Nancy Luenn, Author Atheneum Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-81126-5
A quietly lyrical text and warm watercolors fairly dance as the rhythms of a child's day on the river echo those of an otter family. From their meeting in early morning, when the child launches his boat as the otters slide waterward from their muddy
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Nancy Luenn, Author, Neil Waldman, Illustrator Atheneum Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-31477-3
Like Waldman's Bring Back the Deer , which this book greatly resembles in style, Nessa's Fish tells of a girl's vigil over her sick grandmother in the Arctic. Nessa saves both her grandmother and the fish they have caught for the family from a fox,...
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Nancy Luenn, Author, Neil Waldman, Illustrator, Alma Flor Ada, Translator Aladdin Paperbacks $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-81467-9
This story of an Arctic girl protecting her family and her dinner from fierce animals features ""stunningly designed illustrations [that] will appeal to young readers with an affinity for nature,"" said PW. Spanish and English versions are being...
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Nancy Luenn, Author, Jill Kastner, Illustrator Atheneum Books $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-689-31719-4
High atop the ancient northwest forests, Raven, the classic trickster of fable, dreams about the devastation of his homeland. The creature pleads for a song to reverse this nightmare--``The world's spirit answered. Every song must have a singer. And
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Nancy Luenn, Author, Pierr Morgan, Illustrator Sasquatch Books $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-57061-082-0
This traditional Native American legend lends an intriguing Pacific Northwest slant to the universal theme of the pitfalls of greed. Set against the backdrop of Washington's Mount Rainier (""Ta-co-bet,"" in the Nisqually tongue), the story...
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Nancy Luenn, Author, Julia Richardson, Editor, Neil Waldman, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-81465-5
This story of an Arctic girl protecting her family and her dinner from fierce animals features ""stunningly designed illustrations [that] will appeal to young readers with an affinity for nature,"" said PW. Spanish and English versions are being...
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Nancy Luenn, Author, Robert Chapman, Illustrator Luna Rising $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-87358-688-7
First-time illustrator Chapman's inventive full-page collagelike tableaux distinguish this otherwise flat bilingual story. Luenn's (Squish! A Wetland Walk) narrative conveys only a glimmer of the relationship between young Rosita and her grandmother,
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