Only in my hometown [Inuktitut & English] = Kisimi taimaippatut angirrarijarani

Title
Only in my hometown [Inuktitut & English] = Kisimi taimaippatut angirrarijarani

Personal Author EPSB
Angnakuluk, Friesen

Summary
The northern lights shine, women gather to eat raw caribou meat and everyone could be family in this ode to small-town life in Nunavut, written in English and Inuktitut. Sisters Angnakuluk Friesen and Ippiksaut Friesen collaborate on this story about what it's like to grow up in an Inuit community in Nunavut. Every line about the hometown in this book will have readers thinking about what makes their own hometowns unique. With strong social studies curriculum connections, Only in My Hometown introduces young readers to life in the Canadian North, as well as the Inuit language and culture.

Other Title
Kisimi taimaippatut angirrarijarani

Uniform Title
Kisimi taimaippatut angirrarijarani. English

Year Published
2017

Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject
Inuit -- Fiction.
 
Families -- Fiction.
 
Communities -- Fiction.
 
Auroras -- Fiction.
 
Bilingual books -- English-Inuktitut.

Geographic Term
Nunavut -- Fiction.

Added Author
Friesen, Ippiksaut,
 
Kusugak, Jean,

Summary
The northern lights shine, women gather to eat raw caribou meat and everyone could be family in this ode to small-town life in Nunavut, written in English and Inuktitut. Sisters Angnakuluk Friesen and Ippiksaut Friesen collaborate on this story about what it's like to grow up in an Inuit community in Nunavut. Every line about the hometown in this book will have readers thinking about what makes their own hometowns unique. With strong social studies curriculum connections, Only in My Hometown introduces young readers to life in the Canadian North, as well as the Inuit language and culture.

ISBN
9781554988839

Publisher
Toronto : Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press, [2017]
 
©2017


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
A. Blair McPhersonE FRIBook31458100027427First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Resource
A. Blair McPhersonE FRIBook31458100046971First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Resource