@article{Feisst_2017, title={Viivi’s New Kamiks by N. Mike}, volume={7}, url={https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/deakinreview/index.php/deakinreview/article/view/29293}, DOI={10.20361/G22Q3N}, abstractNote={<p>Mike, Nadia. <em>Viivi’s New Kamiks</em>, illustrated by Ali Hinch, Inhabit Education, 2016.</p><p><br /> This delightful book is part of Iqaluit-based Inhabit Education’s <em>Nunavummi Reading Series</em>, a made-in-Nunavut approach to a levelled reading program which aligns to the curricular outcomes in Nunavut but also fits with more southerly educators’ needs to infuse daily activities with multiple perspectives including Inuit. The series is appropriate for lower elementary grades and provides both fiction and non-fiction titles ranging from level 4 (late kindergarten) to level 11 (grade 3) which build on readers’ skills as they move progressively from simple sentences to more complex short stories and informational texts. All titles in the series are written from an Arctic, and most often an Inuit, perspective. The titles are also levelled using the widely accepted Fountas & Pinnell Text Level Gradient to grade guided reading materials.</p><p><em>Viivi’s New Kamiks</em>, a Level 9 in the series, follows Viivi as she prepares for her ninth birthday. She is very excited and wants a pair of <em>kamiks</em>, traditional Inuit caribou and seal skin boots still worn in the North. Viivi needs to show her parents that she is responsible enough to own a pair of kamiks, as they require care. Can Viivi prove to her parents that she can care for these beautiful boots?</p><p>This and other titles in the Nunavummi Series would be excellent additions to all elementary school libraries as well as school-based levelled reading programs.<br /> <br /> Highly recommended: 4 out of 4 stars</p><p>Reviewer: Debbie Feisst</p><p>Debbie is a Public Services Librarian at the H.T. Coutts Education Library at the University of Alberta.  When not renovating, she enjoys travel, practicing her Spanish language skills and the Edmonton amateur music scene.</p>}, number={2}, journal={The Deakin Review of Children’s Literature}, author={Feisst, Debbie}, year={2017}, month={Oct.} }