Salazar, Aida, <br/><br/>
Jovita wore pants :  the story of a Mexican freedom fighter / 
 Story of a Mexican freedom fighter 
by Aida Salazar ; art by Molly Mendoza. 
 - 1 volume (unpaged) :  illustrations (some color) ;  27 cm. 
<br/><br/> School Library Journal starred, February 2023  Publishers Weekly, January 2023  Kirkus Starred, February 2023  Booklist, February 2023  Library Media Connection, March 2023 
<br/><br/> Jovita didn't want to cook and clean like her sisters, and she especially didn't want to wear the skirts her abuela gave her. She wanted to race her brothers and climb the tallest mesquite trees in Rancho Palos Blancos, ride horses, and wear pants! When her father and brothers joined the Cristeros War to fight for the right to practice religion, she wanted to help. She wasn't allowed to fight, but that didn't stop her from observing how her father strategized and familiarizing herself with the terrain. When tragedy struck, she did the only thing that felt right to her--cut her hair, donned a pair of pants, and continued the fight, commanding a battalion who followed her without question. 
<br/><br/> 3.1  K-3 
<br/><br/> Texas Bluebonnet Award, 2024 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781338283419 9781516094820 1338283413 1516094824 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2021007598 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Valdovinos Medina, Jovita, 1911-1996 --Juvenile literature.<br/>Valdovinos Medina, Jovita, 1911-1996. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cristero Rebellion, 1926-1929--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>Women revolutionaries--Mexico--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>Revolutionaries--Mexico--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>Cristero Rebellion, 1926-1929.<br/>Women revolutionaries.<br/>Revolutionaries.<br/>Women--Biography.<br/>Mexicans--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Mexico--History--1910-1946--Juvenile literature.<br/>Mexico--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>Mexico--History--1910-1946.<br/>Mexico.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biographies.<br/>Nonfiction picture books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F1234.V17  / S25 2023 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>921 VAL  972.08/2092  B