New Releases by Louise Flaherty

A bilingual (English and Inuktitut) traditional Inuit story from the North Baffin region. In the Arctic, children are warned about the dangers of mysterious beings that lurk under the ice--theqallupilluit.But one child does not heed the warnings. . . . David heads to the beach to play on the ice. But he quickly realizes he''s not alone. A webbed hand emerges from the water, and soon David finds himself cornered by sea monsters. David uses his wits and agility to escape them. But when he makes it back to his family, he learns that his little brother is missing--and had followed him to the ice. David races back to the ice to look for his brother, but will he be able to find him and escape the menacing qallupilluit a second time? Based on creatures from traditional Inuit stories, Qallupilluit: The Takers of Children is a chilling cautionary tale.

Clyde River is a great place to live! With the annual fishing derby in the spring and Hamlet Day in the summer, there are lots of fun things to do throughout the year. Learn about the different activities people do in each season in Clyde River.

This traditional story is retold by Louise Flaherty and Solomon Awa, giving life to an ancient story for new generations to enjoy.

What did you do today? This book shows fun Northern activities while helping children practise the past tense.

What are you doing? This book shows fun Northern activities while helping children practise the present tense.

What will you do? This book shows fun Northern activities while helping children practise the future tense.

This book reviews how to make duals, a fundamental concept in Inuktitut grammar. Readers will learn how to name two birds, two houses, and so on, and finish by learning about a more complex dual, the qamutiik.

This book reviews how to make plurals, a fundamental concept in Inuktitut grammar. Readers will learn how to name three caribou, four skidoos, and so on.

What do you see at the playground? While Tauja and her mom are at the playground, they see people doing all kinds of fun activities. This book helps children practise singulars, duals, and plurals in Inuktitut.

The folk story of Magittatuarjuk, the gnawer of rock.

Learn how people stay warm during the long Arctic winters. This book uses simple sentences to describe items common throughout Canada, like the parka, and some items that are uniquely Northern, like the qulliq (oil lamp).

While everyone is busy preparing for the coming winter, two girls wander away from their camp, following a path of strange, beautiful stones. Each stone is lovelier than the last, and the trail leads them farther and farther away from camp. But what starts out as a peaceful afternoon on the land, quickly turns dangerous when the girls find themselves trapped in the cave of Mangittatuarjuk - the Gnawer of Rocks! Based on a traditional Inuit legend, this graphic novel introduces readers to a dark and twisted creature that haunts the Northern landscape and preys on unsuspecting children

Learn how people stay warm during the long Arctic winters. This book uses simple sentences to describe items common throughout Canada, like the parka, and some items that are uniquely Northern, like the qulliq (oil lamp).

Learn how people stay warm during the long Arctic winters. This book uses simple sentences to describe items common throughout Canada, like the parka, and some items that are uniquely Northern, like the qulliq (oil lamp).

This book reviews how to make duals, a fundamental concept in Inuktitut grammar. Readers will learn how to name two birds, two houses, and so on, and finish by learning about a more complex dual, the qamutiik.

This book reviews how to make plurals, a fundamental concept in Inuktitut grammar. Readers will learn how to name three caribou, four skidoos, and so on.

This poem written in both Inuktitut and Greenlandic tells the beautiful story of Nuliajuk, the mother of the sea mammals. Text accommpanied by illustrations by renowned Inuit artist Germine Arnktauyok.

The word Taiksumani means the past. This book looks backwards into the past to Inuit mythology. Inuit stories are full of supernatural beings, and brings a collection of traditional stories that highlight these fantastic beings. Their stories vary from region to region in the north. This bilinguial edition was first published in 1996. 72 pages are in English and 72 are in Inuktitut.