"This retelling of a Navajo folktale explains how First Woman tried to write the laws of the land using stars in the sky, only to be thwarted by the trickster Coyote."
Poem-Making(1st Edition) Ways to Begin Writing Poetry by Myra Cohn Livingston, LisaDesimini Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 1991 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-024019-6, ISBN: 0-06-024019-9
"What makes a poem a poem? is it simply a matter of taking words and writing them out in verse form and making them rhyme? Or is it actually much more than that-the use of rules about meter, form, and rhyme to create a framework for the expression of special observations and ideas?POEM-MAKING is a handbook of the mechanics of writing poetry. In a clear, understandable tone it introduces children to the different voices of poetry; types o ..."
"As a teenage Jewish girl struggles with anorexia, her decisions about whether or not to live affect those close to her and are influenced by survivors of the Holocaust."
The Thieves' Market(1st Edition) by Dennis Haseley, LisaDesimini Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 1991 by Harpercollins Childrens Books ISBN-13: 978-0-06-022492-9, ISBN: 0-06-022492-4
"Children wake in the night and visit the unusual market where thieves sell their stolen goods."
I Am Running Away Today(1st Edition) LisaDesimini (Hardcover, 1992) by LisaDesimini Hardcover, 1 Pages, Published 1992 by Hyperion (Juv) ISBN-13: 978-1-56282-120-3, ISBN: 1-56282-120-2
"Having decided to run away from home for a host of reasons, but most of all because his best friend moved away, a cat changes his mind when he discovers a new friend moving in next door."