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Grandmother ptarmigan

A sing-song parable that serves as an introduction to traditional Inuit stories. It’s bedtime for baby ptarmigan, but he will not go to sleep. So his grandmother decides to tell him a bedtime story that he will never forget. With whimsical illustrations by Qin Leng, this nursery rhyme is an inspired rendition of a traditional Inuit origin tale. Retold by Cape Dorset elder Qaunaq Mikkigak and author Joanne Schwartz, is perfect for the youngest of readers.

Book  - 2013

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Subject
Inuit > Folklore.
Genre
Fiction.
  • ISBN: 1927095522
  • ISBN: 9781927095522
  • Physical Description 24 pages : colour illustrations
  • Publisher Iqaluit, Nunavut : Inhabit Media, 2013.

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General Note:
NFPL Indigenous Collection.