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Shingebiss

An Ojibwe Legend

by Van Laan, Nancy & Bowen, Betsy

Shingebiss the duck bravely challenges the Winter Maker and manages to find enough food to survive a long, harsh winter.

La Boda

A Mexican Wedding Celebration

by Van Laan, Nancy & Arroyo, Andrea

A little girl and her grandmother watch as the whole village prepares for and participates in a traditional Zapotec Indian wedding celebration.

Sleep, Sleep, Sleep

A Lullaby for Little Ones around the World

by Van Laan, Nancy & Meade, Holly

Illustrations and rhythmic verses depict a mother and child and different animals on each of the seven continents.

In a circle long ago

a treasury of native lore from North America

by Van Laan, Nancy & Desimini, Lisa

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In a Circle Long Ago

A Treasury of Native Lore from North America

by Van Laan, Nancy & Desimini, Lisa

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Mama rocks, Papa sings

by Van Laan, Nancy & Smith, Roberta

A little Haitian girl describes how her parents' house fills up with babies as relatives drop off their children on their way to work.

Mama Rocks, Papa Sings

by Van Laan, Nancy & Smith, Roberta

A little Haitian girl describes how her parents' house fills up with babies as relatives drop off their children on their way to work.

Round and Round Again

by Van Laan, Nancy & Westcott, Nadine Bernard

Mama recycles everything until the house is complete with walls covered with candy wrappers and shingles that used to be flap-jack flappers, and the whole town...

People, People, Everywhere!

by Van Laan, Nancy & Westcott, Nadine Bernard

Describes the effects of the nation's population growth in rhymed text and illustrations.

A Mouse in My House

by Van Laan, Nancy & Priceman, Marjorie

One house seems to contain an entire menagerie of active animals, which get into all kinds of mischief and trouble, but in the end they are all found to be the...