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She Sang Promise
The Story of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Tribal Leader
by Jan Godown Annino, Lisa Desimini, Moses Jumper
Library, 48 Pages, Published 2010 by National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-4263-0593-1, ISBN: 1-4263-0593-1

"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 ..."






My House
by Lisa Desimini
Library, Published 1997 by Topeka Bindery
ISBN-13: 978-0-613-05547-5, ISBN: 0-613-05547-0

"Describes a house in different weather and light conditions."






Anansi Does The Impossible
An Ashanti Tale (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Aladdin Picture Books)
by Verna Aardema, Lisa Desimini
Library, 32 Pages, Published 2000 by Turtleback Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-613-30942-4, ISBN: 0-613-30942-1

"FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Anansi the spider and his wife, Aso, outsmart the Sky God and win back the beloved folktales of their people, in a humorous retelling of an Ashanti folktale."






How The Stars Fell Into The Sky
(Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
by Lisa Desimini, Jerrie Oughton
Library, 32 Pages, Published 1996 by Turtleback
ISBN-13: 978-0-613-00179-3, ISBN: 0-613-00179-6

"FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. 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."






I Am Running Away Today
by Lisa Desimini
Library, 1 Pages, Published 1992 by Hyperion (Juv)
ISBN-13: 978-1-56282-121-0, ISBN: 1-56282-121-0






How the Stars Fell into the Sky(Reprint)
A Navajo Legend
by Jerrie Oughton, Lisa Desimini
Library, 28 Pages, Published 2009 by Paw Prints 2009-07-10
ISBN-13: 978-1-4420-0364-4, ISBN: 1-4420-0364-2

"A retelling of the Navajo legend that explains the patterns of the stars in the sky"






Doodle Dandies
Poems That Take Shape
by J. Patrick Lewis, Lisa Desimini, Ann Bobco
Library, 40 Pages, Published 2002 by Turtleback Books: A Division Of Sanval
ISBN-13: 978-0-613-45030-0, ISBN: 0-613-45030-2

"I am a nee dle of steel glass & cement 102 stories high on a clear day you can see 200 miles out into the Atlantic or watch hundreds of ants scurrying like people on the sidewalks below & the yellow bugs racing recklessly along the city streets & ride the elevator all the way down in 37 seconds FLAT"






Anansi Does the Impossible
An Ashanti Tale
by Verna Aardema, Lisa Desimini
Library, Published 2002 by Demco Media
ISBN-13: 978-0-606-20096-7, ISBN: 0-606-20096-7

"Anansi and his wife outsmart the Sky God and win back the beloved folktales of their people."






Light
Stories of a Small Kindness
by Nancy White Carlstrom, Lisa Desimini
Library, 42 Pages, Published 1990 by Little Brown & Co (Juv)
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-12857-5, ISBN: 0-316-12857-0

"A collection of seven short stories reflecting places as diverse as Mexico, Haiti, New York City, and Guatemala."

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