Jeannette Armstrong

Product Description: Dancing with the Cranes gives an understanding of birth, life and death. Chi's momma is soon to have a baby, but Chi is having a hard time being happy about it. Chi misses Temma (her grandma), who has passed away. Chi's momma and daddy help ease the pain of losing Temma and help Chi to understand life and death as a part of nature. Chi soon finds herself feeling comforted, knowing Temma will always be a part of her and looking forward to the new baby who will be a part of their lives.

Neekna and Chemai are two little girls who are best friends and are growing up in the pre-colonial Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. Through their mothers and grandmothers, they learn the Okanagan ways of life, stories, and traditions in this book from award-winning Okanagan author Jeannette Armstrong.