Follow The Water: Children's Book Series Launches February 5

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The En’owkin Centre, Theytus books and the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen (RDOS) are pleased to announce the publication of four new children’s books entitled Follow the Water.

The launch is set for February 5, 2021 at 3pm via Zoom. To receive a meeting invitation, please contact graham@theytus.com  

The Follow the Water Series written by Harron Hall BA, with illustrations by Syilx artists: Shianna Allison, Ron Hall, Phyllis Isaac BA and Bill Cohen PhD.

The series includes:

  • iʔ siwɬkw nkwancinəm k̕əl suliʔ (The water sings to suliʔ) Ages 5-7
  • kəxntim sʕanixʷ k̕əl nixʷtitkʷ acxʷəl̕xʷalt (We go with Muskrat to those living underwater) Ages 7-9
  • skɬp’lk’mitkw (The Water Changeling) Ages 9-10
  • kʷuc̕əx̌ʷəntim təl stunx isck’ʷuls (Lessons from Beaver’s Work) Ages 10-11

The Follow the Water K-5 Curriculum Project is a two year initiative spearheaded by the En’owkin Centre and RDOS to create Syilx science based resources. The focus of the series is Syilx water perspectives and how they relate to healthy eco-systems. Syilx Traditional Ecological Knowledge Keepers provided the expertise to produce these educational materials that can be used in classrooms valley-wide.

In the coming months, En’owkin Centre and the RDOS will host a series of “Follow the Water” classroom presentations from K- Grade 5. A teacher’s resource guide is also being published to complement the series and will be made available to Okanagan school districts.

Find out full details about the books and to pre-order your copies, visit theytus.com.

 

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