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Nancy Raines Day

Author of A Kitten's Year

16 Works 423 Members 23 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the name: Day Nancy Raines

Works by Nancy Raines Day

A Kitten's Year (2000) 103 copies

The Lion's Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale (1995) 94 copies

What in the World? Numbers in Nature (2015) 52 copies

Pirate Jack Gets Dressed (2018) 39 copies

Baby's Firsts (2018) 26 copies

On a Windy Night (2010) 25 copies

Piecing Earth and Sky Together: A Creation Story from the Mien Tribe of Laos (2001) 23 copies

Applesauce Is Fun to Wear (2021) 19 copies

Double Those Wheels (2003) 14 copies

Flamingo's First Christmas (2005) 9 copies

Baby's Opposites (2021) 5 copies

Hoorade Day! (2018) 4 copies

Advertising: Information or Manipulation? (Issues in Focus) (1999) 3 copies

A Is for Alliguitar: Musical Alphabeasts (2012) 3 copies

Help Yourself to Health (1979) 3 copies

Back to backs: A guide to preventing back injury (Injury Prevention Library) 1 copy

Tagged

Africa (7) animals (12) babies (8) baby storytime (4) books with BIPOC characters (3) calendar (6) cat (6) cats (20) children (6) children's (9) children's book (4) clothes (6) clothing (4) colors (13) counting (6) development (4) Ethiopia (11) family (6) fiction (7) folklore (5) folktale (9) folktales (7) food (6) growing up (6) Halloween (4) kitten (5) kittens (5) Laos (4) math (10) months (12) months of the year (5) nature (10) numbers (8) picture book (38) pirates (11) rhyme (4) rhyming (6) seasons (10) storytime (5) to-read (5)

Common Knowledge

Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Northern California, USA
Short biography: Ms. Day is a free-lance writer who lives in northern California with her husband and two children. [adapted from A Kitten's Year (2000)]

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Reviews

A Kitten's Year by Nancy Raines Day

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BooksInMirror | 2 other reviews | Feb 19, 2024 |

Applesauce Is Fun to Wear by Nancy Raines Day

Cute addition to my "baby storytime" choices!

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AnnesLibrary | 1 other review | Jan 28, 2024 |

Baby's Firsts by Nancy Raines Day

Very cute. Follows three babies from birth to their first year as they and their parents encounter a number of firsts, some of which H has done, some of which she has yet to do.

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Daumari | Dec 28, 2023 |

Baby's Opposites by Nancy Raines Day

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.

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fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |

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Lists

My Wishlist - Children's (1)

A Child's Book Tour of East Africa ::: Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda (1)

al.vick-wishlist-Children's (1)

Awards

By Award By Work

Young Hoosier Book Award

The Lion's Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale (Nominee – Picture Book – 1997)

Baby's Firsts (2019)

On a Windy Night (2011)

Sequoyah Book Award

The Lion's Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale (Nominee – Children's – 1998)

Read Aloud Indiana Book Award

The Lion's Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale (Ageless – 1996)

NCTE Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8

The Lion's Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale (2nd Edition – 20425)

NCTE Books For You: An Annotated Booklist for Senior High

Advertising: Information or Manipulation? (Issues in Focus) (364434)

The Best Children's Books of the Year

Baby's Firsts (2019)

What in the World? Numbers in Nature (Five to Nine, Information Books, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) – 2016)

The New York Times Notable Books of the Year

The Lion's Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale

Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award

Pirate Jack Gets Dressed (Ballot Selection – 2020)

Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Book

What in the World? Numbers in Nature (Primary – 2016)

Best Books for Babies

Baby's Firsts (Selection – 2019)

Black-Eyed Susan Book Award

The Lion's Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale (Nominee – Picture Books – 1997)

CLEL Bell Picture Book Award for Early Literacy

Applesauce Is Fun to Wear (Nominee – Play – 2022)

ALA Pick of the Lists

The Lion's Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale

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Associated Authors

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Statistics

Works: 16
Members: 423
Popularity: #57,688
Rating: 3.8

Reviews: 23
ISBNs: 32
Languages: 1

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