Dance on a Sealskin

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Author:

Winslow, Barbara

Illustrator:

Sloat, Teri

ISBN:

978-0-88240-443-1

Publication Date:

May 1995

Publisher:

West Margin Press

Imprint:

Alaska Northwest Books

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

USD $15.95

Book Description:

In today's Alaskan Yupik Eskimo communities, villagers still gather in the kashim to sing, drum, and dance, carrying forward the ancient traditions of their forebears. This is the heartwarming fictional story of Annie's ""first dance"", a coming-of-age ceremony to signify official entry into the Eskimo community. 20 color illustrations.

Book Details

Pages:	32
Detailed Subjects:	Juvenile Fiction / General Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / Native American
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	8.75 x 10.33 x 0.41 Inches
Book Weight:	0.93 Pounds

Author Biography

Winslow, Barbara (Author)

Teri Sloat grew up in Salem, in the Willamette Valley where berry crops are grown. As a child, as soon as school was out for the summer, Sloat went to work in the fields. Her and her friends picked berries from 5am until 4pm.

Sloat had planned on teaching art in high school. She met her husband in college and before they began teaching high school, they were given a chance to move to rural Alaska and teach elementary school in a small Yup'ik village at the mouth of the Yukon River. They lived and taught for 12 years on the Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers in Yup'ik villages.

Sloat has been publishing books for children since 1989.

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