The Muskox and the Caribou

ᐅᒥᖕᒫᕋᖅ ᐃᓄᑐᐊᑦᑎᐊᖑᕗᖅ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᖃᙱᑦᑐᒥ, ᐊᓯᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᒃᖢᓂᓗ. ᐊᓈᓇ ᑐᒃᑑᑉ ᓄᕐᕋᐅᓪᓗ ᓇᓂᖕᒪᒍ, ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑉᐸᐅᒃ ᑐᒃᑑᖃᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐅᒥᖕᒫᕋᖅ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᑦᑎᐊᕋᓗᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᓈᓇ ᑐᒃᑐᒦᓐᓂᕐᒥᓂ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᒋᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ.

ᐅᒥᖕᒫᕋᖅ ᓄᕐᕋᕐᓗ ᐱᕈᖃᑎᒌᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᑎᒃ, ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᓐᓂᖏᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᕈᓐᓃᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᒋᕗᑦᑕᐅᖅ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ, ᐱᓲᔭᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᖃᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᓈᓇ ᑐᒃᑐ ᐱᖃᑎᒋᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ, ᐅᒥᖕᒫᕋᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᕗᖅ ᓇᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ.

Baby Muskox is all alone on the tundra, lost and very worried. When Mother Caribou and Baby Caribou find him, they bring him back to their herd. But even though Baby Muskox finds comfort with Mother Caribou, he knows he’s a little bit different from the rest of the herd.

As Baby Muskox and Baby Caribou grow older, the differences between them grow, too. But one day, during a walk on the tundra with Mother Caribou, Baby Muskox finally figures out where he belongs.

Written by Nadia Mike | Illustrated by Tamara Campeau

Hardcover (English) | ISBN: 978-1-77227-163-8 | $16.95 | 8.5″ x 8.5″ | 36 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout | Ages 5–7 |

Paperback (Inuktitut) | ISBN: 978-1-77227-243-7 | $12.95 | 8.5″ x 8.5″ | 36 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout | Ages 5–7 |

Praise

“Nadia Mike’s humble story of a baby muskox taken in by a mother caribou and loved and sheltered along with her own young provides may teachable moments about love and differences and empathy.”—CanLit for Little Canadians