{"id":1,"date":"2024-08-18T20:30:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T20:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daughteroftheleopard.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-02-27T01:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T01:39:07","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daughteroftheleopard.com\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"Karibuni! Welcome to the Daughter of the Leopard blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-superb-addons-cover-image\"><div class=\"superbaddons-coverimage-block\" style=\"border-radius:0%;min-height:400px;background-image:url(https:\/\/daughteroftheleopard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/5018081307_572f12a709_c.jpg);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Above: children study English and Samburu (Maa) vocabulary. Image credit: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alaina_marie\/5018081307\/in\/faves-201305451@N03\/\">Samburu vocabulary<\/a>&#8220;, Alaina Buzas, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0 license<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is where we will be posting updates on our books, more info about the people, animals, places, and time from Monique&#8217;s stories, and notable happenings in Kenya and Samburuland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This blog is the last addition to our website, which soft-launched on 9\/9\/2024 (made by Ann and Monique in their scant free time, using WordPress). In coming weeks and months we will both get more posts up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<main class=\"wp-block-group blog-two-columns has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cf58ad2e wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-xsmall);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-large);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--superbspacing-small)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color has-superbfont-xlarge-font-size\" style=\"margin-bottom:50px\">Recent Posts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-query-is-layout-db9edeb8 wp-block-query-is-layout-constrained\"><ul class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-56df9aa4 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bb2c3a78 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600; margin-top:0px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-mono-1-color has-superbfont-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daughteroftheleopard.com\/?p=1\" target=\"_self\" >Karibuni! Welcome to the Daughter of the Leopard blog<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b098208d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-primary-color has-superbfont-xsmall-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2024-08-18T20:30:30+00:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daughteroftheleopard.com\/?p=1\">August 18, 2024<\/a><\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">\u2022<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name has-text-color has-primary-color has-superbfont-xsmall-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daughteroftheleopard.com\/?author=2\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Ann Hendricks<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Above: children study English and Samburu (Maa) vocabulary. Image credit: &#8220;Samburu vocabulary&#8220;, Alaina Buzas, CC BY 2.0 license Here is where we will be posting updates on our books, more info about the people, animals, places, and time from Monique&#8217;s stories, and notable happenings in Kenya and Samburuland. This blog&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-706 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-updates\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bb2c3a78 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600; margin-top:0px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-mono-1-color has-superbfont-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daughteroftheleopard.com\/?p=706\" target=\"_self\" >Celebrating the Foreword INDIES 2025 Book of the Year Finalist honor<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b098208d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-primary-color has-superbfont-xsmall-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-31T23:04:49+00:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daughteroftheleopard.com\/?p=706\">March 31, 2026<\/a><\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">\u2022<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name has-text-color has-primary-color has-superbfont-xsmall-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daughteroftheleopard.com\/?author=2\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Ann Hendricks<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Foreword sent us a nifty graphics package to customize up to celebrate our Finalist honor. Super-thrilled! A little blurb on Daughter of the Leopard will appear in their May\/June issue, which goes out to thousands of librarians and will also be at the ALA conference. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-691 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-updates\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bb2c3a78 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600; margin-top:0px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-mono-1-color has-superbfont-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daughteroftheleopard.com\/?p=691\" target=\"_self\" >Quarterfinalist at the BookLife Prize<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b098208d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-primary-color has-superbfont-xsmall-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-18T04:38:11+00:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daughteroftheleopard.com\/?p=691\">March 18, 2026<\/a><\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">\u2022<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name has-text-color has-primary-color has-superbfont-xsmall-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daughteroftheleopard.com\/?author=2\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Ann Hendricks<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We&#8217;re thrilled that Daughter of the Leopard, with its fabulous 10\/10 Critic&#8217;s Report, was awarded Quarterfinalist in the 2025 BookLife Prize, memoir\/autobiography category. Delightful, and an honor! <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-658 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-updates\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bb2c3a78 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600; margin-top:0px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-mono-1-color has-superbfont-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daughteroftheleopard.com\/?p=658\" target=\"_self\" >Foreword INDIES finalist!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b098208d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-primary-color has-superbfont-xsmall-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-07T23:04:51+00:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daughteroftheleopard.com\/?p=658\">March 7, 2026<\/a><\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">\u2022<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name has-text-color has-primary-color has-superbfont-xsmall-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daughteroftheleopard.com\/?author=2\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Ann Hendricks<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Our second preliminary book contest result is in: finalist in the multicultural category in the Foreword INDIES. We&#8217;re again delighted. There are clearly many excellent submissions at this contest, and it&#8217;s an honor to be included. Further judging results will be announced in June. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/main>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Above: children study English and Samburu (Maa) vocabulary. Image credit: &#8220;Samburu vocabulary&#8220;, Alaina Buzas, CC BY 2.0 license Here is where we will be posting updates on our books, more info about the people, animals, places, and time from Monique&#8217;s stories, and notable happenings in Kenya and Samburuland. 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