Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read in exchange for an honest review.

As a kindergarten teacher I am always looking for new books to add to my classroom library. I love this one - there will be so many connections to make between our curriculum and students and this book - patterns, generational knowledge, family units, and Indigenous ways of knowing.

This would make a great resource on life of Inuktitut people. A little girl must learn to sew, but you can not just go to the store to buy fabric. Someone has to kill and skin an animal (this instance caribou (aka reindeer)) and the girl, and her gran, have to get it ready for drying, then cutting, sewing, and finally beading. This book is way to long for storytime and is full of indigenous words that are only explained in the end. I liked this book and learned something as was its intent.

Ukpik's father brings home some caribou from a hunt, and Anaana (Ukpik's mother) entices Ukpik to learn to sew with a potential prize: getting to use gorgeous beads in her sewing, once she's developed enough skill. Ukpik and her friend are still young, and so learn to sew and enjoy playtime in turn, developing skills and responsibility, while also not growing up too fast.

There's a bit of reinforcement of gender norms (Ukpik and her friend are learning to sew, her brother is learning to hunt, and he's glad he'll be hunting and not sewing), but I don't know what the conversation is surrounding gender in Native communities. Seek out the opinion of someone in the community on that, if you're concerned. However, it should be noted that both children are being taught essential survival skills, and there's no judgement that one skill is better than another, just that they prefer their own norms.

Advanced reader copy provided by the publisher.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for letting me review and read this book. I absolutely love that it is from an Inuit author. The story was a glimpse into daily Inuit life, and how even young children needed to learn skills for surviving the seasons. I also liked how there was a pronunciation guide at the back, as I was thinking while reading that I wanted to pronounce things properly. I teach grade 2 in Alberta, and this book would be a perfect companion to our Social Studies curriculum where we learn about Iqaluit and Inuit culture. There are perfect examples and illustrations of traditional Inuit clothing, homes, and daily life. I would definitely use this in my classroom and recommend to my colleagues.

This book tells the story of Ukpik learning how to prepare and sew caribou skin to use for clothing like mittens. The book shares some great information about Inuit culture as well as trading in the arctic. The story teaches readers about life in the arctic and Inuit knowledge and traditions to survive the tough climate. It shares the importance of learning skills and passing them down to future generations to ensure survival. It is beautifully illustrated and would a great classroom resource for lessons on the arctic and Inuit people. It is also a wonderful Indigenous resource that can be used to help share Indigenous and land-based knowledge to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous readers. I would highly recommend this book and will definitely purchase a copy for my classroom library once it is published in the fall. Parents and teachers of children in the age 5-11 range should definitely consider picking up a copy of this book. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book!

I really enjoyed the first Una Huna? book, so I was excited to learn there would be a sequel. Ukpik Learns to Sew is a very cute story about a young girl learning to sew her own clothes, with the audience getting the chance to see the traditional ways Inuit make clothes and teach children. It's a lovely little story, although very text heavy, so better to read together. Recommended!

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for letting me review this book. I like how new words along with their meanings are introduced in this book. Ukpik is learning traditions from her mother that will help her later in life. I like in the back of the book there is a pronunciation guide to help learn how words are said.