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Arctic artists: renowned Inuit storyteller Michael Kusugak's first book illustrated by fellow Inuit artist, Andrew Qappik

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A young girl discovers nature's surprising beauty in this tale from a renowned Inuk storyteller. When Aggataa goes for a cold winter walk with her grandmother, she's surprised by a sudden CRAH! All the birds have flown south for the winter except one kind-the tulugarguat, the ravens. They're the ugliest birds that Aggaataa has ever seen. They look like they slept in their coats-coats that don't even fit! However, as the winter slowly moves ...

Sometimes even shamans get cranky. That was baby Wolverine's misfortune - to be cursed by an out-of-sorts shaman frustrated by his own baby daughter's incessant crying. Not only has shaman Paaliaq forbidden the future marriage of Wolverine to Breath, Paaliaq's beautiful but teary baby girl, he has cursed Wolverine, banishing him when he becomes a young man. And even when a contrite Paaliaq later revokes the curse, the shaman's even crankier ma...

When Allashua disobeys her parents and goes fishing on the sea ice, she has to use her wits to escape the Qallupilluit--the troll-like creatures her parents have always warned her about that live beneath the frozen surface of the sea. But the only way to break out of their grasp is through an exchange: Allashua can go free if she brings her brothers and sisters back to the sea ice instead. Allashua doesn't want to give them up, but what can sh...

30 years -- Anniversary edition"--Cover.

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Following the alphabet this book uses poetry and expository text to explore Canada's Yukon, Northwest, and Nunavut territories, focusing on history, geography, climate.

sled dogs, Inuit life, aspiration, the North, Indigenous

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Introduces the polar bear and other animals that the Inuit sometimes hunt and sometimes just watch, in a counting book that serves as an introduction to the Arctic and the Inuit way of life.

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This story explores the Inuit belief that the Northern Lights are the souls of the dead, playing soccer in the sky.

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Reissue of a classic tale about life in the Arctic by an acclaimed Inuit storyteller

Based on an Inuit tale about the mystical aspects of the northern lights--the souls of the dead play soccer using a walrus head as the ball--the author tells about the death of a young girl's mother, grieving, and rejoicing when watching the northern lights. Full color illustrations.

One lovely afternoon Allashua is lured into mischief by a charming but sneaky little creature.