Esbensen, Barbara Juster

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Who Shrank my Grandmother's House?

1992
A collection of poems about childhood discoveries concerning everyday objects and things.

Words With Wrinkled Knees

1986
A collection of poems about words that express the essence of the animals they identify.

Ladder to the sky

An Ojibway legend retold from George Copway's traditional history and characteristic sketches of the Ojibway nation.

Tiger with wings

the great horned owl
1996
Describes the hunting technique, physical characteristics, mating ritual, and nesting and child-rearing practices of the great horned owl.

The great buffalo race

how the buffalo got its hump: a Seneca tale
1994
A retelling of the Seneca legend in which the buffalo receives its hump from the Great Spirit.

Who shrank my grandmother's house?

poems of discovery
1992
A collection of poems about childhood discoveries concerning everyday objects and things.

The star maiden

an Ojibway tale
1988
Tired of wandering in the sky, the star maiden searches for the perfect home on earth.

Jumping day

1999
A little girl celebrates the joys of jumping from the moment she wakes up until it's time to jump back into bed.

Swing around the sun

[poems]
1965

The night rainbow

2000
A collection of poems based on ancient legends about the northern lights from people who associated the fiery illuminations with animals, ghosts, dancers, and raging battles.

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