DAWN of COMPOSITION
Writer, Author, Editor, Teacher, Tutor, Presenter, Speaker
A NEWFOUNDLAND STORY FOR SALE
The first book in the JOURNEY TRILOGY
RESCUED: A Young Mother's Memoir of Survival on Newfoundland's Forgotten Coast
An ARCTIC Story for Sale
And what, you may ask, is the story about? The HIP HOPE DANCER is the story of a young Inuit boy who lives on Baffin Island in Nunavut Canada. He learns how to hip hop dance when Canadian Floor Masters visit his hamlet. However, he has a problem: he can never finish a dance. He goes around town showing many groups of people his hip hop moves and no one can help him...until his drum-dancing grandfather tells him the truth.
Dawn Elizabeth Doyle (Neill) is alive and well and living
in both Ontario and Nova Scotia.
She recently retired from teaching in the ARCTIC and is now writing, editing and staying sane by spending time with young people, especially her grandkids.
She finds writing---and kids---keep her happy and healthy.
While teaching up north in the ARCTIC, one of her projects was helping a group of Inuit children on Baffin Island write and illustrate a book. She was teaching high school in the little hamlet of Clyde River when...out of the blue, a group of nine students asked “Miss Dawn” if she would help them write a story they were anxious to tell.
Two years and many laughs and tears later, the book was finished.
This is the result: THE HIP HOPE DANCER.
No…not the HIP HOP DANCER…THE HIP HOPE DANCER…
Read the story and find out why these Inuit kids changed the HOP to HOPE….It’s an amazing story that will either make your heart skip a beat or bring tears to your eyes. And one more thing: they later told “Miss Dawn”---the story was true!
Take a trip to the ARCTIC and find out more about INUIT LIFE...as seen through
the eyes of its kids. Find out why they changed the Hop to HOPE.
Here's a review of the book by a fan!
5.0 out of 5 stars A Story of Hope by Young People for Young People
Reviewed on April 21, 2016
Something special happens when we tell our own stories—and something special happens when we step out of the bounds of our everyday experiences and reach for our dreams and passions.
Dawn Doyle had always wanted to live in the Arctic, and the students of Quluaq School on Baffin Island had a tale of triumph that needed to be told. Over a period of two years, Dawn and her students worked to bring this story to life. And then came the revelation—it’s a true story.
After learning a powerful truth from his grandfather, Isapee was finally able to finish a dance. Our young hero then traveled around Nunavut with his message of hope--one that was greatly welcomed by parents and teachers as well as his peers.
Decorated with artwork by the students and written in both English and Inuktitut, this book features photos of our hero and others who live in Clyde River. It’s a glimpse into a region and culture few of us—even Canadians—have experienced, but even more, it’s a story of hope and triumph by young people for young people.
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Author, Astrid Wenigerova-Noga,
showing & reading The Hip Hope Dancer in
Czecholslovakia, 2015
- book has also been purchased in England & Australia
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