Northern Lights

Inuit storyteller Michael Kusugak, and Czech-Canadian illustrator Vladyana Krykorka - an author/artist team that has also worked together on titles such as Baseball Bats for Christmas and My Arctic 1, 2, 3 - here join forces to tell the story of Kataujaq, a young Inuit girl (named after the......more

This sparked some great conversations with my 6-year old. What does Inuit mean? If they were here first, why is our language English? What makes the Northern Lights? Do you think the explanation of souls being in the Northern Lights is true, or just a pretty story? He was quite upset that the mom di......more

I read a story yesterday to the grade 3s & 4s and had fun explaining to them the macabre imagery in it. The story we read "Northern Lights: the Soccer Trail". It's a nice book about a girl losing her mother and how she is still alive playing soccer in the northern lights. My Kokum taught me about th......more

A sad and sweet story with a lot of interesting things to learn about a culture that, even as a kid in Canada, we didn’t know much about. The illustrations are beautiful, though the story itself is perhaps not the most interesting for a child as there is little excitement; it is more educational tha......more

Inuit storytelling has been captured numerous times in stunning children’s picture books. I have personally read 10 of them this week from the library at the school I work at and each of them have had a strong and compelling voice. This book is also beautifully illustrated and has won some awards. T......more