Taanishi: Maria Beads a Flower

Maria Beads a Flower is a realistic story about a Métis girl learning from her aunt how to bead a flower.  In a dialogue with her neice, Aunty provides a step-by-step guide.  The inside front cover offers cultural background information and the inside back cover provides instructional suggestions.

The text is composed of short and long sentences.  Photographs support the text directly.  Quotation marks are used.

The vocabulary reflects the speech of young children.

This title is from the Taanishi series. Support literacy learning and introduce beginning readers to Métis language, culture, values, and traditions.