{"id":49516,"date":"2016-11-23T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T20:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo2016.hispanicprwire.com\/english-gwen-jackson-releases-educational-childrens-picture-book-inspired-by-navajo-culture\/"},"modified":"2016-11-24T11:30:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T15:30:27","slug":"gwen-jackson-publica-libro-ilustrado-para-ninos-inspirado-en-la-cultura-navajo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/gwen-jackson-publica-libro-ilustrado-para-ninos-inspirado-en-la-cultura-navajo\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwen Jackson Releases Educational Children&#8217;s Picture Book Inspired By Navajo Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><i>Lump Lump &amp; The Blanket of Dreams Paints a Spectacular Picture of a Journey Through Southwest Landscapes &amp; Navajo Folklore<\/i> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PHILADELPHIA<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 23, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/&#8211;\u00a0Have you ever resisted sleep because the world is just too exciting? Just like every child, Lump Lump the bear cub loathes going to bed after an active day. However, Lump Lump is looking at something more dismal than bedtime: hibernation &#8211; just when life&#8217;s starting to get interesting!<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20161122\/442303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20161122\/442303<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only the rumor of a mysterious &#8216;blanket of dreams&#8217; can entice him to journey into a place he initially resists. This Native American bedtime story is about friendship, Navajo folklore, and the weaving of a blanket that brings everything together.<\/p>\n<p>Written with the idea that parents would read aloud and discuss it with their kids, <b><i>Lump Lump and the Blanket of Dreams<\/i><\/b>\u00a0attracts all ages with Navajo weaving references and eye-popping color artwork throughout.<\/p>\n<p><i>Lump Lump and the Blanket of Dreams <\/i>encourages understanding and promotes cultural connections through a picture book bedtime story with the rare ability to interest both adults and children alike.<\/p>\n<p><u>Acclaim for <i>Lump Lump and the Blanket of Dreams: Inspired by Navajo Culture and Folklore<\/i><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<i>There are many sweet, non-insistent lessons gathered into this tale drawn from Navajo tradition<\/i>&#8230;&#8221; <span class=\"xn-person\">Sandy MacDonald<\/span>, Booklist<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<i>Lump Lump&#8230;will easily move beyond the category of &#8216;picture book read-aloud&#8217; and into the realm of Native American studies (especially as the author intends to support it with lesson plans and ELL materials, produced in conjunction with language arts, wildlife biologist, and Native American cultural specialists).&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0Midwest Book Review<\/p>\n<p><u>About the Author<\/u><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Gwen Jackson<\/span><\/b> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwenjacksonstories.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.gwenjacksonstories.com<\/a>) graduated from the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Michigan<\/span> with an M.A. in psychology.\u00a0Her extensive travels have reinforced her innate love of history, anthropology, and humanity.<\/p>\n<p><i>Lump Lump and the Blanket of Dreams<\/i> is an educational Navajo story produced in collaboration with Navajo weaver <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Barbara Teller Ornelas<\/span><\/b>, who contributed a blanket to the story line for illustration and who also served as a consultant for the story. Ms. Ornelas&#8217; weavings appear in the\u00a0Smithsonian, the British Museum and many other galleries.<\/p>\n<p>Available for purchase at:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.friesenpress.com\/bookstore\/title\/119734000019810772\/Gwen-Jackson-Lump-Lump-and-the-Blanket-of-Dreams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.friesenpress.com\/bookstore\/title\/119734000019810772\/Gwen-Jackson-Lump-Lump-and-the-Blanket-of-Dreams<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lump-Blanket-Dreams-Inspired-Folklore-ebook\/dp\/B01M3P8651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lump-Blanket-Dreams-Inspired-Folklore-ebook\/dp\/B01M3P8651<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/lump-lump-and-the-blanket-of-dreams-gwen-jackson\/1124752023?ean=9781460264386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/lump-lump-and-the-blanket-of-dreams-gwen-jackson\/1124752023?ean=9781460264386<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><i>Lump Lump &amp; The Blanket of Dreams Paints a Spectacular Picture of a Journey Through Southwest Landscapes &amp; Navajo Folklore<\/i> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PHILADELPHIA<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 23, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/&#8211;\u00a0Have you ever resisted sleep because the world is just too exciting? Just like every child, Lump Lump the bear cub loathes going to bed after an active day. However, Lump Lump is looking at something more dismal than bedtime: hibernation &#8211; just when life&#8217;s starting to get&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-familia-y-vida"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}