Barbara Juster Esbensen

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Esbensen, Barbara Juster. (1975). A celebration of bees : helping children write poetry. Minneapolis : Winston Press. 808.1 E745c

Words are the beginning -- Sea songs -- Cinquain : two, four, six, eight, two -- Haiku -- A loop of seasons -- In all kinds of weather -- City -- Morning -- Night and the moon -- People and more people -- Animal fair -- Animating the inanimate -- Our inner spaces : moods and emotions -- Now let’s write about.

Esbensen, Barbara Juster. (1984). Cold stars and fireflies : poems of the four seasons. (Illustrated by Susan Bonners). New York : Crowell. 811 E743c

A collection of poems about nature and the changing seasons.

Esbensen, Barbara Juster. (2000). The night rainbow. (Illustrated by Helen K. Davie). New York : Orchard Books. 538 E74n

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

Esbensen, Barbara Juster. (1988). The star maiden : an Ojibway tale. (Illustrated by Helen K. Davie). Boston : Little, Brown. 398.2 E743s

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

Esbensen, Barbara Juster. (1965). Swing around the sun : poems. (Illustrated by Barbara Fumagalli). Minneapolis, MN : Lerner Publications Co. 811.54 E743s

Poems that trace the circle of the seasons from spring to winter.

Esbensen, Barbara Juster. (1991). Tiger with wings : the great horned owl. (Illustrated by Mary Barrett Brown). New York : Orchard Books. 598 E74t

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

Esbensen, Barbara Juster. (1998). Words with wrinkled knees : animal poems. (Pictures by John Stadler). Honesdale, Penn. : Wordsong/Boyds Mill Press. 811.54 E745w

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

Author Information

Children's Literature Network : Barbara Juster Esbensen
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/aifolder/aipages/ai_e/esbensen.html

Barbara Jusster Esbensen Memorial - Writings
http://www.ttinet.com/bje/writings.html

Barbara Juster Esbensen. (1988). In Something about the author (Vol. 53, pp. 38-39).  Detroit: Gale. Ref PN 451 .S6 & Online V. 1 - 189, 1971- 2009