Josefina learned a wide variety of skills classical of the Southwest US in the early 1800s influenced by Mexican (and Spanish) traditions, Pueblo traditions, and frontier necessities. The girl appropriate crafts include: appliqué box, painted frame, lantern, broom, fringed shawl, glass bead necklace, decorated hair comb, stamped leather bookmark, coil pot, moccasins, colcha embroidery, fringed sash, hen pincushion,cornhusk doll, and pon top game. All the crafts are introduced with historical context and pictures of artifacts. ( )

Such a classic and I loved to read this when I was a kid and I sill do. ( )