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Children's Fiction Beginner

The Amautalik and the Orphan

English Edition

retold by Neil Christopher

illustrated by Jim Nelson

Publisher
Arvaaq Press
Initial publish date
May 2018
Category
Beginner, General, Monsters
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780228700197
    Publish Date
    May 2018
    List Price
    $8.95

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 5 to 8
  • Grade: 2
  • Reading age: 5 to 8

Description

Read about an ogress of the Arctic!
Based on an Inuit traditional story, this book tells the tale of a brave and quick-thinking orphan and his encounter with a strange Arctic ogress.

About the authors

Neil Christopher is an educator, author, and filmmaker. He first moved to the North many years ago to help start a high school program in Resolute Bay, Nunavut. It was those students who first introduced Neil to the mythical inhabitants from Inuit traditional stories. The time spent in Resolute Bay changed the course of Neil’s life. Since that first experience in the Arctic, Nunavut has been the only place he has been able to call home. Neil has worked with many community members to record and preserve traditional Inuit stories. Together with his colleague, Louise Flaherty, and his brother, Danny Christopher, Neil started a small publishing company in Nunavut called Inhabit Media Inc., and has since been working to promote Northern stories and authors.

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Jim Nelson is a freelance artist based in Chicago, Illinois. He has a lifelong interest in myths, legends, and the fantastic.

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