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category: Children's Fiction
published: Sep 2017
ISBN:9781459817593
publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Secret of the Dance

by Andrea Spalding & Alfred Scow, read by Christian Down

tagged: native canadian, dance
Description

In 1935, a nine-year-old boy's family held a forbidden Potlatch in faraway Kingcome Inlet. Watl'kina slipped from his bed to bear witness. In the Big House masked figures danced by firelight to the beat of the drum. And there, he saw a figure he knew. Aboriginal elder Alfred Scow and award-winning author Andrea Spalding collaborate to tell the story, to tell the secret of the dance.

About the Authors

Andrea Spalding is an author, artist, teacher and musician. She has written over 30 books including Secret of the Dance, Solomon's Tree and The Keeper and the Crows. Andrea's books have won and been shortlisted for numerous awards and honors including the BC Book Prize, Blue Spruce Award, Chocolate Lily Award, Rocky Mountain Book Award and the Red Cedar Award. She lives in Pender Island, British Columbia.


Judge Alfred Scow, elder of the Kwakwa'wakw Nation, is a member of the Order of Canada. Now retired, Judge Scow and his wife live on Pender Island and in Vancouver.

Christian Down is a producer, musician and voice actor from Victoria, British Columbia.

Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
3 to 5
Grade:
p to k
Reading age:
3 to 5

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