The Josefina Story Quilt, a Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies.

Bruce Degen is the bestselling author and illustrator of the beloved, perennial favorite Jamberry and numerous award-winning books for children. He is the author and illustrator of Daddy Is a Doodlebug and Sailaway Home as well as the illustrator of the highly acclaimed Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole; the ever-popular Jesse Bear books by Nancy White Carlstrom; Jazzmatazz! by Stephanie Calmenson; and Shirley's Wonderful Baby by Valiska Gregory (available at your local library).

Bruce Degen's involvement with art has ranged from painting and printmaking to teaching art in New York City schools and directing an artists' lithography studio in Israel. Mr. Degen studied art at the Cooper Union and Pratt Institute. He was born in Brooklyn, New York—just like Charlie Muttnik—and now lives with his family in Connecticut.

Table of Contents

	Josefina	5
	California, Ho!	15
	Trouble	29
	The Rescue	37
	Robbers!	46
	Good-bye, Josefina	55

Editorial Reviews

Josefina is Faith's pet hen, but she is too old to lay eggs and too tough to eat, so Pa thinks she isn't worth taking along in the covered wagon as the family sets out for California. Faith pleads for her friend and Pa relents, reluctantly. As they travel, Faith sews patches for a quilt that will tell the story of the trip. Josefina causes trouble, which is recorded in the quilt, but she also ends up earning her keep. 1989 (orig.

Children's Literature - Dr. Judy Rowen