The Amajurjuk

ᑕᑯᓕᒪᓇᖖᒋᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᒪᐅᓯᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᕿᔪᖕᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ. ᐊᓈᓇᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᓄᑕᕋᕐᒥᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ, ᕿᒪᕉᑎᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᓄᑕᕋᖅ ᓇᒃᓴᖅᑐᓂᐅᒃ. ᑕᑯᓕᒪᓇᖖᒋᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᐊᒪᔪᕐᔫᖕᓂᖅᑐᓂ, ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᑎᒡᓕᒐᖅᑎ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᖅᑎ. ᓄᑕᕋᐅᑉ ᐊᑖᑕᖓ ᓄᓇᓕᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᑎᕐᒪᑦ ᕿᓂᕆᐊᕐᓂᖅᑐᓂᐅᒃ ᓴᐳᑎᓂᐊᕋᒥᐅᒃ ᓄᑕᕋᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᖅᑎᐅᑉ ᐱᓯᒪᔭᖓ.

In this faithful retelling of a traditional story from the Kugaaruk region, told by Elder Levi Illuitok, a father must save his infant child from an amajurjuk, an ogress known to steal children. When the ogress takes advantage of the child’s mother being blind to trick her into giving away her child, the child’s father embarks on a quest to save his infant from certain death.

Written by Levi Illuitok | Illustrated by Ben Shannon

Paperback (Inuktitut) | ISBN: 978-1-77227-440-0 | $12.95 | 9.5″ x 8″ | 28 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout | Ages 9-12 | F&P Level Q |

Paperback (English) | ISBN: 978-1-77227-431-8 | $13.95 | 9.5″ x 8″ | 28 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout | Ages 9-12 | F&P Level Q |

Praise

“Elder Levi Illuitok tells a powerful and hopeful story, and Ben Shannon creates expressive characters and often terrifying images.”—Sal’s Fiction Addiction

“[A]llows us to envision an elder sharing an old narrative with a contemporary audience”—CM: Canadian Review of Materials