Welcome to the 12th episode of “This One’s Dedicated to…,” in which Chris Barton and I share our quick conversation with author Cynthia Leitich Smith about the dedication in her picture book Jingle Dancer (illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu; reissued in paperback in February 2021 by Heartdrum, the new HarperCollins imprint co-founded by Cynthia herself to center contemporary Native and First Nation stories).