Best Selling Books by Neil Christopher

Experience the exciting world of arctic giants through traditional tales from around Nunavut. Based on elder interviews from more than one hundred years ago, these stories reveal the fearsome giants that once stalked the arctic. From enormous beings strong enough to pick up a walrus with one hand, to massive creatures that towered over mountains and could carry humans on the lace of one boot, these stories will introduce readers to a vast array of arctic giants.

Can you help Ukaliq and Kalla find things? In this Search-and-Find book, children are encouraged to find objects hidden in different scenes.

What does it mean to be a good friend? Uka is excited for his biking trip with Sissi. When Sissi accidentally forgets their plans, Uka is upset. See how Uka learns about forgiveness and other qualities that make a good friend.

Follow the orphan on another adventure! After saving the children at his camp from an ogress, the orphan goes in search of a home. But he meets some scary creatures along the way!

This book introduces kids to all the creepy, spooky, and downright scary creatures told about in Inuit traditional myths.

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.

Discover this gigantic Northern tale. This book introduces children to a traditional Inuit legend. Learn how the great giant Inukpak adopted a human hunter as his son.

Mia and the monsters are looking for colours! Can you help them? In this interactive board book, children can join Mia and her monster friends as they look for different colours on the tundra.

Let''s move our bodies!In this interactive book, children can play along with Mia and her monster friends, trying out the movements shown in the book.

Uses the format of a sweet and simple bedtime story written in both English and Inuktitut, to introduce readers to several myths from Inuit mythology.

Siku and Kamik are good dogs. They want to go to school just like you. With this entertaining book, children will be encouraged to follow a simple story with the help of supportive illustrations.

Can you help Ukaliq and Kalla find things on their camping trip? In this search-and-Find book, children are encouraged to find objects hidden in different scenes.

In the Arctic, orphaned Ava stumbles upon a group of magical dwarves who show him how it feels to have a home of his own.

Let''s look for shapes! In this interactive book, children can join Mia and her monster friends as they look for different shapes on the tundra.

Mia knows how important it is to keep the land clean. As Mia picks up garbage around her tent, she comes across her monster friends. They are all doing something to help their community. Learn about the different ways the monsters are helping out, and why Mia is proud of each of her friends.

Mia is hoping to spend time with her monster friends, but they are being difficult and don''t want to share!Follow along with Mia as she tries to bring her monster friends together to teach them about the importance of sharing.

Let''s make sounds!In this interactive book, children can play along with Mia and her monster friends, making the sounds each character demonstrates in the book.

Quitting smoking is a major problem for many people all over the world. Each year, thousands of people attempt to quit untreated, but only 3% to 5% maintain abstinence for six to 12 months after a given quit attempt. When treated, the success rate increases to a range of 13% to 36%. The people who are not successful often get discouraged, which can make it even harder for them to quit. This study examined the effectiveness of a program using an Internet-based delivery system (www.smokefade.com), based on the gradual reduction approach used in Project SCRAP-Tobacco, which employed both cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and motivational interviewing (MI) approaches to reduce smoking behavior. A total of 73 California smokers were recruited from the student population at San Diego State University (SDSU) for this test of a self-administered, Internet-based program. Smokers, who received class research credit for participating, were randomly assigned to either 28-day CBT/MI treatment or a self-report control condition. Initially, website failure caused complications; there was simultaneous implementation of control and experiment conditions. However, this error was rectified with manual implementation of the control condition. Cigarette consumption and motivation levels were recorded at baseline and daily in both conditions. Participants in the experiment condition received daily, automated emails that employed MI and CBT techniques to encourage gradual smoking reductions and increase non-smoking self-efficacy. Per-week totals of cigarette consumption over 4 weeks were compared using a mixed-model ANOVA for analysis. Participants in the CBT/MI condition showed a steady and significant decline in consumption over the 4-week intervention period: on average, 1.85 cigarettes per week. Conversely, participants in the control condition showed no reduction in cigarette consumption over the 28-day period. It is expected that participants who continue to use the techniques learned via the experiment condition would be able to exhibit greater control over their smoking behavior and would have more success at cutting back, quitting, and maintaining this change. Overall, the results of this research suggest smokefade.com has the potential to be a useful tool for individuals interested in quitting smoking.

Can you help Ukaliq and Kalla find things on their camping trip?In this search-and-Find book, children are encouraged to find objects hidden in different scenes.