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Obama – The Day the World Danced

The award-winning Jan Spivey Gilchrist both wrote and illustrated this story, where two friends, Emily and Breyna, are waiting for the Presidential election results. They decide to record everything happening around them on November 4 2008, and create a heirloom.

 


Copyright © 2009 by Pegasus Books for Children
Text Copyrighted © 2009 by Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
Illustrations Copyrighted ©2009 by Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
Published by Pegasus Books for Children, an imprint of Stallion Books Publishers since 2005.
Used by permission of Pegasus Books.

  • Written by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
  • Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
  • Published by Stallion Books Publishers
  • Narrated by Carmen Maciariello
  • Running Time 00:05:17
  • Date of Filming October 2020
  • Written by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
  • Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
  • Published by Stallion Books Publishers
  • Narrated by Carmen Maciariello
  • Running Time 00:05:17
  • Narrator Carmen Maciariello
  • Position Head Coach
  • Team Siena Saints - Siena College
  • Hometown Clifton Park, NY
  • Birthdate May 27, 1978
  • Height 6' 4"
  • Favorite Book The Cool Bean by Jory John and Pete Oswald
  • Favorite Basketball Player Michael Jordan
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