Status
Available
Call number
Call number
JP ULU
Collection
Local notes
Shelved in Aboriginal Collection - Youth
Description
When young Donald and his friends head down to the water to play, they have no idea that they are soon to encounter a mermaid, one of the creatures that his elders have told him about. Terrified, the boys run back to their camp, ready to tell everyone what they have just seen. But what did they see? They can't seem to remember it clearly. It is up to Donald's grandmother to explain to them the magical creature they just encountered.
Publication
Iqaluit, Nunavut : Inhabit Media Inc., [2017]
User reviews
LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
A young Inuit boy, playing by the shore with his friends one day, spots a mysterious sea woman in this autobiographical picture-book from Donald Uluadluak. Rushing back to their families' camp to share this wonder, the boys forget all about what they saw. Then a year later they recall, and the boy
This second picture-book from Inuit elder and teacher Donald Uluadluak - the first was Kamik: An Inuit Puppy Story - is apparently based upon an actual incident from his childhood, and is set in Nunavut in 1940. The story structure is quite simple: there is no incident needing resolution, no adventure needing a conclusion, and therefore little narrative tension. That said, it does introduce a fascinating category of mythological creature - the arnajuinnaq - with which many readers will be unfamiliar. The artwork by Mike Motz, who is credited on the title page, although his name doesn't appear on the cover, is colorful, but a little flat in style. My favorite picture was the one of the arnajuinnaq, which appears on the front cover. All in all, The People of the Sea isn't a particular favorite, when it comes to the books I have read from Inhabit Media, an Inuit-owned publisher from Nunavut, but it still has some appeal. Recommended to anyone looking for children's stories featuring Inuit cultural themes, or set in the arctic.
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learns from his grandmother that he has seen an arnajuinnaq, one of the sea people who can sometimes be found in the arctic ocean...This second picture-book from Inuit elder and teacher Donald Uluadluak - the first was Kamik: An Inuit Puppy Story - is apparently based upon an actual incident from his childhood, and is set in Nunavut in 1940. The story structure is quite simple: there is no incident needing resolution, no adventure needing a conclusion, and therefore little narrative tension. That said, it does introduce a fascinating category of mythological creature - the arnajuinnaq - with which many readers will be unfamiliar. The artwork by Mike Motz, who is credited on the title page, although his name doesn't appear on the cover, is colorful, but a little flat in style. My favorite picture was the one of the arnajuinnaq, which appears on the front cover. All in all, The People of the Sea isn't a particular favorite, when it comes to the books I have read from Inhabit Media, an Inuit-owned publisher from Nunavut, but it still has some appeal. Recommended to anyone looking for children's stories featuring Inuit cultural themes, or set in the arctic.
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ISBN
1772271381 / 9781772271386