Danalee Buhler

Danalee Buhler’s first book, The Very Best Child Care and How To Find It: Birth to Three Years Old (Prima Publications 1989) was the first book to focus on non-parental care of infants and toddlers. It was chosen as a Literary Guild Selection. Following the book’s release the author spent several years volunteering on behalf of children and families in Portland, Oregon.

 The author co-chaired a Governor’s committee responsible for the distribution of grants to organizations working with children and families. She also authored the start-up grant proposal for Portland’s first Child Care Resource and Referral organization.

 Born in Texas in 1951 and raised on the Navajo Indian Reservation the author’s latest book, Running From Coyote: A White Family among the Navajo, chronicles her childhood years on the Navajo Reservation in Northern New Mexico. While living on the reservation the author’s family was allowed to adopt two young Navajo boys. The author, her four sisters, two Navajo brothers, parents and her maternal grandfather returned to the white world in the summer of 1962. The racially mixed family struggled to deal with the emotions of the civil rights movement sweeping the country.

Following the release of Running From Coyote the author returned to the Navajo reservation where she met Navajo family members of her youngest brother. She has been the guest lecturer for the U.C.L.A. 2-hour brown bag lunch speaker’s series for their American Indian Studies Program; participated in the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, and hosted a reading at San Diego’s central library.

 The author moved to San Diego four years ago with her husband. Her son lives in San Diego and her daughter recently graduated from the University of Minnesota’s law school.  Before moving to San Diego she lived in Portland, Oregon for thirty years.

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