Inhabit Education, the Nunavut-based publisher of educational books, wants to bring Inuit language and culture to the smallest residents of the territory.

That’s what you will find in its line of Arvaaq book titles, first launched this past spring, intended for infants and younger children.

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The Arvaaq books are designed to help even young babies explore the world and develop physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language skills.

The catalogue for Inhabit Education’s 2019 season lists several new board books, touch-and-feel books, and search-and-find books, which are set to be published in early October.

All titles are published in English and Inuktitut on subjects that reflect Inuit culture and the Arctic environment.

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The Arvaaq series is sponsored by the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, so where there is text in Inukitut, it’s in the Inuktitut syllabics used in the Baffin region, she said.

The books are part of the QIA’s effort to boost Inuktitut literacy.

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