Editor-Lisa Desimini > Compare Discount Book Prices & Save up to 90%

Lulu's Piano Lesson
by Arlene Alda, Lisa Desimini
Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2010 by Tundra Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-88776-930-6, ISBN: 0-88776-930-6

"Who wants to practice the piano? Certainly not Lulu. She'd rather listen to her swing squeak, the bell on her bike ring, or the apples thump as she climbs a tree. Even her shoes play a tip-tap tune as she runs on the sidewalk. Before she knows it, it's Friday afternoon and time for her piano lesson. Lulu's heart sinks. She hasn't practiced all week. Luckily, Lulu's teacher knows how to inspire his small student. A musician herself, Arle ..."

Iris Has a Virus
by Arlene Alda, Lisa Desimini
Hardcover, 24 Pages, Published 2008 by Tundra Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-88776-844-6, ISBN: 0-88776-844-X

"Iris finds out that having a stomach virus is exhausting, especially when her brother, Doug, lets her know that she always gets sick at the wrong time. The sibling rivalry and misunderstanding of what germs are when they are called bugs unfold in this lighthearted story of Iris s ordinary illness and her unfounded concerns. Arlene Alda s engaging prose, interspersed with rhyming couplets and complemented by the quirky, vibrant cut-paper ..."

She Sang Promise
The Story of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Tribal Leader
by Jan Godown Annino, Moses Jumper, Lisa Desimini
Hardcover, 48 Pages, Published 2010 by National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-4263-0592-4, ISBN: 1-4263-0592-3

"She Sang Promise is the compelling and inspiring story of Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, one of modern America’s first female elected tribal leader. With its lyrical, poetic text, and rich, vibrant illustration, this is a book to charm and amaze young readers.Betty Mae Tiger Jumper was born in 1923, the daughter of a Seminole woman and a white man. She grew up in the Everglades under dark clouds of distrust among her tribe who could not accept ..."