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Way Back Then

by (author) Neil Christopher

illustrated by Germaine Arnattaujuq (Arnaktauyok)

Publisher
Inhabit Media
Initial publish date
Nov 2015
Subjects
NON-CLASSIFIABLE, NON-CLASSIFIABLE, NON-CLASSIFIABLE, NON-CLASSIFIABLE
Categories
Set in Nunavut , Indigenous characters , About Nunavut
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781772270990
    Publish Date
    Nov 2015
    List Price
    $9.99

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Description

“A bilingual sampler—cold of setting but warm of spirit.” — ★ Kirkus

Kudlu's children will not go to sleep until he tells them a story of long ago. Before they will shut their eyes, they want to hear about a time long before Kudlu was born, a time when the world was magic. Before they can sleep, they want to hear about giants, animals disguised as humans, little people the size of lemmings, and all of the other wonderful things that existed way back then.

About the authors

Neil Christopher is an educator, author, and filmmaker. He first moved to the North many years ago to help start a high school program in Resolute Bay, Nunavut. It was those students who first introduced Neil to the mythical inhabitants from Inuit traditional stories. The time spent in Resolute Bay changed the course of Neil’s life. Since that first experience in the Arctic, Nunavut has been the only place he has been able to call home. Neil has worked with many community members to record and preserve traditional Inuit stories. Together with his colleague, Louise Flaherty, and his brother, Danny Christopher, Neil started a small publishing company in Nunavut called Inhabit Media Inc., and has since been working to promote Northern stories and authors.

Neil Christopher's profile page

Germaine Arnattaujuq is an award-winning Inuit artist and illustrator, best known for her prints and etchings depicting Inuit myths and traditional ways of life. In 1999, she designed the special edition two-dollar coin commemorating the founding of the territory of Nunavut. She is the co-author, with Gyu Oh, of My Name Is Arnaktauyok: The Life and Art of Germaine Arnaktauyok, and she has illustrated numerous books. Germaine is the recipient of the 2021 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts. She lives in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

Germaine Arnattaujuq (Arnaktauyok)'s profile page

Awards

  • Kirkus Best Books: International Picture Books
  • Short-listed, CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustration Award

Editorial Reviews

“A bilingual sampler—cold of setting but warm of spirit.” — ★ Kirkus, STARRED review