This latest nonfiction title in the Orca Footprints series introduces sustainable fashion. Each page is jam-packed with current information about the fast fashion trade and its environmental and social impact. Terms such as globalization, supply chains, target advertising, and fast fashion are explained along with challenges to inspire all ages to become more mindful of their own consumer habits. Chapters explore the background history of fashion, touching on The Silk Road, Industrial Revolution, and sweat shops, through to COVID’s impact on online shopping and social media and the ethics of fast fashion. Bright captioned photographs, informational sidebars, and accessible text take readers behind the scenes to raise awareness of issues that most have likely never considered, such as the environmental impact of the distressed look in clothing, dyes in rivers, chemical exposure and links to cancer, and the effect on fresh water supplies.

Other End Matter: Acknowledgments, Print and Digital Resources, Glossary
Images: Colour photographs
Bibliography: No
Index: Yes

Source: Books BC - BC Books for Schools

Raina Delisle is an award-winning writer and editor. She worked in journalism for nearly two decades before moving into government communications. Her writing has been featured in Today’s Parent, Chatelaine, CBC and the Globe and Mail. Her first book, Fashion Forward: Striving for Sustainable Style, was published in 2022. Raina lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

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• Commended, American Library Association (ALA) Sustainability Round Table (SustainRT) Top 10 Sustainability Themed Children’s Books
• Commended, Evanston Public Library Blueberry Award - Changemakers
• Commended, CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens

“It is a book for everyone. Teachers can read it with students, parents can read it with their children, middle graders can read it with each other...Carefully captioned photographs are colorful and telling. Each section of the four chapters is highlighted to make for an easy return to what the reader finds enlightening and important.”

Sal's Fiction Addiction

“A comprehensive overview...Despite its small size, this book contains a wealth of information and will help young consumers better understand the 4 R's of ethical fashion: research, repurpose, repair, rent! Highly Recommended.”

School Library Connection

“This book is a call to action and it succeeds…There is much relevant information to be learned and acted upon in this appealing informational book.”

Children's Literature

“Encouraging...well organized…to help kickstart the journey to a conscious closet.”

Booklist

“This book will inform and engage the middle school readers for whom it is written as well as younger and older readers looking for sustainable alternatives to fast fashion, and it will encourage all readers to make a difference by thinking critically before making clothing decisions. Highly Recommended.”

CM: Canadian Review of Materials