Encouraging getting active: This book teachers readers all about Inuit baseball, which used to be played at hunting camps with balls made of seal or caribou skin and bats made of driftwood. Encourages activity and movement for readers. Bilingual Inuktitut and English: Includes Inuktitut Syllabics and English text on each page. Useful for those who can read Inuktitut or to expose children to Indigenous languages. Inuktitut Syllabics are used to closely follow the teaching recommendations of the Department of Education in Nunavut. Bonus educational content: Includes guide on Inuit baseball and its rules. Great for parents guiding young readers through the book or setting up gameplay-related activities to accompany the book. Also includes a glossary at the back for the Inuktitut words for fielders, catchers, and other Inuit baseball terms Perfect for ECE settings: Part of collection of bilingual Tuktu paperbacks (Tiri is Scared of the Dark, See You Soon Tuktu, Hurry Up Umingmak, Nanuq's Baby Brother).

These books all have familiar, recurring characters but are also perfect for prompting discussion between readers and parents/teachers who they're reading aloud with. For example, Nanuq's Baby Brother deals with the challenges of new siblings so there's a discussion to be had afterwards about how Nanuq copes with this change. This story emphasizes good sportsmanship and trying new things so there's lots of room within that theme for related activities or discussion to accompany the book. Educationally reviewed: All our publications are reviewed intensively by a team of Northern educators and language experts to ensure they are culturally authentic and that stories and information are considered in an educational context. As with all our Arvaaq books for the ECE range, these stories are designed to help children develop physical, social, emotional skills in addition to building foundational reading skills.