Welcome to BlogTalkRadio's featured World of Ink Network. Listeners will get to meet author Ellen Cromwell and illustrator/artist Desiree Sterbini as they chat about their newly released picture book about a Hopi (pronounced: hope-ee) Indian girl who takes readers through many metaphorical doors to explore the different aspects that make each our lives: family, friendship, culture, education, creativity, and nature.
TALASI... A Story of Tenderness and Love exposes children to new experiences as Talasi explores her native world and later the modern culture of the white man while holding to Native American beliefs and traditions.
About our guests on the show:
Author Ellen Cromwell is the founder of the Georgetown Hill Early Schools in Montgomery County, Maryland and has been an educator of young children since the 1970’s and is the author of early childhood professional texts and children’s books.
Artist, Desiree Sterbini creates award-winning works with oil pastels and colored pencils on textured paper and board. Desiree received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and continues to study through workshops and studio classes. Her oil pastel paintings have been exhibited and featured throughout the DC metro area and nationally.
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Newly released picture
book about a Hopi (pronounced: hope-ee) Indian girl takes readers through many metaphorical
doors to explore the different aspects that make each our lives: family,
friendship, culture, education, creativity, and nature.
TALASI...
A Story of Tenderness and Love exposes children to new experiences as Talasi explores her native world and later the modern culture of the white man while holding to Native American beliefs
and traditions. This charming and lovingly illustrated picture book teaches
young readers how love and friendships get us over the rough spots in life and
to never stop exploring the world around them.
Many American children are growing
up in a multicultural world and are curious to understand all the cultures surrounding
them. “Traveling through Arizona, I was terrible curious myself about what life
on an Indian reservation was like when I
visited a Hopi tribe,” said author Ellen S. Cromwell. “I wanted to understand
the culture of these amazing people and visited with a kikmongwi, primarily a religious leader for the tribe. This
experience truly touched me.”
TALASI…A
Story of Tenderness and Love is about a young Hopi Indian girl
named Talasi. Her name comes from corn
tassel flowers that surround her pueblo home in Arizona. Tassels are tall, slender flowers clustered at the very top of corn. Corn, in its many forms, provides basic nourishment for Hopi People.
You can purchase “TALASI... A Story of Tenderness and Love”
through Halo Publishing’s website (http://halopublishing.com),
Amazon, and B&N.
Listen to the interview at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/worldofinknetwork/2015/11/18/picture-book-on-hopi-indians-shares-a-story-of-tenderness-and-love
The Hopi are really very peaceful and generous people. They are so sophisticatedly described by the author in this book. Especially the young Talasi. She's so sweet and charming - a great example for children. Thanks for the link!
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Daniella Neg