On the Shoulder of a Giant: Inuktitut

by Neil Christopher

James Nelson (Illustrator) and Pelagie Owlijoot (Translator)

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This pan-Arctic Inuit legend, which tells the story of a friendly giant, is lightheartedly retold, featuring sweeping illustrations.

Inukpak was big, even for a giant. He loved to walk across the tundra, striding over the widest rivers and wading through the deepest lakes. He could walk across the Arctic in just a few days.

But being so big, and travelling so far, Inukpak was often alone. Until one day when he came across a little hunter on the tundra. Thinking that the hunter was a little boy alone on the land, Inukpak decided to adopt him. And so, from the shoulder of one of the biggest giants to ever roam the Arctic, this hunter experiences the world from Inukpak's perspective.

  • ISBN13 9781927095997
  • Publish Date 11 July 2014
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint Inhabit Media Inc
  • Edition Inuktitut Edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 40
  • Language iku