Kamik - An Inuit Puppy Story

Zusatztext “This book is highly recommended for public and elementary school libraries everywhere. It is also an essential addition to any collection of northern Canadian children’s literature.”— The Deakin Review Informationen zum Autor Donald Uluadluak was an elder from Arviat, Nunavut. He was born in Arviat and raised by his grandparents, when Inuit were nomadic and depended on game for survival. He was an elder advisor for the Nunavut Department of Education for several years. After he retired, he began recording memories and recollections from his life to publish as books for future generations. Kamik: An Inuit Puppy Story is the first book to be based on these fond memories. He was passionate about teaching the younger generation so that they would in turn pass on the knowledge he shared. Klappentext Jake finally gets a puppy to train as a sled dog, but soon learns just how much work it will take. Zusammenfassung When Jake finally gets a puppy to call his own, all he can think about is the fast, strong sled dog that his puppy will become. But Kamik is far from an obedient sled dog. He won't listen, he tracks mud all over the house, and he's a lot more work than Jake ever thought a puppy could be! But after a visit with his grandfather, who raised many puppies of his own while living out on the land, Jake learns that Inuit have been raising puppies just like Kamik to be obedient, resourceful, helpful sled dogs for generations. Inspired by the real-life recollections of an elder from Arviat, Nunavut, this book lovingly recreates the traditional dog-rearing practices that prevailed when Inuit relied on dogs for transportation and survival.

Product details

• Authors: DONALD ULUADLUAK, Qin Leng, Donald Uluadiuak, Donald Uluadluak, Donald/ Leng Uluadluak
• Assisted by: Qin Leng (Illustration)
• Publisher: External catalogues_US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 8
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2013
• EAN: 9781927095119
• ISBN: 978-1-927095-11-9
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 216 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Kamik; Kamik
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Nunavut, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Polar Regions