By Cynthia Leitich Smith
I’m in San Diego, celebrating my first book, Jingle Dancer, illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying Hwa-Hu (Morrow/HarperCollins, 2000) in conjunction with One Book, One San Diego (For Kids!). The school-and-library programs consisted of author talk, reading, and performances by the Soaring Eagle Dancers.
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| Huge thanks to Clare at KPBS & everyone with One Book, One San Diego! |
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| Huge thanks to Sam Bond, for coordinating my author photo on the fly!
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| New San Diego Central Library (thank you, children’s librarian, Bill!) |
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| Welcome to the YA section (sort of!) |
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| Scribbled on the shelves |
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| The YA section |
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| Soaring Eagle (jingle) Dancers |
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| Soaring Eagle Dancers |
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| Soaring Eagle (grass) Dancers |
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| Soaring Eagle Dancers |
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| Thank you, Rosa Parks Elementary! |
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| At Rosa Parks Elementary |
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| Soaring Eagle (shawl) Dancers — bravo & thank you to the whole troop! |
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| Can’t resist one more dance photo! |
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| Hooray! Thank you, San Diego! |
Keeping traditions alive, fostering cultures that are on the edge of forgetting the great knowledge they possess – kudos to you Cynthia for reminding us all to remember where we come from! Beautiful book, beautiful story, beautiful ceremony…
Thanks, Donna. I had a lovely week.