The origin of day and night / by Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt ; illustrated by Lenny Lishchenko.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Iqaluit, Nunavut : Inhabit Media, [2018]Description: 29 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1772271802
- 9781772271805
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Folk Tales & Fairy Tales | Ikuutaq Paula | Checked out | 06/20/2024 | 33111009588258 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Spare and beautiful."--★ Kirkus
In very early times, there was no night or day and words spoken by chance could become real. When a hare and a fox meet and express their longing for light and darkness, their words are too powerful to be denied. Passed orally from storyteller to storyteller for hundreds of years, this beautifully illustrated story weaves together elements of an origin story and a traditional animal tale, giving young readers a window into Inuit mythology.
In this Inuit tale, the actions of a hare and a fox change the Arctic forever by creating day and night. In very early times, there was no night or day and words spoken by chance could become real. When a hare and a fox meet and express their longing for light and darkness, their words are too powerful to be denied. Passed orally from storyteller to storyteller for hundreds of years, this beautifully illustrated story weaves together elements of an origin story and a traditional animal tale, giving young readers a window into Inuit mythology.