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Central Branch | Junior Fiction PICTURE BOOKS Havre | Copies Available |
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Pittsburgh Branch | Junior Fiction PICTURE BOOKS Havre | On loan until: 02/Apr/25 |
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| Title Statement | Why we dance: a story of hope and healing / written by Deidre Havrelock ; illustrated by Aly McKnight. |
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| Author | Havrelock, Deidre |
| Additional Contributors | McKnight, Aly |
| Publication | New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers,[2024]©2024 |
| Extent of Item | 1 volume (unpaged) |
| ISBN | 9781419756672 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr07202873 |
| General Notes | Back matter includes author's note, artist's note, and additional information about the Jingle Dress Dance. |
| Summary | A young Indigenous girl's family helps calm her nervous butterflies before her first Jingle Dress Dance and reminds her why she dances. Emerging historically in response to the global influenza pandemic of 1918-19, the Jingle Dress Dance is a ceremonial dance of healing and prayer that still thrives today in many Indigenous and First Nations communities across North America. Lyrically written and lushly illustrated, 'Why We Dance' is a joyous celebration of a proud Indigenous tradition that inspires hope, resilience, and unity. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Dance--Juvenile fiction |
| Indigenous peoples--Juvenile fiction--North America | |
| Jingle dress dance--Juvenile fiction | |
| Powwows--Juvenile fiction | |
| First Nations--Juvenile fiction--Canada | |
| By Genre | Picture books |
