{"id":11253,"date":"2026-06-30T08:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalhumanlibrary.com\/dhl-welcomes-new-expert-heather-gale\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T08:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:24:59","slug":"dhl-welcomes-new-expert-heather-gale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalhumanlibrary.com\/it\/dhl-welcomes-new-expert-heather-gale\/","title":{"rendered":"dHL Welcomes New Expert Heather Gale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heather Gale is a non-fiction picture book author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her book, <em>Ho'onani: Hula Warrior<\/em> has been mentioned in New York Times and made the New York Public Library\u2019s 2019 Best Picture Books of the year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the documentary, <em>A Place in the\nMiddle<\/em>, by filmmakers Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson, the story celebrates\nHawaiian culture and shows how one girl can learn to lead the boys-only troupe and\naccept who she really is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/antiquewhite-albatross-611666.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Picture2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9490\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Heather is thrilled to read the story out loud and discuss any aspects of the story or process with classes who are interested!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most video conferences are 20-30 minutes long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in booking Heather to work with your class, please <a href=\"http:\/\/antiquewhite-albatross-611666.hostingersite.com\/library\/login\/login.php\">login to Digital Human Library<\/a> and #Learn2Connect so your students can #Connect2Learn!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Heather...<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Before becoming an author, Heather was an orthotist who also made prosthetics. Today she lives in Toronto with her husband and has two sons and two dogs.  And every now and then she visits her family in NZ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn more about Heather's Book...<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Tundra Books has developed an Educator\u2019s\nGuide here:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tundrabooks.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/11\/ho-onani_educators-guide.pdf\">https:\/\/tundrabooks.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/11\/ho-onani_educators-guide.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And for older\nchildren, the original documentary can be found here:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aplaceinthemiddle.org\/\">https:\/\/aplaceinthemiddle.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll find extra\nteaching material available on this website as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find more about Heather here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.ca\/authors\/2162412\/heather-gale\">https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.ca\/authors\/2162412\/heather-gale<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heathergale.net\/\">https:\/\/heathergale.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domande?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/antiquewhite-albatross-611666.hostingersite.com\/about\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Contact us! 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