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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
81 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth Cole and her best friend, Felicity, are "the merriest girls in Virginia". The merry friends think it's very funny to play tricks on Elizabeth's snobby older sister, Annabelle. When Annabelle Bananabelle becomes engaged, Elizabeth and Felicity's mischief heats up, until Elizabeth finds herself in big trouble!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
159 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Felicity loves riding horses far more than stitchery or serving tea. When she falls in love with a beautiful chestnut mare, she schemes to save the mare from its cruel owner with the help of Ben, her father's young apprentice. Yet as talk of revolution rumbles around her, Felicity finds it harder to tell right from wrong. Ben wants war, while her best friend's family remains loyal to the king. Then Felicity receives an invitation to the Governor's...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
165 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Felicity overhears a plot against the colonists, no one believes her but Ben, her father's apprentice. So the two risk great danger to warn the colonists themselves. Soon afterward, Felicity finds a secret note from Ben. He has run away to join George Washington's army, and he is injured. Felicity is worried about him but knows it would be wrong to help a runaway apprentice. Then she is turned away from the door of her best friend, Elizabeth....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
182 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Josefina and her sisters are excited when energetic young Aunt Dolores arrives at the rancho, bringing new ideas, new fashions, and new challenges, but they worry the changes will make them forget Mamá, especially as Christmas approaches.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
168 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Josefina discovers that she has a gift for healing when she tends an orphaned baby goat, finds the courage and creativity to mend her family's broken trust in an americano trader, and seeks to keep her family whole and happy when ́Tía Dolores plans to leave.
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
209 pages ; 16 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of five short stories featuring nine-year-old Felicity Merriman growing up in Virginia in 1774 as she plays a joke on herself while teaching her sister to dance, responds to a foolish dare, proves her worth as a big sister, plays Cupid, and discovers the secret of the crabbiest lady in town. Each story includes a non-fiction essay about the culture and customs of the time.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
219 pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
Josefina Montoya and her sisters love the comfortable traditions of life on her family's New Mexican rancho, but they are suspicious of the changes their Tía Dolores is bringing to the household because they fear they will lose their memories of their mother.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
6 sound discs (7 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Meet Josefina Montoya, a nine-year-old girl growing up in New Mexico in 1824. Josefina and her sisters have been struggling ever since Mam̈еa died a year ago. When Mam̈еa's sister, T̈еia Dolores, comes to live on their rancho, the girls are overjoyed. But T̈еia Dolores has lots of new ideas! She starts a family weaving business. And she teaches the girls to read, something Mam̈еa never learned to do. Josefina worries that all of T̈еia...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1992]
Physical Desc
69 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As her tenth birthday approaches, Felicity is excited by her grandfather's visit, but she is also concerned about the growing tensions between the colonists and the British governor in Williamsburg.
16) Just Josefina
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
46 pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1824 New Mexico, nine-year-old Josefina is happy when her grandparents and aunt come to visit, but she thinks she must choose between meeting her grandmother's expectations and being true to herself. Includes historical notes on women's rights in New Mexico in 1824 as well as a recipe for apple empanaditas.
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm.
Language
English
Description
In colonial Williamsburg, nine-year-old Felicity's dancing skills improve when she changes from wearing clumsy shoes to dainty slippers but ultimately she learns that "Gracefulness is in the foot, not the shoe." Includes information on the education of girls in colonial America, focusing on dance, and presents square dance instructions.
Author
Series
American girl BeForever. Kit, 1934 volume 1
American girls collection
Kit classic volume . 1
American girl BeForever. Kit 1934 volume 1
American girls collection
Kit classic volume . 1
American girl BeForever. Kit 1934 volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
174 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Kit's family has to take in boarders, it seems as if they may be able to keep their house although her father lost his business, but the changes put a strain on Kit's friendship with Ruthie, especially as Kit spends her days helping cranky Uncle Hendrick.
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