Lorsque Jake reçoit enfin son propre chiot, il ne pense qu’au chien de traineau rapide et fort que celui-ci deviendra. Mais Kamik est encore loin d’être obéissant. Il n’écoute pas et répand de la boue partout dans la maison . . . Élever un chien est très exigeant, beaucoup plus que ce que Jake aurait pu croire! Mais lors d’une visite chez son grand-père, qui a lui-même élevé de nombreux chiens, Jake apprend que les Inuits élèvent des chiots depuis des générations afin qu’ils deviennent des chiens obéissants, ingénieux et serviables.

Inspiré des souvenirs d’un ainé d’Arviat, au Nunavut, ce livre parle d’élevage traditionnel des chiens de traineau, à l’époque où les Inuits comptaient sur les chiens pour se déplacer et pour survivre.

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.

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Qin Leng was born in Shanghai, China. At the age of five, she moved with her family to Bordeaux, France, where she spent the next four years. Soon after, she moved to Montreal, where she spent the rest of her childhood. Having been born in Asia but raised in the West, she uses both cultures as her source of inspiration. Looking at her illustrations, one can see the presence of both East and West.Qin Leng comes from a family of artists, where the visual senses have always been of the utmost importance. She grew up watching her father work with acrylics, pastel, and ink. Father and daughter often spent their days drawing side by side. Drawing first started as a hobby, but soon became a way of expression.Despite her many years of study to become a biologist, Qin decided at the age of 20 to follow the same path as her father and enrolled in the School of Cinema to study Film Animation at Concordia University. She has produced animated shorts, which were nominated in various nationa

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“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