This book comes from the Nunavummi reading series, a Nunavut publication. In this series, young learners are introduced to the Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian Arctic. This book shares valuable information about the people, traditions, and environment in Northern Canada. It contains images depicting Inuit life, with a focus on Inuktitut language. Students learn about different tools used by Inuit, such as those for the softening of skins and the pounding of seal fat. The images show a breadth of history, traditions, and culture. This book is part of a levelled readers series that uses the Fountas and Pinnell levelling system for ages 5–7. This is a great book to introduce children to Inuit life and Inuktitut language, while building strong, skilled, and independent readers.

20 pp., 9 × 7", colour illustrations

Barbara Olson (Inuit) • Megan Kyak-Monteith (Inuit), illus.

Source: Association of Book Publishers of BC - Canadian Indigenous Books for Schools (2021-2022)

Barbara Olson's love of words has led her to earn a degree in French translation, to write a newspaper column on the joys and pitfalls of the English language, and most recently, to construct crossword puzzles. Her puzzles have appeared in Saturday Night Magazine, The Toronto Sun, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and have been syndicated to hundreds of websites and publications across the continent. Barbara lives in Nelson, British Columbia.

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Megan Kyak-Monteith is an Inuk illustrator and painter born in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. She is currently living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and studying interdisciplinary arts at NSCAD University with a focus on painting. When she is not working on illustrations, she can be found watching movies with her friends, shopping, or working in her studio on her large-scale oil paintings.

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