Mary Wallace
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
30] unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
Inuktitut
Description
An inuksuk is a stone landmark that different peoples of the Arctic region build to leave a symbolic message. Inuksuit (the plural of inuksuk) can point the way, express joy, or simply say: welcome. A central image in Inuit culture, the inuksuk frames this picture book as an acrostic: readers will learn seven words from the Inuktitut language whose first letters together spell INUKSUK. Each word is presented in English and in Inuktitut characters,...