Anansi Does The Impossible An Ashanti Tale (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Aladdin Picture Books) by Verna Aardema, LisaDesimini 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."
"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, LisaDesimini 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."
"Holly Near. To all the brave and loving peace activists who have gone before us,
those yet to come, and those of us here in this moment on the Great Peace March
—H. N. For Matt—with love —L. D. Henry Holt and Company, Inc., Publishers ..."
Northwoods Cradle Song(1st Edition) From a Menominee Lullaby by Douglas Wood, LisaDesimini 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."
"Two women from a starving tribe go to the Spider Woman for help, and learn to build looms, dye wool, and weave with their very souls. Not until they return home, teach their tribe to weave, and begin to prosper, do they realize the value of their skills. A dramatic explanation of the origin of Navajo rugs and the skills of their weavers."
"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 ..."
Heron Street(1st Edition) by Ann Warren Turner, LisaDesimini Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 1989 by Harpercollins Childrens Books ISBN-13: 978-0-06-026184-9, ISBN: 0-06-026184-6
"Exploration of a marsh near the sea that used to be home for many animals and birds, but that men have slowly destroyed and turned into a noisy city"
My House by LisaDesimini Published by Houghton Mifflin ISBN-13: 978-0-395-81434-5, ISBN: 0-395-81434-0
"Originally published in English as Dot the Fire Dog Translated by Miriam
Fabiancic. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic
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Dot the Fire Dog(1st Edition) by LisaDesimini Paperback, 18 Pages, Published 2001 by Scholastic ISBN-13: 978-0-439-23324-8, ISBN: 0-439-23324-0
"Retells the Finno-Ugric legend of how Bear descended from the stars in a basket of goldcoins on a silver chain and learned how to live in the forest and find a ..."
Moon Soup(1st Edition) by LisaDesimini Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 1993 by Hyperion (Juv) ISBN-13: 978-1-56282-463-1, ISBN: 1-56282-463-5
"Moon soup contains fantastic ingredients, and when it's ready it must be eaten while sitting on the moon."