New Releases by Denize Lauture

-A teenager challenging his folks'' naïve beliefs. - Laurore, a bright and bold young Haitian boy, snake hunter, wanders in the dead of night to prove that werewolves don''t exist; spends an entire night alone on a rock by a haunted water-pool in a deep ravine to prove that mermaids are creatures of pure fiction; and finally, climbs a venerated palm-tree at night to prove that no evil spirit dwells in its trunk. -The Morning Dew Child, a shorter poem celebrating the simple wonders that children may find in the natural world concludes the book.

Collection of poems

This buoyant and richly illustrated ABC picture book follows six Haitian children on their way to school—a Coretta Scott King Award winner! Long before the sun even thinks of rising, the Haitian children run to school—over the hills, through the fields, across the city square. Under the bright morning sun, surrounded by the sounds of nature, the eager students journey through their nation’s hill and meadow regions to learn the letters, sounds, and words of their beautiful books at school.