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Aviaq Johnston

Aviaq Johnston is a young Inuk author from Igloolik, Nunavut. Her debut novel Those Who Run in the Sky was shortlisted for the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award for Young People's Literature, was a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Award for Young Adult Fiction, and a 2017 Honour Book for the Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature. In 2018 she won the inaugural Indigenous Voices Award for Most Significant Work of Prose in English by an Emerging Indigenous Writer. She is also the author of the bestselling picture book, What's My Superpower? Aviaq loves to travel and has lived in Australia and Vietnam. She spends most of her time reading, writing, studying, and procrastinating. She divides her time between Iqaluit, Nunavut, and Ottawa, Ontario.

Books by Aviaq Johnston

The Haunted Blizzard

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Athena Gubbe

Ages
12 to 18
Grades
6 to 12

The Haunted Blizzard

Inuktitut

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Athena Gubbe

Ages
12 to 18
Grades
6 to 12

Those Who Dwell Below

Inuktitut

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas
translated by Jaypeetee Arnakak

Ages
12 to 18
Grades
8 to 12

Why Is She Mad at Me?

English Edition

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Amiel Sandland

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
2

Inuki's Birthday Party

Bilingual Inuktitut and French Edition

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Ali Hinch

Ages
3 to 5
Grades
p to k

Sometimes I Feel Shy

Inuktitut Edition

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Amiel Sandland

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 2

Sometimes I Feel Shy

English Edition

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Amiel Sandland

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 2

Celebrations in Nunavut

Inuinnaqtun Edition

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Lenny Lishchenko

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3

TJ and the Sleepover

Inuktitut Edition

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Jesus Lopez

Ages
7 to 9
Grades
2 to 4

Inuki's Birthday Party

Bilingual Inuktitut and English Edition

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Ali Hinch

Ages
3 to 5
Grades
p to k

TJ and the Sleepover

English Edition

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Jesus Lopez

Ages
7 to 9
Grades
2 to 4

Grandfather Bowhead, Tell Me A Story

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Tamara Campeau

Ages
0 to 2
Grades
p

What's My Superpower?

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Tim Mack

Ages
3 to 5
Grades
2

Showing You Care (English)

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Amanda Sandland

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3

Showing You Care (Inuktitut)

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Amanda Sandland

TJ's New Friend

English Edition

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Charlene Chua

Ages
7 to 9
Grades
2 to 4

Celebrations in Nunavut

Inuktitut Edition

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Lenny Lishchenko

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3

TJ's New Friend

Inuktitut Edition

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Charlene Chua

Ages
7 to 9
Grades
2 to 4

Celebrations in Nunavut

English Edition

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Lenny Lishchenko

Ages
6 to 8
Grades
1 to 3

Those Who Run in the Sky

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas

Ages
12
Grades
8 to 12

Those Who Dwell Below

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas

Ages
12 to 18
Grades
8 to 12

What's My Superpower?

Inuktitut

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Tim Mack

Ages
3 to 5
Grades
p to k

Those Who Run in the Sky

Inuktitut

by (author) Aviaq Johnston
illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas

Ages
12 to 18
Grades
6 to 12