Book Descriptions
for The Josefina Story Quilt by Eleanor Coerr and Bruce Degen
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Should young Faith's pet hen Josefina be allowed to come in the covered wagon headed for California? She does, and later Faith stitches a square for her pet for the family memory quilt. A brief historical note at the story's end adds background about westward migration in the mid-1800's and indicates that handmade quilts sometimes became diaries recording the events of wagon train living. (Ages 5-8)
CCBC Choices 1986. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1986. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
Animated pictures capture the drama and warmth of this historically based, affectionate story of good and bad times on a nineteenth-century wagon-train journey. ‘Coerr packs strong emotions into the story, which is detailed and eventful enough to create vivid historical setting within the confines of a beginning-to-read format." —BL.
Children's Editors' Choices for 1986 (BL)
Notable 1986 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
The USA Through Children's Books 1985 (ALA)
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.