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Tala Learns to Siva
Kealani Netane
Illustrator: Dung Ho
Ages: 6+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Orchard Books/Scholastic
ISBN: 978-1-338-85931-7
Keywords: Family/School/Community-Traditional dance, Effort, Samoa, Grandparents, Aunts , Persistence, Determination, Practice
Tala, a little girl in Hawai'i, yearns to dance as gracefully as Aunty Sina, but finds that the traditional Samoan taualuga dance is very difficult. Detailed digital illustrations. Back matter.