Children’s Books

Grandfather Bowhead, Tell Me A Story

ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᕐᕖᑦ ᒥᖅᑯᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᖅᐹᖅ ᐆᒪᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ, 200-ᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ. ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦᑎᐊᕚᓗᖕᒥ, ᐊᑖᑕᑦᑎᐊᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᖅ ᐊᕐᕚᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᕐᒥᓄᑦ

ᐸᑲᒃ ᑎᒍᐊᖖᒍᐊᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᑖᒥ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥ, ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ, ᓂᕿᖏᑦ ᓄᑖᑦ, ᑎᐱᖓᓗ ᓄᑖᖅ. ᐃᓄᑑᔮᖅᑐᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᖅᑐᒦᑦᑐᓂ, ᐸᑲᒃ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖅᓴᐅᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ

ᓂᓪᓕᒪᔪᖅ, ᐅᓐᓄᐊᖅ, ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕐᓗᓯᒪᓐᓇᕆᐊᕕᑉᐳᖅ. ᑕᐃᒪ ᓈᒻᒪᓯᓕᕆᕗᖅ ᐸᐅᕐᖕᒑᓗᐃᑦ ᑎᒻᒥᕕᑦᓴᖕᒐ ᖃᓂᑕᖃᖖᒋᑐᖅ ᑎᒻᒥᔫᒃᑯᑦ ᑭᓯᒥ ᑎᑭᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᑐᖅ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᑉ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒐ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ.

Akuluk is visiting her family in Nunavut and can’t wait to get out on

ᓇᓕᐊᒃ ᓄᑕᕋᑦ ᖁᑦᑕᕐᕕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᐸᑦ? ᐅᓇ ᑎᔅᓯᓇᖅᑐᖅ, ᐆᒻᒪᑎᒧᓪᓗ ᐆᓇᖅᓯᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ, ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᑯᓗᒃ ᑕᑯᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᖓ ᓱᕋᑦᑎᓕᖅᑐᖅ

ᐱᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐱᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᑰᔪᒥᑦ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᓂ ᓴᖅᑲᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓅᑉ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᒐᓕᐊᖓᓂᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᑕᐃᒎᓯᓕᖕᒥᑦ, ᐊᖓᒃᑯᙳᕆᐅᖅᓴᑎᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᖅ ᐊᖓᒃᑯᙳᕆᐅᖅᓴᔪᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᕆᔭᖓᓂᒃ

ᐅᓇ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓯᒪᕗᖅ 6-ᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᒃᑐᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᑕ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ, ᑐᕌᖓᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᓛᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓪᓚᑦᑖᓂᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓂᒃ

“Niam” is an Inuktitut word that means “yum,” and the recipes in this book

ᓂᕐᔪᑎᖖᒍᐃᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᑎᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐊᕐᓂᒃ ᐱᓪᓗᐊᕕᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᑐᒥᐅᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑕᐃᓂᒃ. ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᖕᒋ ᑕᐅᑐᓪᓗᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ

When Tanna’s father brings home an abandoned owl, she is not eager to take