The Josefina Story Quilt
The Josefina Story Quilt
Coerr, Eleanor
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HarperCollins
Just the Series: I Can Read! Level 3   

Series and Publisher: I Can Read! Level 3   

Annotation: While traveling west with her family in 1850, a young girl makes a patchwork quilt chronicling the experiences of the journey and reserves two special patches for her pet hen Josefina.
Genre: [Historical fiction]
 
Reviews: 2
Catalog Number: #164600
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Publisher: HarperCollins
Copyright Date: 1986
Edition Date: 1986 Release Date: 02/18/03
Illustrator: Degen, Bruce,
Pages: 64 pages
ISBN: Publisher: 0-06-444129-6 Perma-Bound: 0-8000-1720-X
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-06-444129-2 Perma-Bound: 978-0-8000-1720-0
Dewey: E
LCCN: 85045260
Dimensions: 23 cm.
Subject Heading:
Quilting. Fiction.
Chickens. Fiction.
Overland journeys to the Pacific. Fiction.
Language: English
Reviews:
School Library Journal

Gr 1-3 Faith is allowed to take her pet hen, Josefina, along in her family's covered wagon to California on one condition: ``. . .if she makes any trouble, OUT SHE GOES!'' Josefina survives some close calls with trouble, but when robbers raid the camp and Josefina squawks a warning, she earns Pa's praise and gratitude. Unfortunately, it's Josefina's last gasp. Faith mourns her but sews another patch for her memory quilt in honor of her hen. When the family reaches California, the quilt they sew tells the story of their journey. Children will appreciate Faith's bond with her pet and the details of an 1850 adventure. The story makes the history go down easily, and an author's note at the end fills in facts about the western trip and the place of quilts as pioneer diaries. The charcoal and blue/yellow wash illustrations are clear and natural, but little attention is paid to matching up quilt squares with the story's action. On the whole, a good introduction to historical fiction that children can read for themselves.

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Wilson's Children's Catalog
Word Count: 1,320
Reading Level: 2.7
Interest Level: 1-4
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 2.7 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 10527 / grade: Lower Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:3.1 / points:2.0 / quiz:Q06160
Lexile: 530L
Guided Reading Level: L
Fountas & Pinnell: L

This sweet story is a favorite for units on the American pioneer era as well as using quilting to preserve memories.

Faith's family is heading west! It's 1850, and it's time to pack their covered wagon to prepare for the journey to California and a new life.

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?

As a five-star review from a teacher put it: "My students love this one! Each chapter has a quilt block to go with it. Faith works on the quilt blocks as they travel and each block tells a story about part of the journey. In the end they sew the blocks together to make a Josefina story quilt."

The Josefina Story Quilt is a Level Three I Can Read book. Level 3 includes many fun subjects kids love to read about on their own. Themes include friendship, adventure, historical fiction, and science. Level Three books are written for early independent readers. They include some challenging words and more complex themes and stories.

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