Inuki lives in Iglulik, NU, and is excited to celebrate his fifth birthday. This story demonstrates the excitement felt by young Inuki as he waits for his birthday celebration. The book is full of colourful and dynamic images that share the story visually, taking the reader on a detailed journey through Inuki’s birthday celebration. Inuki’s Birthday Party is a bilingual Inuktitut and English book. It provides both languages for students to see and learn from throughout. It also provides a parent and teacher activity page at the end, with guiding questions and fun follow-up activities for children to take part in. This is a wonderful storybook for engaging young readers while sharing Inuit culture and language. Teachers are able to connect this story to English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Language curriculum at various grade levels.

36 pp., 9 × 9", colour illustrations

Aviaq Johnston (Inuit) • Ali Hinch, illus.

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

Aviaq Johnston is a young Inuk author from Igloolik, Nunavut. Her debut novel Those Who Run in the Sky was shortlisted for the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award for Young People's Literature, was a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Award for Young Adult Fiction, and a 2017 Honour Book for the Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature. In 2018 she won the inaugural Indigenous Voices Award for Most Significant Work of Prose in English by an Emerging Indigenous Writer. She is also the author of the bestselling picture book, What's My Superpower? Aviaq loves to travel and has lived in Australia and Vietnam. She spends most of her time reading, writing, studying, and procrastinating. She divides her time between Iqaluit, Nunavut, and Ottawa, Ontario.

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Ali Hinch has worked as a full-time illustrator in educational children’s literature since getting her degree in illustration from Sheridan College. She’s had the opportunity to work on a variety of unique projects outside of book illustration ranging from designing puppet concepts and assisting on set building to working with musicians and artists to design CDs and promotions. Currently living in Toronto, she spends a lot of time drinking iced coffee and making new dog friends.

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