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Children's Nonfiction Beginner

Inuit Tools of the Western Arctic

Inuktitut Edition

by (author) Barbara Olson

illustrated by Megan Kyak-Monteith

Publisher
Arvaaq Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2020
Category
Beginner, Native Canadian, Polar Regions
Recommended Age
5 to 7
Recommended Grade
k to 2
Recommended Reading age
5 to 7
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781774500590
    Publish Date
    Dec 2020
    List Price
    $14.95

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Description

There are many tools used in the western part of the Arctic! Learn about these tools and their different uses, from softening skins to pounding seal fat.

About the authors

Barbara Olson's love of words has led her to earn a degree in French translation, to write a newspaper column on the joys and pitfalls of the English language, and most recently, to construct crossword puzzles. Her puzzles have appeared in Saturday Night Magazine, The Toronto Sun, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and have been syndicated to hundreds of websites and publications across the continent. Barbara lives in Nelson, British Columbia.

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Megan Kyak-Monteith is an Inuk illustrator and painter born in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. She is currently living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and studying interdisciplinary arts at NSCAD University with a focus on painting. When she is not working on illustrations, she can be found watching movies with her friends, shopping, or working in her studio on her large-scale oil paintings.

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