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Jingle Dancer

Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Book - 2000 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.8 out of 5

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Youth level.
Jenna, a member of the Muscogee, or Creek, Nation, borrows jingles from the dresses of several friends and relatives so that she can perform the jingle dance at the powwow. Includes a note about the jingle dance tradition and its regalia.

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dancer submitted by rjsjwilliams on August 11, 2018, 1:01pm Excellent book regarding the jingle dance and the regalia involved in it. Also a cute story about a young lady who wants to do the jingle dance and have to borrow the jingles to put on her dress so she can dance

Jingle Dancer submitted by SBNB on August 22, 2018, 10:47pm This was a great book about Native American traditions. There was extra information at the end about the topics in the book. It was a nice story.

Cool submitted by avgriffith on July 5, 2020, 12:55pm Great kids book to read for everyone!

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PUBLISHED
New York : Morrow Junior Books, 2000.
Year Published: 2000
Description: 1 v. (unpaged)
Language: English
Format: Book

READING LEVEL
Lexile: 710

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
068816241X
0688162428

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Van Wright, Cornelius.

SUBJECTS
Creek Nation -- Fiction.
Native Americans -- Oklahoma -- Fiction.
Native American dance -- Fiction.
Indigenous Peoples of North America -- Fiction.
Dance -- Fiction.