Dancing Hands: Signs of Learning

Stories about pioneers and America's First People with finger spelling and sign language gestures.

Mary Belle Harwich lives with her husband, Murray, in Glencoe, Illinois, and divides her time visiting her family, children and grandchildren in Kentucky, Washington, DC and Connecticut. She has a Master of Science degree in Education with a concentration as a Reading Specialist. In 1990 Green Tiger Press published Shell of Wonder, which she co-authored with John Hay. John Williams Hay is a Kentucky poet and fiction writer whose children's book, ROVER AND COO COO, won The Friends Of American Writers Juvenile Fiction Award. Robert Wapahi, Dakota, was born in 1945 on the Santee Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Pen and ink has become his favorite medium with oils coming in at a close second. Of note, most compositions are horizontal or landscape, which is only fitting for someone from the Great Plains. Robert is also an accomplished musician and traditional storyteller. His work is represented in private collections and he has participated in group exhibitions and solo shows.