Jingle Dancer

Harper Collins

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UPC:
9780688162412
Binding:
Hardcover
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Publication Date:
4/5/2000
Release Date:
4/5/2000
Author:
Cynthia Leitich Smith;Ying-Hwa Hu
Language:
english
Edition:
6th Printing
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Product Overview

The affirming story of how a contemporary Native American girl turns to her family and community to help her dance find a voice.

Jenna loves the tradition of jingle dancing that has been shared by generations of women in her family, and she hopes to dance at the next powwow. But she has a problemhow will her dress sing if it has no jingles?

The cone-shaped jingles sewn to Grandma Wolfe's dress sing tink, tink, tink, tink.

Jenna's heart beats to thebrum, brum, brum, brumof the powwow drum as she daydreams about the clinking song of her grandma's jingle dancing.

The warm, evocative watercolors of Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu complement author Cynthia Leitich Smith's lyrical text in this picture book. Perfect for classroom and library sharing.