The Raven Boy

In this retelling of an Inuit traditional story, a boy with the beak of a raven embarks on an epic journey to fight a beast from the depth of the ocean to create his own island world.

About the author

Rosemarie Avrana Meyok was born in a small Hudson Bay post on Reid Island, Northwest Territories, and now lives in Kugluktuk, Nunavut. She studied as a teacher in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, and worked as an Inuinnaqtun teacher and program specialist, developing Inuktut teaching resources for the Nunavut Department of Education. She went on to study linguistics at the University of Western Ontario and the University of New Mexico. She has worked as a language researcher and translator. Rosemarie has four children (two of whom were adopted to her sister through custom adoption), twenty grandchildren, and more than ten great-grandchildren. Rosemarie loves to sew, bead, and design traditional and contemporary clothing. She spends as much time as she can out on the land with her large family.

Marcus Cutler is both a children's illustrator and an occasional climber of rocks. He lives in Windsor, Ontario, with his wife and two daughters.

Summary

In this retelling of an Inuit traditional story, a boy with the beak of a raven embarks on an epic journey to fight a beast from the depth of the ocean to create his own island world.

Foreword

A retelling of a traditional Inuit story!

Product details

• Authors: Rosemarie Avrana Meyok
• Assisted by: Marcus Cutler (Illustration)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.04.2024
• EAN: 9781772274943
• ISBN: 978-1-77227-494-3
• No. of pages: 32
• Illustrations: full-colour illustrations throughout, farbige Illustrationen
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, Nunavut, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Birds, JUVENILE FICTION / Nature & the Natural World / General