Illustration of sisters Emma and Belley standing and smiling, surrounded by floating question marks and ice cream cones.
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Emma and Belley Barrett, Illustration for Emma and Belley – Sister Detectives: A Bilingual Story in English and Traditional Chinese, by Emma and Belley Barrett (Haley’s). ©2023 Emma and Belley Barrett.

Special Storytime: Emma and Belley, Sister Detectives

Artists & Authors
For Families
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Reading Library

Free with Museum admission

Join local kid authors and sisters, Emma (12) and Belley (8), as they go on a detective adventure. Hear each page of their self-written and illustrated book in both English and Chinese. 

Book signing to follow program. Can’t make the event? You may reserve signed books online.

Who You'll Meet
Sisters Emma and Belley standing in a dandelion field wearing yellow dresses and holding stuffed animals.

Emma and Belley

Emma and Belley love playing outside and going on adventures together with their stuffies. They attend Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School (Hadley, MA) and live with their parents, John, called Bobs, and Cynthia, or Mamabean.

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In the Bookshop

Two girls smile surrounded by question marks and ice cream.

Emma and Belley, Sister Detectives (Traditional Chinese)

Two girls smile surrounded by question marks and ice cream.

Emma and Belley, Sister Detectives (Simplified Chinese)