Name: Happy Birthday, Josefina!
ISBN: 9780606134569

Valerie Tripp

Josefina hopes to become a "curandera" or healer like Tâia Magdalena, and she is tested just before her tenth birthday when a friend receives a potentially fatal snakebite.

A Springtime Story

Happy Birthday, Josefina!

Kimberly Burgess 

Susan McAliley

"Josefina is pleased and proud when her godmother, T'a Magdalena, asks for her help with springtime chores. T'a Magdalena is a respected healer in the village, and Josefina hopes to become a healer just like her someday. Then one day at T'a Magdalena's house, Josefina makes an awful mistake that shatters her hopes. She's sure T'a Magdalena will never teach her now! But when Josefina visits her Pueblo Indian friend Mariana, a terrifying adventure shows her just how much she's already learned." --Amazon.

Josefina hopes to become a "curandera" or healer like Ti+a7a Magdalena, and she is tested just before her tenth birthday when her Pueblo Indian friend Mariana receives a potentially fatal snakebite. Simultaneous.

Happy Birthday, Josefina! A Springtime Story

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