By Susan Lowell; illustrated by Bruce MacPherson. For grades 1-3. Susan Lowell captures our hearts again with this vibrant tale of one javelina’s dreams to become famous. Josefina Javelina longs to be a ballerina. So...she packs up her concertina and leaves her favorite little cantina to go to Pasadena to visit her cousin Angelina. From the desert to the city, a wild adventure ensues as Josefina puts some dip in her hip and some slide in her glide on her way to the big time-a long, long way from home. But not even Coyote, with his wily tricks, can get this javelina down. Hardcover; 32 pages.
