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nhabit Media Inc. is the first -owned, independent publishing Icompany in the Canadian Arctic. We aim to promote and preserve the stories, knowledge, and talent of the Arctic, while also supporting research in Inuit mythology and the traditional Inuit knowledge of Nunavummiut (residents of , ’s northernmost territory). Our authors, storytellers, and artists bring traditional knowledge to life in a way that is accessible to readers both familiar and unfamiliar with and traditions. Incorporated in 2006, Inhabit Media was born out of a need for Nunavut kids to see their culture accurately represented in the books they read in schools. We have spent more than ten years working with elders and storytellers from across the Canadian Arctic

to ensure that the region’s unique Inuit oral history is recorded and not lost to future generations. Many of the stories that we publish have never been written down before, having existed for centuries as tales passed orally from generation to generation. While many of these stories are ancient, we work closely with elders, contemporary Inuit writers, and illustrators the world over to present folktales and traditional stories in a format that will resonate with modern audiences. Our books do not simply provide a glimpse into Inuit culture; they also represent the preservation of “Many of the stories that we publish have oral history and traditional knowledge that may otherwise have never been written down before, been lost, in a format that contemporary readers will find engaging, having existed for centuries as tales passed orally entertaining, and informative. from generation to generation.” As the first independent publishing company in Nunavut, we are excited to bring Arctic stories and wisdom to the world! For more information about Inhabit Media, visit: INHABITMEDIA.COM For foreign rights inquiries, please contact Pia Flamand at 2 | Rights 2021 [email protected]

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Grandfather Bowhead, Tell Me a Story Aviaq Johnston | Illustrated by Tamara Campeau

owhead whales are the longest- Bliving mammals on the planet with a lifespan of over 200 years. In this heartwarming story, a grandfather bowhead recounts to his young grandchild calf all the beautiful, amazing, and surprising things he has seen in his lifetime—all while ensuring the little calf that there is nothing more wonderous than the love a grandfather has for his grandchild. Richly illustrated and lovingly told, this book is a warm and inviting read, Picture Book perfect for sharing with any little one. 9.5 x 9.5 |28 pages Ages 0-3 Aviaq Johnston is a young Inuk Rights sold: French author from Igloolik, Nunavut. Her debut novel, Those Who Run Tamara Campeau is an in the Sky, was shortlisted for the illustrator residing in a small 2017 Governor General’s Literary town called Port-Cartier in Award for Young People’s Literature northern Quebec. She studied and was a Burt Award for First at Sheridan College, where she Nations, Inuit and Métis Young spent four years attaining her Adult Literature Honour Book in the Bachelor of Illustration. When same year. In 2018 she won the she is not illustrating, she can inaugural Indigenous Voices Award be found working out outside for Most Significant Work of Prose in or at the local gym, or spending English by an Emerging Indigenous time with her better half and their Writer. She is also the author of the brown poodle, Pinut. bestselling picture book, What’s My Superpower? Aviaq loves to travel and has lived in Australia and Vietnam. She spends most of her time reading, writing, studying, and procrastinating. She lives in , Nunavut.

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It’s Time for Bed Ceporah Mearns and Jeremy Debicki | Illustrated by Tim Mack

t’s time for Siasi to go to bed, but Ishe doesn’t want to brush her teeth or put away her toys. It’s so much by Ceporah Mearns & Jeremy Debicki more fun to play with all the animals illustrated by Tim Mack of the Arctic! Wouldn’t everyone rather dance with a polar bear, howl with the wolves, and swim with the fish than get ready for bed?

Ceporah Mearns is from , Nunavut, and Jeremy Debicki is from , Manitoba, but they call Iqaluit, Nunavut, their home. Picture Book They live there with their children, 9 × 8 | 36 pages Siasi and Siloah. Siasi inspired this Ages 3–5 story by always coming up with so Rights sold: Italian, Spanish, many things she needs to do when French, Turkish it’s time for bed.

“[A] modern lullaby for Tim Mack is a Canadian-born illustrator living in Vancouver, British younger children.” Columbia. He enjoys playing with —The Globe and Mail colours and shapes and never misses an opportunity to swim in “[A] valuable addition to the the ocean. He is also the illustrator of What’s My Superpower? bedtime book genre . . . by Aviaq Johnston. Highly recommended . . .” —School Library Journal

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What’s My Superpower? Aviaq Johnston | Illustrated by Tim Mack

alvana feels like all of her friends Nhave some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races), friends with super skills (who can build all kinds of things), and friends who are better than she is at a million other things. Nalvana thinks she must be the only kid in town without a superpower. But then her mom shows Nalvana that she is unique and special—and that her superpower was right in front of her all along. Picture Book 8.5 × 8.5 | 32 pages Aviaq Johnston is a young Inuit Ages 3–5 author from Igloolik, Nunavut. Her Rights sold: French, Turkish, debut novel, Those Who Run in Greenlandic the Sky, was a Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature Honour Book and was shortlisted “Nalvana is a bundle of for the Governor General’s Literary creativity, spunk, and Award for Young People’s Literature. determination—readers will be happy to know her.” Tim Mack is a Canadian illustrator living in Vancouver, British Columbia. —Kirkus Reviews

“A book kids will clamor to read.” —School Library Journal

“Provides the kind of big, warm hug you want at bedtime.” —Quill and Quire

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Please Don't Change My Diaper! Sarabeth Holden | Illustrated by Emma Pederson hat toddler likes getting their Wdiaper changed? In this hilarious rhyming book, a little boy sees his world crumble around him as his mother prepares to change his diaper. But surrounded by a little love and feeling fresh and clean, he realizes that things may not be so terrible after all . . . unless he ever needs his diaper changed again! Fun for babies, toddlers, and parents alike, this humorous book brings to life a Picture Book scene familiar to all parents. 9.5 × 9.5 | 28 Pages Ages 0–3 Sarabeth Holden is an entrepreneur who loves to cook, Emma Pedersen is an illustrator do yoga, golf, and snowboard. from Toronto, ON. She has a She lives in Toronto with her degree in drawing and painting husband, Sean, their sons, from OCAD University and has Raymond and Jackson, and their also graduated from Sheridan dog, Oslo. The whole crew loves to College's illustration program. spend time outside. When they’re She mainly works on the not outside, Sarabeth enjoys publishing side of illustration but singing made-up songs to make has done work in advertising things like diaper changes and and animation as well. She face wiping a little more bearable lives with her husband in an so they can get back to the things apartment full of books and they love: blowing raspberries, would love to just be drawing having kitchen dance parties, and dogs all day if possible. reading stories. Sarabeth grew up in Nova Scotia, Nunavut, New Brunswick, and Ontario, and is now the president of the Toronto Inuit Association, supporting the local Inuit community as it grows.

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Sweetest Kulu Celina Kalluk | Illustrated by Alexandria Neonakis

lyrical lullaby imbued with Atraditional Inuit beliefs, this bedtime poem written by internationally acclaimed Inuit throat singer Celina Kalluk describes the gifts bestowed upon a newborn baby by all the animals of the Arctic. Lyrically and lovingly written, this visually stunning book is infused with the Inuit values of love and respect for the land and its Picture Book animal inhabitants. 10 × 8 | 32 pages Ages 0–3 Celina Kalluk was born and raised Also available as a board book in , Nunavut. Sweetest Rights sold: French, Greenlandic Kulu is her first book for children.

United States Board on Alexandria Neonakis is an illustrator Books for Young People and designer from Dartmouth, Outstanding International Book Nova Scotia.

Huffington Post Best Bedtime Book

“[A] lovely bedtime book . . . Young children will be captivated by the stunning beauty of the Arctic world embracing little Kulu.” —Quill and Quire

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In My Anaana’s Amautik Nadia Sammurtok | Illustrated by Lenny Lishchenko

adia Sammurtok lovingly invites Nthe reader into the amautik— the pouch in the back of a mother’s parka used to carry a child—to experience everything through the ᑲᔾᔮᕆᕙᕋ. eyes of the baby nestled inside, from the cloudlike softness of the pouch to the glistening sound of Anaana’s laughter. Sweet and soothing, this book offers a unique perspective that will charm readers of all ages.

Picture Book Nadia Sammurtok is an Inuit writer 9 × 9 | 24 pages and educator originally from Rankin Ages 0–3 Inlet, Nunavut. Nadia is passionate about preserving the traditional Inuit 2020 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz lifestyle and language so that they may be enjoyed by future 6 7 Children's Picture Book Award generations. Nadia currently lives in Finalist Iqaluit, Nunavut, with her family.

“The far north has never felt Lenny Lishchenko is not a boy. She so deliciously warm.” is an illustrator, graphic designer, and comics maker who will never — Kirkus Reviews  give up the chance to draw a good birch tree. Ukranian-born and This gentle story is warm, cozy, Canadian-raised, she’s interested in and loving—just like being in telling stories that people remember anaana’s amautik. Readers years later, in the early mornings, when everything is quiet and still. will carry this gorgeous book She is based out of Toronto, Ontario. close to their hearts. — School Library Journal

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In the Sky at Nighttime Laura Deal | Illustrated by Tamara Campeau

n the sky at nighttime, the northern Ilights dance, a mother’s song sways on the breeze, and a raven roosts atop a tall building, bathed in the light of the moon. This lyrical poem sends readers sailing through the Arctic night sky to see and hear the unique beauty of a Northern night.

Laura Deal lives in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and is originally from Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia. She enjoys writing and many other forms of creative Picture Book arts. She believes it is important 8.5 × 8.5 | 28 pages for children, like her daughter, Ages 0–3 to see their own stories reflected in the pages of Northern-based Also available: storybooks. Laura is the author of How Nivi Got Her Names, which is also available as a short film. How Nivi Got Her Names

Nivi has always known that her names are 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 Nivi is named after Tamara Campeau is an illustrator lead her to an understanding of traditional Inuit naming practices and knowledge of what those practices mean to Inuit. residing in a small town called Port- How Nivi Got Her Names is an easy-to-understand introduction to traditional Inuit naming, with a story that touches on Inuit custom adoption. Cartier in northern Quebec. She How Nivi Got studied at Sheridan College, where Her Names By Laura Deal she spent four years attaining her Illustrated by Charlene Chua Bachelor of Illustration. When she www.inhabitmedia.com ISBN 978-1-77227-137-9 51095

$10.95 is not illustrating, she can be found 9 781772 271379 working out outside or at the local Picture Book gym, or spending time with her better 8.5 × 8.5 | 36 pages half and their brown poodle, Pinut. Ages 5–7 “A tender bedtime tale set in a too-seldom-seen northern world.” — Kirkus Reviews 16 | Rights 2021 Rights 2021 | 17

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The Owl and the Two Rabbits Nadia Sammurtok | Illustrated by Marcus Cutler

hen two rabbit sisters ignore Wtheir parents’ warnings and decide to play outside on the open tundra, a hungry owl soon spots them and decides they will make a delicious meal. As a chase ensues, the sisters must act quickly, using the owl’s own greed against him in order to get away. A traditional Inuit story and cautionary tale, this book presents a centuries-old narrative for a new generation of readers. Picture Book 8.5 × 8.5 | 32 pages Nadia Sammurtok is an Inuit writer Ages 3–5 and educator originally from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Nadia is passionate Marcus Cutler lives in about preserving the traditional Inuit Ontario with his wife and lifestyle and Inuktitut language so two daughters. that they may be enjoyed by future generations. Nadia currently lives in “[A] delightful new take on Iqaluit, Nunavut, with her family. a traditional Inuit story . . . will keep young readers on the edge of their seats in this engagingly suspenseful story.” —The Globe and Mail

“This traditional Inuit story from Nunavut teaches children the importance of parental guidance—with a dash of excitement.” —Kirkus Reviews

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The Walrus and the Caribou Maika Harper | Illustrated by Marcus Cutler

ased on a traditional Inuit story Bpassed down orally for generations, this book shares with young readers the origin of the caribou and the walrus—and tells of how very different these animals looked when they were first conceived.

Maika Harper is a Canadian actress and model born and raised in the Arctic. She briefly studied classical theatre in the BFA program at the University of Windsor before starring in Picture Book APTN's hit dramatic comedy Mohawk 9.5 × 9.5 | 32 pages Girls as Anna. She has also made Ages 5–7 appearances on Kim’s Convenience, and most recently, on Burden of Marcus Cutler is both a Truth. Her theatrical debut was as an children's illustrator and an alternate in Treasure Island at the 2017 occasional climber of rocks. He Stratford Festival, and her film debut will lives in Windsor, Ontario, with his be in The Education of Fredrick Fitzell. wife and two daughters. In her spare time, she advocates for mental health awareness and mentors “The humorous artwork done youth in Canada with Youth Fusion. for every double-page, full-bleed spread shows the resilient, problem-solving Guk in a variety of poses and emotional states as she tinkers with and refines her creations.” — Booklist

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Little Moar and the Moon Roselynn Akulukjuk | Illustrated by Jazmine Gubbe

oar has always loved autumn— Mplaying outside with his friends, feeling the weather get colder—but there is one thing about autumn that really worries Moar. The moon. The days become shorter, and the moon, with its creepy face and eerie smile, seems to be looking down on him before he can even get home from school! So, one day, Moar is determined to get home before the moon appears in the sky. But there are so many fun things to do on the way home, he may just run out Picture Book of time! A fun and relatable story about 9 × 9 | 32 pages a little boy’s fear of the unknown. Ages 5–7 Roselynn Akulukjuk is an author and Jazmine Gubbe is an illustrator filmmaker from Pangnirtung, Nunavut. from Ontario currently working Her first film, a live-action puppetry in the animation industry. When short, provided the inspiration for her she is not painting she is hiking, recent children’s book, The Owl and exploring nature, and learning the Lemming. the mysterious local history.

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Tanna’s Owl Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Illustrated by Yong Ling Kang

hen Tanna’s father brings Whome an abandoned owl, she is not eager to take care of the needy, ugly little bird. Tanna must wake at 4:00 a.m. to catch food for the owl. She must feed it, clean up after it, all while avoiding its sharp, chomping beak and big, stomping talons. After weeks of following her father’s instructions on how to care for the owl, Tanna must leave home for school. As she says good-bye to the owl, she is relieved not to have to care for it anymore, but also a bit sad. Picture Book 9 × 10 | 32 pages This heartwarming story based on Ages 5–7 the author’s own life experience teaches young readers the value Rachel and Sean Qitsualik- of hard work, helping, and caring— Tinsley write works celebrating even when the thing you are caring ancient Arctic beliefs, focusing on imagination, lore, and for does not love you back. shamanism. Of Inuit ancestry, Rachel balances personal Yong Ling Kang is a freelance shamanic experience with post- illustrator who was raised in Singapore. secondary education. For writing, She is based in Toronto, Canada. she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012). Rachel and Sean "[P]erfectly captures the sense of have spent decades as Arctic connection between the Inuit and researchers, consultants, and co- writers. Their young adult novel, the Arctic environment they live in." Skraelings, won second prize in — The Globe and Mail the Governor General's Literary Awards (2014) and first prize for the Burt Award (2015). “The heartwarming text... demonstrates to young readers the value of doing a difficult but

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The Pencil Susan Avingaq and Maren Vsetula | Illustrated by Charlene Chua

usan and her sister, Rebecca, love Swatching 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 afternoon, Anaana leaves the iglu to help a neighbour, and Susan, Rebecca, and their brother, Peter, are left with their father. They play all their regular games but are soon out of things to do—until Ataata brings out the pencil! As Susan draws Picture Book and draws, the pencil grows shorter 7.5" × 9" | 36 pages and shorter. What will Anaana think Ages 5–7 when she comes home?

Susan Avingaq was born on United States Board on Books for the land and moved to the community of Igloolik, Nunavut, Young People in the mid-1970s. She loves to go Outstanding International Book camping and fishing whenever she can and often brings new people along to teach them 2020 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz these land skills. She enjoys sewing Children's Book Award and teaching younger people important cultural practices. She Finalist is an extremely resourceful person and thinks that this is an important “[A] wonderful and touching story quality to pass on to the younger generation. She has many about resilience and thrift and grandchildren, with whom she likes community. The illustrations are to share her stories. appropriately done in pencil, and they Maren Vsetula is a teacher and are playful and open and beautiful.” educational writer. She loves to spend as much time on the —The New York Times land as she can, hiking, fishing, paddling, and dogsledding. She has lived and worked in Nunavut “[L]ovingly illuminates a lifestyle for over a decade. rarely seen in children’s books.” —School Library Journal 26 | Rights 2021 Rights 2021 | 27

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The Kamik Series Various authors | Illustrated by Qin Leng and Ali Hinch

he Kamik Series follows Jake and his puppy, TKamik, as they learn traditional Inuit dog- rearing and training practices together. From the basic principles of how to bond with a new puppy to teaching a puppy to pull a sled and run with a dog team, these books provide a fun and heartwarming introduction to Arctic life with dogs. Based on the life memories of elders and community members from the Shining Willow Award Finalist remote community of Arviat, Nunavut, these books preserve the time-honoured dog-

Jake’s puppy is growing quickly, but as Jake s n realizes, he isn’t becoming any easier to handle. A Jake wants is to raise his puppy to be a strong, fast sled dog, but Kamik is far from training techniques that have produced strong ready to pu a sled with a dog team.

With some advice and a lile help from his grandmother, Jake learns basic principles of how to begin training a dog to pu. Kamik finay has his first sled, and he and Jake can finay begin working and mushing dogs for generations. exploring the tundra together. But Jake and Kamik are sti inexperienced, and when a blizzard starts blowing in across the tundra, Jake must rely on his knowledge to get home. Picture Book | 8.5 × 8.5 | Ages 5–7

Inspired by the life memories of Arviat, Nunavut, elder Matilda Sulurayok, this b k lovingly recreates basic dog-rearing practices that even the youngest dog lover can try. “[T]his story offers a refreshing and

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$10.95 9781772270204 contemporary Inuit boy’s life.” —Booklist

“An exciting tale of boy-and-puppy bonding for Inuit children, this story is also accessible to non-Inuit readers . . .” —Kirkus Reviews

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The Origin of Day and Night Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt | Illustrated by Lenny Lischenko n this Inuit tale, the actions of Ia hare and a fox change the Arctic forever by creating day and night. In very early times, there was no night or day, and words spoken by chance could become real. When a hare and a fox meet and express their longing for light and darkness, their words are too powerful to be denied. Passed orally from storyteller to storyteller for hundreds of years, this beautifully Picture Book illustrated story weaves together 9 × 8 | 36 pages elements of an origin story and Ages 5–7 a traditional animal tale, giving Rights sold: Greenlandic young readers a window into Inuit mythology. Lenny Lishchenko is a Ukranian- born, Canadian-raised Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt is from illustrator, graphic designer, and Baker Lake, Nunavut. Her first comics maker who will never book for children, The Legend give up the chance to draw a of Lightning and Thunder, was good birch tree. shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for 2019 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children and the Amelia Frances Children's Book Award Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award. Finalist

“Spare and beautiful.” —  Kirkus Reviews

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Sukaq and the Raven Kerry McCluskey and Roy Goose | Illustrated by Soyeon Kim

ukaq loves to drift off to sleep Slistening to his mother tell him stories. His favourite story is the tale of how a raven created the world. But this time, as his mother begins to tell the story and his eyelids become heavy, he is suddenly whisked away on the wings of the raven to ride along as the entire world is formed!

Kerry McCluskey lived in , , for five years before moving to Iqaluit, Picture Book Nunavut, to work as a journalist. 9 × 9 | 36 pages Today, Kerry writes and lives in Ages 5–7 Iqaluit with her son.

The White Ravens Roy Goose learned many of the International Youth Library legends he knows from his great- grandmother, Mamie Mamayauk, “The colour palette is rich, who travelled with the Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson. and the skyscapes are Roy passed these legends on to his transporting.” children to teach them important —CM Magazine life lessons and morals.

Soyeon Kim is a Toronto-based, “Soyeon Kim’s dioramic Korean-born artist and art educator illustrations... propel whose work merges fine sketching Sukaq and the Raven into and painting techniques to produce even greater depths of three-dimensional dioramas. She has won the Amelia Frances Howard- storytelling.” Gibbon Illustrator’s Award. —CanLit for Little

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Way Back Then Neil Christopher | Illustrated by Germaine Arnaktauyok

udlu’s children will not go to sleep Kuntil he tells them a story of long ago. Before they will shut their eyes, they want to hear about a time long before Kudlu was born, a time when the world was magic. They want to hear about giants, animals disguised as humans, little people the size of lemmings, and all the other wonderful things that existed way back then. In the format of a sweet and simple bedtime story, Way Back Then is the perfect introduction to Inuit folktales.

Picture Book Neil Christopher is an educator, 8.5 × 8.5 | 44 pages author, and filmmaker. He first Ages 5–7 moved to the North many years ago to help start a high school Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon program in Resolute Bay, Nunavut. Illustrator’s Award Since that first experience in the Finalist Arctic, Nunavut has been the only place he has been able to call Kirkus Best Books home. Neil has worked with many International Picture Book Selection community members to record and Also available: preserve traditional Inuit stories.

Germaine Arnaktauyok is an Inuit artist and illustrator, best known for her prints and etchings depicting Inuit myths and traditional ways of life. In 1999, she designed the special-edition two-dollar coin commemorating the founding of the territory of Nunavut. She is the illustrator of several children’s books on Inuit myths and lives in Picture Book Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. 9 × 8 | 32 pages Ages 5–7 Rights 2021 | 35

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The Orphan and the Polar Bear Sakiasi Qaunaq | Illustrated by Eva Widermann

n the world of Inuit traditional Sakiasi Qaunaq | Eva Widermann ᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᖃᙱᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐅᓈᕐᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ stories, animals and humans are ᐊᐃᕝᕙᒐᓱᒃᐸᖕᓂᕐᒪᑕ. ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᒥ ᑕᐅᓇᓂ. The and the I ᑕ ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᒪ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᖃᓕᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ, ᐅᒥᐊᖃᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ Orphan ᓯᑭᑑᖃᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ, ᐊᐃᕝᕙᓚᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᐅᓇᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᒥ. not such different creatures, and ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᕙᒃᑐᑐᖃᐅᓐᓂᕐᒪᑕ, ᖁᑭᐅᑎᖃᙱᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ Polar Bear ᑕᐃᒪ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᒥ ᐊᐃᕖᑦ ᓇᐅᓕᒃᖢᒋᑦ ᓂᒃᓯᒃᖢᒋᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᑐᖃᐅᖕᒪᑕ ᑕᐅᕙᓂ. The Polar Bear and the Orphan animals often have much to teach humans about the world. In The Orphan and the Polar Bear, a little orphan who has been abandoned on the sea ice by a group of cruel www.inhabitmedia.com

ISBN 978-1-926569-42-0 $12.95 51295 hunters is discovered and adopted 9 781926 569420 by a polar bear elder. While living in the bear’s village, the orphan Picture Book learns many lessons about survival 10 × 8 | 32 pages and his own place in the world. Ages 5–7 Rights sold: German, Sakiasi Qaunaq was born in 1942 Spanish (Latin America), at Alangnarjuk, a campsite near Greenlandic, Yakut Igloolik. His grandmother told him stories as a child—including The “Both the folkloric narrative Orphan and the Polar Bear. Today and lush artwork command he feels their retelling is crucial to attention.” sustaining Inuit traditions and culture.

—Publishers Weekly Eva Widermann is a graduate of the graphic and design program at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany. Her art is deeply influenced by an unusual combination of Franco-Belgian comics, manga, and anime.

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Putuguq & Kublu Series Roselynn Akulukjuk and Danny Christopher | Illustrated by Astrid Arijanto

utuguq and Kublu are siblings who love to pull Ppranks and one-up each other every chance

There’s lots of fun to be had on the tundra— they get. In each new adventure, these two especially when Putuguq and Kublu are up to their tricks! By Danny Christopher · Illustrated by Astrid Arijanto learn about an element of Inuit mythology from Putuguq and Kublu love to pull pranks and one-up each other every chance they get. But when one of Putuguq’s schemes doesn’t go as their Elders, all while using what they learn to get planned, the feuding siblings find themselves on the land with their grandpa learning about their ancestors. the best of each other in their next game!

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$5.95 9 781772 271430 Roselynn Akulukjuk is an author and filmmaker from Pangnirtung, Nunavut. Her first film, a live- action puppetry short, provided the inspiration for her recent children’s book, The Owl and the Lemming.

Danny Christopher has travelled throughout the Canadian Arctic. He is the illustrator of The Legend of the Fog, A Children’s Guide to Arctic Birds, and Animals Illustrated: Polar Bear. He lives in Toronto with his wife, four children, and a dog.

Astrid Arijanto is a designer and illustrator who spent her childhood drawing on any surface she could get her hands on. Since then, her work has appeared in various media and publications across Canada and Asia. She lives in Toronto.

“[O]ffers a much-needed window into the world of Arctic First Nations families and legends.” —  School Library Journal

“An emotionally and spiritually warming visit to the Arctic.” Cover not final —Kirkus Reviews

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How I Survived Four Nights on the Ice Serapio Ittusardjuat | Illustrated by Matthew K. Hoddy

fter his snowmobile breaks down Ahalfway across the sea ice on a trip back from a fishing camp, Serapio Ittusardjuat recounts the traditional skills and knowledge he leaned on to stay alive. This harrowing first-person account of four nights spent on the open sea ice—with few supplies and no water—shows young readers the determination and strength necessary to survive in the harsh Arctic climate, even when the worst occurs.

Serapio Ittusardjuat was born in a qarmaq (sod house) at Akunniq (between Hall Beach and Igloolik, Nunavut) on February 1, 1945. He went to residential school in Graphic Novel Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, and 7.5" × 9" |48 pages Fort Churchill, Manitoba. He has Ages 12+ studied art, jewellery making, and Matthew K. Hoddy is an metalwork at the School of illustrator, comic book author, Art and Nunavut Arctic College and and animator hailing from is a certified journeyman mechanic. Brisbane, Australia. Matt came Serapio comes from a long line of to Toronto in 2014 on walrus hunters. He organizes walrus a working holiday and never hunts from his summer camp every left. His work ranges from year. He also goes caribou hunting material for children and with family and friends. He now lives in young adults, all the way Toronto, Ontario, with his wife. through to autobiographical and introspective works. He is co-creator of the Space Pyrates and Saga of Metalbeard comics.

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The Animals Illustrated Series Various authors

nimals Illustrated mixes fun- A filled animal facts suitable for the youngest of readers with intricately detailed illustrations to create a unique and beautiful collection of children’s non-fiction books about Arctic animals. Each volume contains first-hand accounts from authors who live in the Arctic, along with interesting facts on the behaviours and biology of each animal.

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Ontario Library Bowhead Whale Arctic Wolf Association Best Bets Animals Illustrated mixes fun-filled animal facts suitable for the Animals Illustrated mixes fun-filled animal facts suitable for the youngest of readers with intricately detailed illustrations to create youngest of readers with intricately detailed illustrations to create a unique and beautiful collection of children’s non-fiction books a unique and beautiful collection of children’s non-fiction books on Arctic animals. Each volume contains first-hand accounts from Bowheadon Arctic animals. Each volume contains first-handWhale accounts from Animals Illustrated: Walrus authors who live in the Arctic, along with interesting facts on the authors who live in the Arctic, along with interesting facts on the Ar Bowhead Whale Arctic Wolf behaviours and biology of each animal. behavioursby Joanasie and biology Karpik of each • illustrated animal. by Sho Uehara by William Flaherty • illustrated by Sean Bigham c In this book, kids will learn how bowhead whales raise their In this book, kids will learn how Arctic wolves raise their babies, Wolftic babies, where they live, what they eat, and other interesting where they live, what they eat, and other interesting information, information, like how they can eat when they don't have any teeth! like why their fur is white! Canadian Children’s Book Karpik Flaherty

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Wingspan: 33 to 45 mm RightsHecla 2021 Sulphur JuvenilePicture Non-Fiction Books JuvenilePicture Non-Fiction Books Rights 2021 Colias hecla

A Children’sThe GuideHecla Sulphur tohas striking, Arctic dark orange Butterflies wings with black borders. Mia Pelletier | IllustratedIt has dark by scalesDanny near Christopher the body, and a brighter orange spot in the centre of each hindwing. Females have more dark scales than the males. They also have orange spots inhere their arewing 20,000borders. Onspecies the underside, of butterflies the Upper Side wings are greenish. ThereTin is the a silver world, spot ringed but onlywith pink several on each dozen of the hindwings. A red arestreak found that looks on like the a comet’s tundra tail runsof the from North this spot toward the wing’sAmerican outer edge. Arctic. The hardy butterflies Where to Look: Athat common live butterflyat the intop the of far the North, world the Heclahave Sulphur can be foundmany on wet Arctic clever tundra ways from to Alaska keep to the themselves coast of Underside Labrador and as far northwarm as inEllesmere cool summersIsland. Look andclosely, endure and you might spot them basking with their wingsicy-cold closed and winters. tilted sideways In A Children’s to catch the sun’s Guide rays. Like other Arctic sulphurs, their pastel-colouredto Arctic Butterflies wings are dulled, young by darker readers scaling Arctic Blue underneath. This helpsWingspan: them absorb 17 the to sun’s23 mm heat. Agriades glandon learn about twelve of the butterflies How They Fly: Hecla Sulphurs fly quicklythat overcall the the tundra, Arctic staying home close toand the groundhow where the air is calmer. they survive on the tundra from one season to the next. Arctic BluesCaterpillar: are small butterflies These caterpillars that vary are in slim, colour. green, The and more fuzzy. They have light-coloured northernJuvenile bluesstripes are Non-Fiction running both smaller down theirand bodies.darker TheythanMia likethose Pelletier to foundeat plants farholds in- the anpea MScfamily, from especially the alpine milk-vetch. ther south,8 × 9.5 and | may 40 pages sometimes be mistaken forDurrell moths. Institute Males have of Conservation and dark grey-blue wings with grey borders. Females have wings that AgesDuring 7–9 the Winter: Ecology. She has lived in faraway Upper Side are dark grey or grey-brown. Both Butterfliesmales and femalesof the far have North, dark like the Hecla Sulphur, are less studied than many southern species. However,places like from many thenorthern Magdalen butterflies, Islandsthe Hecla bars near the outer edge of their wings, bordered by light grey. A RiverbySulphur Award is thought 2020 to take two years to todevelop the into Canadian an adult butterfly. Arctic, It hibernateswhere as a row of Winnerringed dark spots marks the outer edges of the hindwings. caterpillar through the first winter and sheforms worked a chrysalis withthe following Inuit onsummer. the co- On the underside, the wings are grey with many white-ringed management of protected areas. A spots thatAlso lookFluttering available: like eyes. Fact: No one is quite sure where the word “butterfly” came from. Some say that the buttery yellow colour of EuropeanChildren’s sulphur butterflies Guide wasto the Arctic inspiration Butterflies for the is her third Arctic natural history book Underside Where to wordLook: “butter-fly.” Arctic Blues Other are stories found claim from that Alaska the word to usedthe tocoast be “flutter-by.” Some say that witches were thought to take on the shapefor of children. butterflies and steal milk and butter during of Labrador, and north as far as Ellesmere Island. They prefer open, the night! dry tundra and mountain habitats. Arctic Blues are often seen fluttering around their Danny Christopher has travelled food plants and sitting on flowers. Their dusky-coloured wings can make them quite throughout the Canadian Arctic as an difficult to spot when they rest on the ground. instructor for Nunavut Arctic College. How They Fly: Although many blues are weak fliers, ArcticHe is14Blues the haveillustrator a fast, of The Legend of the zigzag flight. They fly close to the ground, but when startled, theyFog willand lift author up into ofthe Putuguq and Kublu. air and let themselves be carried away on the wind. His work on The Legend of the Fog was nominated for the Amelia Frances Caterpillar: Arctic Blue caterpillars are light green with reddishHoward-Gibbon markings and are Illustrator's Award. Juvenile Non-Fiction covered with long, downy hair. Caterpillars eat the buds and Heflowers lives ofin theirToronto food with his wife, four 9 × 8 | 36 pages children, and a dog. plants, which may includeAges the 7–9 pincushion plant, the crowberry plant, and purple saxifrage.

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Fluttering Fact: The many eye-like spots on the underside of the Arctic Blue’s wings give this butterfly part of its scientific name,Agriades glandon. The Latin name Agriades means “like Argus,” a mythical giant who had 100 eyes!

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Skraelings Those Who Dwell Below Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Illustrated by Andrew Trabbold Aviaq Johnston | Illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas

or Kannujaq, a young hunter fter his other-worldly travels and Ftravelling the tundra alone, Anear-death encounters, Pitu resumes “Tuniit” is a word he has only heard life at home. Haunted by the vicious in fables about a strange, stocky, creatures of his recent past, he tries to shy race of beings that are rarely go back to normal, but Pitu knows that seen. That is, until he finds himself there is more work to be done, and in the midst of a Tuniit camp! more that he must learn in his role as Kannujaq learns that the tranquility a shaman. Word of a starving village of this Tuniit camp has been nearby reaches Pitu, and he must go shaken by a group of murderous, to help them appease the angry spirits. pale, bearded strangers who have It becomes clear that Pitu must travel arrived on a huge boat shaped to the bottom of the ocean to meet like a loon. Why do these bearded Nuliajuk, the vengeful sea goddess. giants return every spring? And why won’t their leader, the Aviaq Johnston is a young Inuit author Glaring One, allow his men to stop from Igloolik, Nunavut. Her debut novel, searching the Tuniit camps? Those Who Run in the Sky, was a Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis “A well-written, engaging Literature Honour Book and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award Young Adult Fiction introduction to the complex Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and for Young People’s Literature. 6 × 9 | 120 pages history of the peoples of Métis Literature Ages 12+ Finalist Black Line Illustrations the Arctic.” Toma Feizo Gas’s work can be found Rights sold: German —School Library Journal gracing the pages and covers of titles for “A gem of an adventure the Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Star Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit novel grounded in Inuit Wars, and Mutant Chronicles role-playing and Métis Literature myths and traditions" games, as well as several upcoming Winner fantasy novel series. —  Kirkus Reviews Governor General’s Literary Award Also available: for Young People’s Literature Young Adult Fiction Finalist 6 × 9 | 208 pages Burt Award for First Ages 12+ Nations, Inuit and Métis Black Line Illustrations Literature Honour Book

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