Jingle Dancer

Jingle Dancer

<p><strong>The affirming story of how a contemporary Native American girl turns to her family and community to help her dance find a voice.</strong></p><p>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 problem—how will her dress sing if it has no jingles?</p><p>The cone-shaped jingles sewn to Grandma Wolfe's dress sing t<em>ink, tink, tink, tink.</em></p><p>Jenna's heart beats to the <em>brum, brum, brum, brum</em> of the powwow drum as she daydreams about the clinking song of her grandma's jingle dancing.</p><p>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.</p>