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The Qalupalik
ᖃᓗᐸᓕᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᖖᒋᑦᑑᕗᑦ ᓯᑰᑉ ᐊᑖᓂ ᐃᓂᓖᑦ. ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᓯᑯᒦᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᖖᒋᓚᑦ ᐃᒪᖅᓱᖕᓂᑦ ᖃᓗᐸᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒪᖅᑕᐅᖦᖤᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒫᓄᐊᕈᔾᔭᐅᓗᑎᒃ! ᑖᓐᓇ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᐃᓕᐊᕐᔪᖕᒥᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᑐᔪᒥᑦ ᓴᒡᓗᕿᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᖢᓂ ᖃᓗᐸᓕᖕᓂᑦ.
All Inuit know about the qalupaliit, strange creatures that live under the sea ice and carry away unsuspecting children on their backs.
But when one bright young orphan strays too close to the ice, he soon learns that while qalupaliit may be very scary, they are also easily tricked.
Written by Elisha Kilabuk | Illustrated by Joy Ang
Hardcover (English) ISBN: 978-1-926569-31-4 | $12.95 | 6″ x 9″ | 48 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout
Qalupalik Paperback (Inuktitut) ISBN: 978-1-926569-23-9 | $12.95 | 6″ x 9″ | 48 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout
Ages 5–7