Written by Jennifer Jaypoody, from Clyde River, Nunavut, My Ten Painted Nails is a colourful board book that incorporates number and colour learning alongside simple Inuktitut syllabics and English text. Ideal for young children and early readers, this book offers engaging illustrations that are perfect for expanding oral vocabulary and include some imagery from Arctic life. The predictable Inuktitut and English sentence structure allows emergent readers to begin to make the important connection between writing and the spoken word, enabling them to take their first steps toward bilingual reading independence. Suitable for early childhood and K–1 settings for learning about Inuktitut language, numbers to ten, colours, and emergent reading.

Other End Matter: Author biography and Acknowledgement
Images: Colour illustrations
Contributor Affiliation: Author Jennifer Jaypoody (Inuit) Illustrator Emma Pedersen
Bibliography: No
Index: No

Source: Books BC - Indigenous Books for Schools

Jennifer Jaypoody is from Clyde River, Nunavut. She has two children: a daughter, Amelia Jaypoody, and a son, Lloyd Palluq. Inuktitut language is very important to Jennifer! She loves to read.

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Emma Pedersen is an illustrator and concept artist with a love for visual storytelling and character design. With BFAs from the Ontario College of Art and Design in drawing and painting, and from Sheridan College in illustration, Emma specializes in children’s illustration. Her first picture book is Queenie Quail Can’t Keep Up (2019). Emma lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her partner and a beloved, and smelly, little dog.

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My Ten Painted Nails is a colourful board book that incorporates number and colour learning alongside simple Inuktitut syllabics and English text. Ideal for young children and early readers, this book offers engaging illustrations that are perfect for expanding oral vocabulary and include some imagery from Arctic life. The predictable Inuktitut and English sentence structure allows emergent readers to begin to make the important connection between writing and the spoken word, enabling them to take their first steps toward bilingual reading independence. Suitable for early childhood and K–1 settings for learning about Inuktitut language, numbers to ten, colours, and emergent reading.

Books BC - Indigenous Books for Schools