In this traditional story from the Western Arctic, a kind giant adopts a human boy. One night, after a meal, the giant gives the boy one job, to watch for grizzly bears while he sleeps. Each time the boy sees a bear, he wakes the giant. But the giant is so big he is...
ᐊᒃᐸᐅᑉ ᖃᐅᔨᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒥᐊ ᐱᐅᓪᑎᐊᐃ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᐃᒡᒐᓐ ᒪᒃᓚᐅᑦ Akpa’s Journey By Mia Pelletier Illustrated by Kagan McLeod After thick-billed murre Akpa emerges from his egg, high on an Arctic cliff, he soon learns that he must embark on a long migration before he is even...
ᐸᓂᓐ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑐᖅ ᓈᑎᐊ ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ To My Panik: To My Daughter By Nadia Summurtok “Panik, do you know how much I love you? When I look at the horizon, past the vast tundra, I see no end. That is how much I love you.” In this lovingly told book, a mother recounts for...
ᒪᕐᑲᐃᑎᑯᓗᒃ The Little Hunter Written by Deborah Thomas& Philipoosie Arragutainaq Illustrated by Dj Herron Adamie is a skilled hunter, but it took many years of practice and learning from his family members to become one. While on a hunting trip, Adamie dreams about...
ᓯᐱᐊᓐᓴ ᓯᒃᓯᒃ ᖃᓄᖅᑑᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᕗᖅ Spencer the Siksik Solves a Problem Written by Nadia Sammurtok and Shawna Thomson Spencer is stuck inside on a boring rainy day. As he plays on his tablet, he becomes frustrated trying to hold it upright. He asks his parents for a tablet...
