Book Slam

What is a
Book Slam?

The Sea Monster Book

Tuluksak Fish Camp Book

Anguyiit Warriors Book

This collection of interactive digital books are a collaboration between the Yupiit School District and the Association of Alaska School Boards (AASB).

The books were created during a series of two-day "Book Slam" workshops held in Yupiit schools during the 2018-19 school year.
Students, teachers, elders, community members, and district staff were involved in illustrating, translating, and narrating the books, which feature local stories, language, and culture.

During the two-day Book Slam workshops, AASB staff worked with local people at each school to facilitate the creation of page art illustrations, translation of bilingual text, and recording of spoken audio in Yup'ik and English. These multimedia components were then used to construct the interactive digital books. All of the Book Slam books created are copyrighted and owned by the district.

Cultural identity is an important element of student academic success and well-being. We hope you enjoy reading these books as much as we enjoyed making them! What stories do you want to tell next? What books do you want to write and publish?

Three books were created with the Yupiit School District during the 2018-19 school year, and three more Book Slam events are scheduled to take place in the 2019-20 school year. Here are links to read the first three books online, or download them to your computer or mobile device:


Tuluksak Fish Camp
by Tuluksak School & Community

Click the book cover to start reading. Click arrows to turn pages.

Tap on page objects to hear Yup'ik words.

There are 16 different audio "Touch Zones" in this book.

Can you find all 16 of them?

CLICK HERE TO SAVE AS A DOWNLOAD AND READ OFFLINE

Tuluksak Fish Camp Book

Option: To read the book "full screen" after it is opened, click the gear icon at the top right of the page and turn off the "Side by side pages" switch


Anguyiit Warriors
by Akiachak School & Community

Click the book cover to start reading.

Click arrows to turn pages.

Tap on page objects to hear the story in Yup'ik and in English.

Enjoy reading.

CLICK HERE TO SAVE AS A DOWNLOAD AND READ OFFLINE

Anguyiit Warriors Book

Option: To read the book "full screen" after it is opened, click the gear icon at the top right of the page and turn off the "Side by side pages" switch


The Sea Monster
by Akiak School & Community

Click the book cover to start reading. Click arrows to turn pages.

Tap on page objects to hear Yup'ik words.

There are 9 different audio "Touch Zones" in this book.

Can you find all 9 of them?

CLICK HERE TO SAVE AS A DOWNLOAD AND READ OFFLINE

The Sea Monster Book

Option: To read the book "full screen" after it is opened, click the gear icon at the top right of the page and turn off the "Side by side pages" switch


A special thanks to all of the community members and students that helped to make this project successful, and Cheryl Bobo, and Steve Nelson from the Association of Alaska School Boards.

Book Slam Poster

Invite the community!
Click the image to the left to download a poster and share these books with your community.


Start thinking about the next story to tell and the next book to create.