The crystal singing bowls and handpan I will be playing during this event
On Monday, August 17, Seattle Public Library’s Beacon Hill Branch will offer Indigenous Storytelling & Sound Bath with Siobhan Kekoa, a relaxing and immersive one-hour experience designed for kiddos and their caretakers, elders, and community members!
During this event, I'll read Indigenously authored and illustrated picture books, My Powerful Hair (Lindstrom & Littlebird) and Charlotte’s New Moccasins (Moudahi & McGregor). You and your young ones will also briefly learn about and enjoy a gentle, nourishing sound bath with crystal singing bowls, a handpan, and a bison-skin drum. (In between stories, little ones are invited to look at and engage with the handpan, which has a truly beautiful sound.)
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This event is perfect for all ages and offers a lovely opportunity for multi-generational connection and healing. Those with small children are encouraged to attend!
Wear comfy clothing to relax in, and bring pillows and blankets if desired! Cushions, Indigenous coloring book pages, and crayons will be provided. This is the last of two of these events this summer, and we hope to see you there!
From the same event series at the Broadview Library in Jan 2026: between story telling, kiddos and their caretakers engage with pieces of leather, fur, beads, sage, sweetgrass, and the handpan I play after story-time. (Faces blurred out to protect privacy, with the exception of myself, my teen (with permission), and our kind Seattle librarian, Mai!)
Location: Seattle Public Library | Beacon Hill Branch
Duration: Single Class
Date: Monday, August 17, 2026
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Intended Audience: Children and their Multi-Generational Caretakers (Adults and Elders)
Max Audience: 40
Educator: Siobhan Kekoa is a musician and professional artist and educator with over 20 years of multi-cultural and intersectional experience; a PTSD and Mental Health professional and mentor for individuals of all ages and generations; disabled combat veteran, DV survivor, and full-time solo mother.