Fall 2017 Fall Fall 2017 Fall 2017 Fall Fall 2017 Fall 2017 2017 Fall Fall 2017 Fall 2017 About Us Contents Fall 2017 About Us Ordering/Contact Information 4 Recent Awards 5 nhabit Media Inc. is an Inuit-owned publishing company Fall 2017 New Releases 6 Ithat aims to promote and preserve the stories, knowledge, Backlist Titles 26 and talent of northern Canada. Our mandate is to promote research in Inuit mythology Inhabit Community Imprint 50 and the traditional Inuit knowledge of Nunavummiut Periodicals 51 (residents of Nunavut). Our authors, storytellers, and artists Notes 52 bring this knowledge to life in a way that is accessible to readers in both northern and southern Canada. As the first independent publishing company in Nunavut, we are excited to bring Arctic stories and wisdom to the world. This project was made possible in part by the Government of Canada. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. 2 | Fall 2017 Fall 2017 | 3 Fall 2017 Ordering | Contact Information Recent Awards Fall 2017 Ordering Information Recent Award Recognition for Inhabit Media Publications 2017 Shining Willow Award, Finalist Inhabit Media Inc. publications are distributed by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited: The Owl and the Lemming by Roselynn Akulukjuk 2017 Silver Birch Express Award, Finalist Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited Wild Eggs: A Tale of Arctic Egg Collecting by Suzie Napayok-Short 195 Allstate Parkway 2016 Shining Willow Award, Finalist Markham, Ontario L3R 4T8 Hurry Up, Ilua! by Nola Hicks 2015 CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustration Award, Finalist Toronto/GTA 905-477-9700 Way Back Then by Neil Christopher, illustrated by Germaine Toll Free 1-800-387-9776 Arnaktauyok Fax 1-800-260-9777 2015 New York Public Library 100 Books for Reading and Sharing Selection By EDI SAN# S1151444 On the Shoulder of a Giant by Neil Christopher By E-mail [email protected] Winner 2015 Wordcraft Circle Award: Picture Book Online www.fitzhenry.ca Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk Kirkus Best Books of 2015: International Picture Books selection To contact us directly, please write to us at: Way Back Then by Neil Christopher Winner 2015 Burt Award for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Literature www.inhabitmedia.com Skraelings by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley 2015 Inkspokes Book Awards Selection: Ages 3 to 6 BY E-MAIL: On the Shoulder of a Giant by Neil Christopher [email protected] United States Board on Books for Young People, Outstanding International Books of 2015 Selection BY MAIL: Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk Inhabit Media Inc. Huffington Post Best Bedtime Book of 2014 Nunavut Office P.O. Box 11125 Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk Iqaluit, Nunavut X0A 1H0 2014 Governor General’s Literary Award Children’s Text Nomination Skraelings by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Inhabit Media Inc. Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens Selections 2016–2017 Toronto Office Akilak’s Adventure by Deborah Kigjugalik Webster 191 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 301 Animals Illustrated: Muskox by Allen Niptanatiak Toronto, Ontario M4P 1K1 Animals Illustrated: Narwhal by Solomon Awa Animals Illustrated: Polar Bear by William Flaherty The Caterpillar Woman by Nadia Sammurtok Kiviuq and the Mermaids by Noel McDermott Available in Inuktitut Fishing with Grandma by Susan Avingaq and Maren Vsetula Those That Cause Fear by Neil Christopher 4 | Fall 2017 Fall 2017 | 5 Fall 2017 New Releases Fall 2017 Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Fiction Fall 2017 By Nancy Mike | Illustrated by Charlene Chua Elisapee and Her Baby Seagull hen Elisapee’s father brings home a baby Wseagull, Elisapee falls in love with the bird right away. She feeds and cares for her new friend, named Nau, and even helps Nau learn how to fly! Nau grows, and grows, and grows some more, until she’s big enough to fly all over town and play with the other seagulls. Soon, it seems like Nau is ready to leave home for good, and Elisapee has to learn how to say goodbye. Based on the author’s childhood experience, this charming story about learning to care for animals will delight young readers. Nancy Mike was raised in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, and continues to maintain close ties with the community. This is Nancy’s first book and she is passionate about sharing stories of life growing up in Nunavut. Currently, Nancy lives in Iqaluit and works as a nurse at the hospital. She plays accordion and throat sings with the Nunavut band The Jerry Cans and travels across the world to share her stories and music. Nancy is also the mother of two beautiful girls and hopes to inspire them to love their culture and language . and to read as many books as they can! Charlene Chua never had a seagull, but she once had a pigeon named Christopher that lived, for a while, in a cardboard box. The pigeon flew away, and later Charlene herself flew from Singapore to Canada (with the help of a plane, of course). She now lives in Hamilton, Ontario, with her husband and two cats, and illustrates many things, including this picture book. ISBN: 978-1-77227-166-9 | October 2017 | $16.95 | 8.5” x 8.5” | 40 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout | Picture book | Hardcover | English | Ages 5–7 ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᓇᐅᔮᕋᖓᓗ ISBN: 978-1-77227-159-1 | $10.95 | Paperback 8 | Fall 2017 Fall 2017 Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Fiction Fall 2017 By Susan Aglukark By Nadia Mike | Illustrated by Tamara Campeau Una Huna: What Is This? The Muskox and the Caribou kpik loves living in her camp in the North aby Muskox is all alone on the tundra, lost Owith her family—and she especially loves Band very worried. When Mother Caribou and thinking up names for her brand-new puppy. Baby Caribou find him, they bring him back to When a captain from the south arrives to trade their herd. But even though Baby Muskox finds with Okpik’s father, she’s excited to learn how comfort with Mother Caribou, he knows he’s a to use forks, knives, and spoons. At first, Okpik little bit different from the rest of the herd. As enjoys teaching the other children how to use Baby Muskox and Baby Caribou grow older, the these new tools. But soon, she starts to wonder differences between them grow, too. But one if they’ll need to use the new tools all the time, day, during a walk on the tundra with Mother and if that means that everything in camp Caribou, Baby Muskox finally figures out where will change. After a conversation with her he belongs. grandmother, Okpik realizes that even though she will learn many new things, her love for her family and camp will never change—and it Cover Art Not Final even inspires her to find a name for her puppy! Cover Art Not Final Nadia Mike is an Inuit educator, who recently graduated with a Bachelor of Education from the University of Regina. Although Nadia has lived in many Dr. Susan Aglukark, O.C., is an award-winning singer-songwriter known for communities across the North, she considers Iqaluit, Nunavut, her home. Nadia blending the Inuktitut and English languages with contemporary pop music has two daughters, Leah and Jaime, who constantly teach her to be less arrangements to tell the stories of her people, Inuit of Arctic Canada. She has serious and enjoy every day. These two girls have also reminded Nadia of the honorary doctorates from several universities and has performed for many importance of children’s literature, and having stories with settings, characters, Canadian and international dignitaries. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and themes that show children that their lives and cultures are important enough and was awarded the Governor General’s Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award to be in books. Nadia loves to travel, cook, sew, and drink strong coffee. In 2014, in June 2016. Her next album will be released in 2017. Nadia published her first book, an Inuktitut-language first-words board book. In 2016, she published Leah’s Mustache Party, her first picture book, followed by Illustrator TBD Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing in 2017. ISBN: 978-1-77227-160-7 | November 2017 | $16.95 | 8” x 9” | 36 pages | Full-colour ISBN: 978-1-77227-163-8 | November 2017 | $16.95 | 8.5” x 8.5” | 32 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout | Picture book | Harcover | English | Ages 6–8 illustrations throughout | Picture book | Harcover | English | Ages 5–7 10 | Fall 2017 Fall 2017 | 11 Fall 2017 Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Fiction Fall 2017 Written by Jesse Unaapik Mike and Kerry McCluskey Illustrated by Lenny Lishchenko Families alittuq is excited to start his first day of grade Ttwo. He is looking forward to the new school year, but as he meets his friends again for the first time after summer vacation, he notices that a lot of his friends’ families are very different from his own. Some have one mom and one dad, and some have only a mom. Some kids live with their grandparents. Some live with two dads or two moms. As Talittuq hears about all the fun his friends have had with their families, he learns that families come in many different shapes and sizes, and what holds them all together is love! Jesse Unaapik Mike was born and raised in Iqaluit, Nunavut, where she lives with her partner, Moriah, and her daughter, Niviaq. She is raising her daughter through shared custody and hopes to raise her daughter in a better world with more love and less hate. Jesse has been advocating for Inuit youth since she was a teenager and has built on that to advocate for all Inuit on issues that most people will not speak of.