Esbensen, Barbara Juster
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An Upper Midwest poet, author, and teacher, Barbara Juster Esbensen's writing can be divided into three areas: collections of poetry, retold tales, and books about animals. Her goal was to use language to fix an image in her readers' minds. Her retelling of the Ojibway folktale, The Star Maiden, won the Minnesota Book Award.
From the description of A celebration of bees : helping children write poetry : production material, 1975. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62439191
From the description of Words with wrinkled knees : animal poems : production material, 1986. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62439202
From the description of Dance with me : production material, 1995. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62518279
From the description of Sponges are skeletons : production material, 1993. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62439194
From the description of Papers, 1965-1996. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62518283
From the description of The great buffalo race : how the buffalo got his hump, a Seneca tale : production material, 1994. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62496829
From the description of Swing around the sun : production material, 1965. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62496830
From the description of Swift as the wind : the cheetah : production material, 1996. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62439198
From the description of Tiger with wings : the great horned owl : production material, 1991. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62518282
From the description of Cold stars and fireflies : poems of the four seasons : production material, 1984. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62518278
From the description of Echoes for the eyes : poems to celebrate patterns in nature : production material, 1996. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62682555
From the description of Great northern diver, the loon : production material, 1990. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62682557
From the description of Baby whales drink milk : production material, 1994. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62682553
From the description of Playful slider : the North American river otter : production material, 1993. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62682558
From the description of The dream mouse : a lullaby tale from old Latvia : production material, 1995. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62682554
From the description of The star maiden : an Ojibway tale : production material, 1988. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62682559
From the description of Who shrank my grandmother's house? : poems of discovery : production material, 1992. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62375007
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Subjects:
- American bison
- American poetry
- Animals
- Animals
- Bison
- Cheetah
- Cheetah
- Child authors
- Children's literature
- Children's literature, American
- Children's poetry, American
- Dance
- Dance
- Dancers
- Dreams
- Dreams
- Great horned owl
- Great horned owl
- Humpback whale
- Humpback whale
- Indians of North America
- Loon
- Loons
- Mammals
- Mammals
- Mice
- Mice
- Nature
- Nature
- Night
- North American river otter
- Ojibwa Indians
- Otters
- Owls
- Poetry
- Seasons
- Seasons
- Seasons
- Seneca Indians
- Shape
- Sleep
- Sponges
- Sponges
- Whales
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