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All Year Round(1st Edition)
A Book to Benefit Children in Need
by David Ricceri, Dan Yaccarino, Sara Schwartz, Editor-Lisa Desimini
Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 1997 by Scholastic Reference
ISBN-13: 978-0-590-36097-5, ISBN: 0-590-36097-3

"Four noted artists bring the seasons to life through bright, splashy pictures and an easy-to-memorize text in this book to benefit the Robin Hood Foundation. Full color."

Northwoods Cradle Song(1st Edition)
From a Menominee Lullaby
by Douglas Wood, Lisa Desimini
Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 1996 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-0-689-80503-5, ISBN: 0-689-80503-9

"A poetic adaptation of a Menominee lullaby follows a mother's bedtime song to her little warrior, which describes the whisper of the night winds, the call of the whippoorwill, the silken wings of moths, and other natural images."

Tulip Sees America(1st Edition)
by Cynthia Rylant, Lisa Desimini
Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 1998 by Scholastic
ISBN-13: 978-0-590-84744-5, ISBN: 0-590-84744-9

"Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant and award-winning illustrator Lisa Desimini celebrate the beauty of America. This vibrant, inspiring picture book captures a fun-filled drive across the country. A young man and his dog, Tulip, marvel at the farms in Iowa, the skies in Nebraska, the wind in Wyoming, and many more exquisite visions of America the beautiful. Full color."

Love Letters(1st Edition)
by Arnold Adoff, Lisa Desimini
Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 1997 by Blue Sky Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-590-48478-7, ISBN: 0-590-48478-8

"A poetry collection enhanced by lavish collages and paintings places secret admirers, klutzes, friends, enemies, moms and dads, and dogs and cats as the objects of humorous and amorous valentines."

Doodle Dandies
Poems That Take Shape
by J. Patrick Lewis, Illustrator-Lisa Desimini
Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 1998 by Atheneum Books For Young Readers
ISBN-13: 978-0-689-81075-6, ISBN: 0-689-81075-X

"A collection of poems each of which appears on the page in the shape of its subject so that the poem looks like whatever it's about."

In a Circle Long Ago
A Treasury of Native Lore from North America: Native American; ALA Notable Book
by Nancy Van Laan, Illustrator-Lisa Desimini
Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 1995 by Knopf Books For Young Readers
ISBN-13: 978-0-679-95807-9, ISBN: 0-679-95807-X

Anansi Does The Impossible(1st Edition)
An Ashanti Tale
by Verna Aardema, Lisa Desimini
Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 1997 by Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-689-81092-3, ISBN: 0-689-81092-X

"The Sky God owns all the stories of the world and refuses to give them back unless Anansi, a small spider, can successfully get him a live python, a real fairy, and a bunch of stinging hornets, so Anansi sets out to accomplish his mission in order to have his beloved stories once more."

How the Stars Fell Into the Sky
A Navajo Legend
by Lisa Desimini, Jerrie Oughton
Hardcover, Published 1996 by Perfection Learning
ISBN-13: 978-0-7807-6368-5, ISBN: 0-7807-6368-8

"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."

In a Circle Long Ago(1st Edition)
A Treasury of Native Lore from North America: (Native American; ALA Notable Book)
by Nancy Van Laan, Lisa Desimini
Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 1995 by Knopf Books For Young Readers
ISBN-13: 978-0-679-85807-2, ISBN: 0-679-85807-5

"Celebrate earth's bounty and the inherent value of all living things with a lavish anthology of traditional Native American animal and nature lore, selected and retold especially for young children. Representing 20 tribes and every ethnological region, this definitive treasury includes "Raven, the Rainmaker," the Tlingit tale of a generous act that brought fresh water to the earth; "The Corn Song," from the Dine, which celebrates the b ..."