Miya wears orange

Title
Miya wears orange

Personal Author EPSB
Wanda, John-Kehewin

Summary
A beautifully illustrated book that gently explores the complicated feelings a young girl experiences as she learns about tragedy and injustice. Miya loves her school and she especially loves storytime. One day, her teacher shares a story about a little girl who was taken away to a residential school. The little girl wasn't allowed to go home. Her hair was cut and she wasn't allowed to keep her favourite doll. She was taken away from her family because she was Indigenous, just like Miya! Miya worries the same thing will happen to her. Her mom tells her that Indigenous girls and boys aren't forced to leave their families anymore. Miya is relieved, but she is still sad. What can she do about these feelings?

Year Published
2025

Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject
Anxiety -- Fiction.
 
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Fiction.
 
Off-reservation boarding schools -- Canada -- Fiction.
 
Sadness -- Fiction.

Genre
Picture books.

Added Author
Rodriguez Medina, Erika.

Summary
A beautifully illustrated book that gently explores the complicated feelings a young girl experiences as she learns about tragedy and injustice. Miya loves her school and she especially loves storytime. One day, her teacher shares a story about a little girl who was taken away to a residential school. The little girl wasn't allowed to go home. Her hair was cut and she wasn't allowed to keep her favourite doll. She was taken away from her family because she was Indigenous, just like Miya! Miya worries the same thing will happen to her. Her mom tells her that Indigenous girls and boys aren't forced to leave their families anymore. Miya is relieved, but she is still sad. What can she do about these feelings?

ISBN
9781774921258

Publisher
Winnipeg, Manitoba : Highwater Press, [2025]


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
MalmoE JOHBook30186000225632Picture Books