Susan and her sister, Rebecca, love watching their mother write letters to people in other camps. Their mother has one precious pencil, and she keeps it safe in her box for special things. One afterno
Respected community member Mark Kalluak has collected stories from around Arviat since the 1970s, including stories he grew up hearing his mother tell. In these delightful collections for audiences of
For thousands of years, Inuit women practiced the traditional art of tattooing. Created with bone needles and caribou sinew soaked in seal oil or soot, these tattoos were an important tradition for ma
When Akilak must travel a great distance to another camp to gather food, she thinks she will never be able to make it. With a little help from her grandmother’s spirit, and her own imagination to keep
While everyone is busy preparing for the coming winter, two girls wander away from their camp, following a path of strange, beautiful stones. Each stone is lovelier than the last, and the trail leads
This adorable book gives young readers a window into how Halloween is celebrated in an Arctic Inuit community, incorporating contemporary celebrations and Inuit folklore. The air is cold, the nights a
Mia is hoping to spend time with her monster friends, but they are being difficult and don’t want to share! Follow along with Mia as she tries to bring her monster friends together to teach them about
Ukpik loves living in her camp in the North with her family. When a captain from the south arrives to trade with Ukpik’s father, Ukpik is excited to learn how to use the forks, knives, and spoons he b
The follow up to the award winning Those Who Run in the Sky. After his other-worldly travels and near-death encounters, Pitu resumes life at home. Haunted by the vicious creatures of his recent past,
Follow Inuujaq, a little girl who travels with her grandmother onto the tundra, where she learns that the tough little plants she sees are much more important to Inuit than she originally believed. In
This beautiful compendium of tales shares eight classic Inuit creation stories from the Baffin region. From the origins of day and night, thunder and lightning, and the sun and the moon to the creatio
Now available in paperback format, a heartwarming story about a young girl visiting her grandparents in Nunavut. Instead of visiting her grandparents, Akuluk would rather head south for summer vacatio
Nivi has always known that her names were special, but she does not know where they came from. So, one sunny afternoon, Nivi decides to ask her mom how she got her names. The stories of the people Niv
When Tanna's father brings home an abandoned owl, she is not eager to take care of the needy, ugly little bird. Tanna must wake at 4:00 AM to catch food for the owl. She must feed it, clean up after i
