Written by: Nadia Sammurtok Illustrated by: Lenny Lishchenko For ages: 3 years and up Language: English & Inuktitut Topics Covered: Indigenous Voices, Family, Love, Comfort, Emotional Support, Social-Emotional Learning, Own Voices. Summary: In My Anaana’s Amautik is an incredibly sweet story that celebrates the calm and cozy emotional support that a child feels while in their mother’s amautik. An amautik…
Tag: bilingualism
My First Bilingual Book (Multilingual Board Book Set)
Written by: Patricia Billings & Fatih Erdoğan co-wrote : Love, Sharing, and Friends books. These were then translated by unnamed translators. Patricia Billings wrote the Empathy (Spanish) book herself in English, and it was translated by an unnamed translator. Illustrated by: Manuela Gutierrez Montoya For ages: infant and up Language: English & Portuguese (Sharing), Spanish (Empathy), Italian (Love), French (Friends)….
Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock
Written by: Dallas Hunt Illustrated by: Amanda Strong For ages: 3-8 years Language: English & Cree Topics Covered: First Nations, Indigenous Voices, Family, Problem-Solving, Accountability, Love, Animals, Nature, Natural World, Bilingual Stories, Social-Emotional Learning, Own Voices. Summary: More skills we wish to take into the new year are found in this book, and they are: accountability and problem-solving! We really enjoyed…
Shubh Raatri Dost (Good Night Friend)
Written & Illustrated by: Nidhi Chanani For ages: Infant & up, it’s a board book! Language: Hindi, Romanized Hindi, English Topics Covered: Animals, Family, Language, Bilingual Books, Global Community, POC-Centric Narratives. Summary: This trilingual book is a super cute take on a “Goodnight Moon”-esque night ritual of two siblings, as they say goodnight to different critters on their farm. We…
Way Back Then
Written by: Neil Christopher Illustrated by: Germaine Arnaktauyok For ages: 3 years and up Language: Inuktitut & English, pronunciation guide included. Topics Covered: First Nations, Indigenous Voices, Folklore, Culture & Traditions, Summary: Kudlu’s children cannot sleep. They beg him for stories about olden times, when there was magic and the mountains were made of giants. Kudlu tells his children of a fox…
Anguti’s Amulet
Written by: The Central Coast of Labrador Archaeology Partnership Translated by: Sophie Tuglavina Illustrated by: Cynthia Colosimo For ages: 8 years and up Language: Inuktitut & English Topics Covered: First Nations People, Indigenous Voices, Culture & Traditions, Family, Community, Love, Historical Events, Historical Fiction. Summary: This is a two-part book. The first tells of a young Inuit boy named Anguti and his…
Arctic Animals
Written & Illustrated by: Inhabit Media Inc., which is part of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association. For Ages: Board book, infant and up. Language: Inuksiutiit & English, also contains Inuksiutiit pronunciation in Roman alphabet. Topics Covered: First Nations, Indigenous Voices, Literacy, Bilingualism, Numeracy, Culture & Traditions, Own Voices. Summary: Like the counting book we reviewed before, this is a simple board…
Inuit Tools
Written & Illustrated by: Inhabit Media Inc. which is part of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association For Ages: board book, infant and up. Language: Inuksiutiit & English, also contains Inuksiutiit pronunciation in Roman alphabet. Topics Covered: First Nations, Indigenous Voices, Literacy, Bilingualism, Numeracy, Culture & Traditions, Own Voices. Summary: This is a simple counting book that also includes traditional Inuksiutiit Inuit tools…
My First Book of Japanese Words
Written by: Michelle Haney Brown Illustrated by: Aya Padrón For ages: 4 years and up Language: English & Japanese Topics Covered: Bilingualism, Japanese Culture & Traditions, Literacy, Global Community. Summary: This alphabetical rhyming book provides multiple languages and a short poem on each page, and is jam packed with information about literacy, culture, and language! The book explains how some letters…