Fall 2019 Fall 2019 About Us Contents Fall 2019 About Us nhabit Media Inc. is the first Inuit-owned, independent publishing Icompany in the Canadian Arctic. We aim to promote and preserve Ordering/Contact Information 4 the stories, knowledge, and talent of the Arctic, while also supporting Recent Awards 5 research in Inuit mythology and the traditional Inuit knowledge of Fall 2019 New Releases 6 Nunavummiut (residents of Nunavut, Canada’s northernmost territory). Our authors, storytellers, and artists bring traditional knowledge to life in Backlist Titles 30 a way that is accessible to readers both familiar and unfamiliar with Inuit Inhabit Community Imprint 67 culture 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 the last 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 across North America. Our books do not simply provide a glimpse into Inuit culture; they also represent the preservation of oral history and traditional knowledge that may otherwise have been lost, in a format that contemporary readers will find engaging, entertaining, and informative. As the first independent publishing company in Nunavut, we are excited to bring Arctic stories and wisdom to the world! Fall 2019 | 3 Fall 2019 Ordering | Contact Information Recent Awards Fall 2019 Ordering Information Recent Award Recognition for Inhabit Media Publications The Origin of Day and Night by Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt 2019 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award for Children's Books, Finalist Inhabit Media Inc. publications are distributed by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited: 2019 Shining Willow Award, Finalist Putuguq & Kublu and the Qalupalik! by Roselynn Akulukjuk and Danny Christopher Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited 2019 Shining Willow Award, Finalist 195 Allstate Parkway What’s My Superpower? by Aviaq Johnston Markham, Ontario L3R 4T8 2019 Blue Spruce Award, Finalist Elisapee and Her Baby Seagull by Nancy Mike 2019 Shining Willow Award, Finalist Toronto/GTA 905-477-9700 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year, Finalist Toll Free 1-800-387-9776 Sukaq and the Raven by Roy Goose and Kerry McCluskey Fax 1-800-260-9777 2018 White Ravens, International Youth Library Selection By EDI SAN# S1151444 Those Who Run in the Sky by Aviaq Johnston By E-mail [email protected] 2018 Winner of Indigenous Voices Award for Most Significant Work of Prose in Online www.fitzhenry.ca English by an Emerging Indigenous Writer 2018 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award (MYRCA) Northern Lights Nominee 2017 Governor General’s Literary Award for Young People’s Literature, Finalist 2017 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature, Finalist To contact us directly, please write to us at: 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year, Finalist The Gnawer of Rocks by Louise Flaherty 2018 Junior Library Guild Selection www.inhabitmedia.com Reawakening Our Ancestors’ Lines: Revitalizing Inuit Traditional Tattooing by Angela Hovak Johnston BY E-MAIL: 2018 NorthWords Book Prize Winner [email protected] Akilak’s Adventure by Deborah Kigjugalik Webster 2018 First Nation Communities Read Award, Finalist BY MAIL: Putuguq & Kublu by Danny Christopher Inhabit Media Inc. 2018 United States Board on Books for Young People, Outstanding Nunavut Office International Books Selection P.O. Box 11125 The Owl and the Lemming by Roselynn Akulukjuk 2018 Blue Spruce Award, Finalist Iqaluit, Nunavut X0A 1H0 2017 Shining Willow Award, Finalist Titles preceded by On the Shoulder of a Giant by Neil Christopher Inhabit Media Inc. this symbol are also 2015 New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing Selection 2015 Inkspokes Book Awards Selection: Ages 3 to 6 Toronto Office available in the 191 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 310 Inuktitut language. Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk 2015 Wordcraft Circle Award: Picture Book, Winner Toronto, Ontario M4P 1K1 2015 United States Board on Books for Young People, Outstanding International Books Selection 2014 Huffington Post Best Bedtime Book Skraelings by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley 2015 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature, Winner 2014 Governor General’s Literary Award for Young People’s Literature, Finalist 4 | Fall 2019 Fall 2019 | 5 In My Anaana's Amautik Fall 2019 JuvenileJuvenile Non-Fiction Fiction JuvenileJuvenile Non-Fiction Fiction Fall 2019 In My Anaana's Amautik Written by Nadia Sammurtok | Illustrated by Lenny Lishchenko adia Sammurtok lovingly invites the Nreader into the amautik—the pouch in the back of a mother’s parka used to carry a child—to experience everything through the 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. Nadia Sammurtok is an Inuit writer and educator originally from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Nadia is passionate about preserving the traditional Inuit lifestyle Cover Art Not Final and Inuktitut language so that they may be enjoyed by future generations. Nadia English Hardcover currently lives in Iqaluit, Nunavut, with ISBN: 978-1-77227-252-9 her family. September 2019 • $16.95 Lenny Lishchenko is not a boy. She is an 9" × 9" • 24 pages illustrator, graphic designer, and comic Full-colour illustrations throughout maker, who will never give up the chance Picture book • Ages 0–3 to draw a good birch tree. Ukranian-born and Canadian-raised, she’s interested Inuktitut Paperback in telling stories that people remember years later, in the early mornings, when ᐊᓈᓇᒪ ᐊᒪᐅᑎᖓᓂ everything is quiet and still. She is based ISBN: 978-1-77227-253-6 out of Toronto, Ontario. $12.95 8 | Fall 2019 Fall 2019 JuvenileJuvenile Non-Fiction Fiction JuvenileJuvenile Non-Fiction Fiction Fall 2019 The Walrus and the Caribou Written by Maika Harper | Illustrated by Marcus Cutler ased on a traditional Inuit story passed Bdown 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 APTN's hit dramatic comedy Mohawk Girls as Anna. She has also made appearances on Kim’s Convenience as Michaela, and most recently, on Burden of Truth as Doreen. Her theatrical debut was as an alternate Cover Art Not Final in Treasure Island at the 2017 Stratford Festival, and her film debut will be in The English Hardcover Education of Fredrick Fritzell which will ISBN: 978-1-77227-256-7 be released later in 2019. In her spare November 2019 • $16.95 time, she advocates for mental health awareness and mentors youth in Canada 9.5" × 9.5" • 32 pages with Youth Fusion. Full-colour illustrations throughout Picture book • Ages 5–7 Marcus Cutler is both a children's illustrator and an occasional climber of rocks. He Inuktitut Paperback lives in Windsor, Ontario, with his wife and ᐊᐃᕕᖅ ᑐᒃᑐᓗ two daughters. ISBN: 978-1-77227-257-4 $12.95 10 | Fall 2019 Fall 2019 JuvenileJuvenile Non-Fiction Fiction Juvenile Fiction Fall 2019 Tanna’s Owl Written by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Illustrated by Yong Ling Kang hen Tanna’s father brings home an Wabandoned 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 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. Her owl has grown. It has lost its grey baby feathers and is beginning to sprout a beautiful adult snowy owl coat. As she says good-bye to the owl, she is relieved not to have to care for it anymore, but also a bit sad. Cover Art Not Final This heartwarming story based on the author’s own life experience teaches English Hardcover young readers the value of hard work, ISBN: 978-1-77227-250-5 helping, and caring—even when the January 2020 • $16.95 thing you are caring for does not love 9" × 10" • 32 pages you back. Full-colour illustrations throughout Yong Ling Kang is a freelance illustrator Picture book • Ages 5–7 who was raised in Singapore. She is based in Toronto, Canada. Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley write fiction and educational works exploring the secretive world of Arctic shamanism. Of Inuit ancestry, Rachel was born in a tent at the northernmost tip of Baffin Island. Raised as a boy, she learned survival lore from her father—eventually surviving residential school. Rachel specializes in archaic dialects and balances personal shamanic experience with a university education. On the basis of numerous articles written concerning culture and language, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. Sean Qitsualik- Tinsley originally trained as an illustrator, but eventually discovered greater aptitude with words, his sci-fi work winning 2nd place in the California-based Writers of the Future contest. Rachel and Sean met at the Banff Centre, Alberta, spending subsequent decades as Arctic researchers, consultants, and co-writers.