The legend of the fog / by Qaunaq Mikkigak & Joanne Schwartz ; illustrated by Danny Christopher.
Material type: TextPublisher: Iqaluit, Nunavut : Inhabit Media, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 37 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1772271365; 9781772271362Subject(s): Storytelling -- Inuit -- Children's literature | Inuit | Oral tradition -- Nunavut -- Children's literatureDDC classification: 398.2089/9712 LOC classification: PZ8.1.M597 | Le 2017Online resources: Book review Summary: "In the spring, the Arctic tundra is bursting with life. Plants and animals have endured a long, bitter winter, waiting for their chance to peek out through the deep snow. But there are also dangers lurking on the tundra in dark caves and beyond distant hills; creatures that hunters hope never to encounter lying in wait. When a lone hunter named Qaunngauvaniq takes a walk on the spring tundra, his journey soon becomes a life-or-death struggle when he meets one of the tundra's most fearsome, and hungry, inhabitants-a deadly tuurngaq! Written by Cape Dorset elder Qaunaq Mikkigak and highly acclaimed picture book author Joanne Schwartz, The Legend of the Fog bring a centuries-old Inuit traditional tale to life for modern readers."-- Provided by publisher.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Children's Literature | BCACCS Resource Centre Regular | G20 M55 L44 2017 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | 1 | Available | T 2231 |
"In the spring, the Arctic tundra is bursting with life. Plants and animals have endured a long, bitter winter, waiting for their chance to peek out through the deep snow. But there are also dangers lurking on the tundra in dark caves and beyond distant hills; creatures that hunters hope never to encounter lying in wait. When a lone hunter named Qaunngauvaniq takes a walk on the spring tundra, his journey soon becomes a life-or-death struggle when he meets one of the tundra's most fearsome, and hungry, inhabitants-a deadly tuurngaq! Written by Cape Dorset elder Qaunaq Mikkigak and highly acclaimed picture book author Joanne Schwartz, The Legend of the Fog bring a centuries-old Inuit traditional tale to life for modern readers."-- Provided by publisher.
Ages 7-10
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