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Delia's mom has the most beautiful earrings.
They're long and dangly earrings, and made from strands upon strands of tiny blue, green and white beads that make the earrings look like waterfalls. Delia decides to wear the earrings to school to show off a little to her friends. And it works-until one earring falls down the drain in the school bathroom.
When Delia confides in her grandmother about the lost earring, she learns that she can't just replace it: her Aunt Maureen made the earrings for her mother to celebrate getting their Métis citizenship. Delia didn't even know her family was Métis! With no way to replace the lost earring, Delia must own up to her mistakes, dive deeper into her Métis identity and use her storytelling skills to find a way to make things right.
The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Key Selling Points
• Nine-year-old Delia learns that she is Métis after losing one of her mother's special beaded earrings. She embarks on a journey to learn about her family's history and culture in order to make things right.
• Delia learns traditional Métis beadwork and expresses her new knowledge through a story shown within the novel. This creates opportunities for classroom activities related to the book.
• Delia exhibits social emotional learning by learning from her mistakes, taking accountability and working to make things right.
• Multiple subplots (the lost earring, Delia learning about her culture and Delia's story writing) are integrated and fully realized.
In this illustrated early chapter book, Delia loses one of her mother's treasured beaded earrings, leading her to learn about her Métis heritage when she asks her grandmother to help her replace it.
Pat Lamondin Skene retired from the world of banking to find her voice. She is a Métis author of eight books for children, including the picture book Lights along the River andthe Orca Echoes titles What a Hippopota-Mess!, Rhyme Stones and Monster Lunch. Pat's memoir, Swiftly Flowing Waters, shares more stories of her childhood growing up in a Métis community on the Magnetawan River. Pat keeps her imagination fed and watered in Oakville, Ontario.
Natalie Laurin is a Métis and settler woman with family roots in the Georgian Bay Métis community. As a rising illustrator and designer, her passion for merging visual storytelling and cultural education has led to engaging collaborations with talented authors. She hopes to continue these collaborations and inspire youth through themes of relationship-building and community. Orca Echoes are lively, entertaining short chapter books aimed at readers between ages six and eight. These popular classroom favorites are well suited for social responsibility, growth mindset and character-building programs. Delia will make things right
They're long and dangly earrings, and made from strands upon strands of tiny blue, green and white beads that make the earrings look like waterfalls. Delia decides to wear the earrings to school to show off a little to her friends. And it works-until one earring falls down the drain in the school bathroom.
When Delia confides in her grandmother about the lost earring, she learns that she can't just replace it: her Aunt Maureen made the earrings for her mother to celebrate getting their Métis citizenship. Delia didn't even know her family was Métis! With no way to replace the lost earring, Delia must own up to her mistakes, dive deeper into her Métis identity and use her storytelling skills to find a way to make things right.
The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Key Selling Points
• Nine-year-old Delia learns that she is Métis after losing one of her mother's special beaded earrings. She embarks on a journey to learn about her family's history and culture in order to make things right.
• Delia learns traditional Métis beadwork and expresses her new knowledge through a story shown within the novel. This creates opportunities for classroom activities related to the book.
• Delia exhibits social emotional learning by learning from her mistakes, taking accountability and working to make things right.
• Multiple subplots (the lost earring, Delia learning about her culture and Delia's story writing) are integrated and fully realized.
In this illustrated early chapter book, Delia loses one of her mother's treasured beaded earrings, leading her to learn about her Métis heritage when she asks her grandmother to help her replace it.
Pat Lamondin Skene retired from the world of banking to find her voice. She is a Métis author of eight books for children, including the picture book Lights along the River andthe Orca Echoes titles What a Hippopota-Mess!, Rhyme Stones and Monster Lunch. Pat's memoir, Swiftly Flowing Waters, shares more stories of her childhood growing up in a Métis community on the Magnetawan River. Pat keeps her imagination fed and watered in Oakville, Ontario.
Natalie Laurin is a Métis and settler woman with family roots in the Georgian Bay Métis community. As a rising illustrator and designer, her passion for merging visual storytelling and cultural education has led to engaging collaborations with talented authors. She hopes to continue these collaborations and inspire youth through themes of relationship-building and community. Orca Echoes are lively, entertaining short chapter books aimed at readers between ages six and eight. These popular classroom favorites are well suited for social responsibility, growth mindset and character-building programs. Delia will make things right
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