Promoting Inuktitut for Nunavut Babies / Improving Access in Inuktitut Language

Books for Nunavut Babies

One Plane Away recently received a grant from the Government of Nunavut, Department of Culture and Heritage to purchase books in Inuktitut! Amongst other books by Inuit authors, every baby who receives a care box is getting a copy of Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk.

Celina Kalluk is an acclaimed Inuit throat singer from Resolute Bay, Nunavut. Her book, Sweetest Kulu, describes the gifts given to a newborn baby by all the animals of the Arctic. "Kulu" is an Inuktitut term of endearment often bestowed upon babies and young children, and this beautiful story is infused with the traditional Inuit values of love and respect for the land and its animal inhabitants.