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Children's Fiction Winter Sports

Kamik

An Inuit Puppy Story

by (author) Donald Uluadluak

illustrated by Qin Leng

Publisher
Inhabit Media
Initial publish date
Nov 2012
Category
Winter Sports, Dogs, Polar Regions, New Experience
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781927095119
    Publish Date
    Nov 2012
    List Price
    $10.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781927095423
    Publish Date
    Apr 2013
    List Price
    $9.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781927095690
    Publish Date
    Feb 2014
    List Price
    $11.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781927095126
    Publish Date
    Nov 2012
    List Price
    $10.95

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 6 to 8
  • Grade: 3
  • Reading age: 4 to 8

Description

When Jake finally gets a puppy to call his own, all he can think about is the fast, strong sled dog that his puppy will become. But Kamik is far from an obedient sled dog. He won't listen, he tracks mud all over the house, and he's a lot more work than Jake ever thought a puppy could be! But after a visit with his grandfather, who raised many puppies of his own while living out on the land, Jake learns that Inuit have been raising puppies just like Kamik to be obedient, resourceful, helpful sled dogs for generations.
Inspired by the real-life recollections of an elder from Arviat, Nunavut, this book lovingly recreates the traditional dog-rearing practices that prevailed when Inuit relied on dogs for transportation and survival.

About the authors

Donald Uluadluak was an elder from Arviat, Nunavut. He was born in Arviat and raised by his grandparents, when Inuit were nomadic and depended on game for survival. He was an elder advisor for the Nunavut Department of Education for several years. After he retired, he began recording memories and recollections from his life to publish as books for future generations. Kamik: An Inuit Puppy Story is the first book to be based on these fond memories. He was passionate about teaching the younger generation so that they would in turn pass on the knowledge he shared.

Donald Uluadluak's profile page

Qin Leng was born in Shanghai, China. At the age of five, she moved with her family to Bordeaux, France, where she spent the next four years. Soon after, she moved to Montreal, where she spent the rest of her childhood. Having been born in Asia but raised in the West, she uses both cultures as her source of inspiration. Looking at her illustrations, one can see the presence of both East and West.Qin Leng comes from a family of artists, where the visual senses have always been of the utmost importance. She grew up watching her father work with acrylics, pastel, and ink. Father and daughter often spent their days drawing side by side. Drawing first started as a hobby, but soon became a way of expression.Despite her many years of study to become a biologist, Qin decided at the age of 20 to follow the same path as her father and enrolled in the School of Cinema to study Film Animation at Concordia University. She has produced animated shorts, which were nominated in various nationa

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Awards

  • Unknown, American Indians in Children's Literature's Best Books of 2013

Editorial Reviews

“This book is highly recommended for public and elementary school libraries everywhere. It is also an essential addition to any collection of northern Canadian children’s literature.”—The Deakin Review

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