Recommended: In My Anaana's Amautik by Nadia Sammu. In My Anaanas Amautik by Nadia Sammurtok Nadia Sammurtok lovingly invites the reader into the amautik-the pouch in the back of a.Highly Recommended: THE RANGE ETERNAL by Louise Er.
The story centers around a child wrapped in it's mother's pouch in her parka and describes all the senses and comfort that are experienced while being gently lulled to sleep. Some of the imagery is rooted in a specific environment: "Her breathing feels like ocean waves gently rolling in and out." But many images have a more universal feel, and are always linked to the natural world: "Her scent reminds me of flowers in the summertime." It's a love poem, really, about caregivers and their little ones. In My Anaana's Amautik is a unique and soothing book to use for bedtime. "Amautik", pronouced "a-MOW-tick," is defined in the brief glossary as "a pouch in the back of a woman's parka where a baby can be carried".Įvery page of text begins with the words "in my Anaana's amautik," followed by sensory images of something the child loves to do, and ends with "my Anaana's amautik." That repetition makes it easy for toddlers or preschoolers to chime in when their adult pauses there in reading, once they're familiar with the book. The warmth of her skin feels like sunshine, keeping me safe from the cold.
The book begins with a two-page illustration of a child's hand reaching toward a large sun that shines brightly over an Arctic landscape (by Lenny Lischenko, not Native) and these words:
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