The Pencil

Maren Vsetula, Susan Avingaq

Description

USBBY OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL BOOK 

"[A] wonderful and touching story" — New York Time Book Review

"A breath of warmth from the far north"— Kirkus Reviews

Susan and her sister, Rebecca, love watching their mother write letters to people in other camps. Their mother has one precious pencil, and she keeps it safe in her box for special things. One afternoon, their mother leaves the iglu to help a neighbour, and Susan, Rebecca, and their brother Peter are left with their father. They play all their regular games but are soon out of things to do—until their father brings out the pencil! As Susan draws and draws, the pencil grows shorter and shorter. What will their mother think when she comes home? Based on author Susan Avingaq’s childhood memories of growing up in an iglu, this charming story introduces young readers to the idea of using things wisely.

Sujets

• Juvenilee Fiction
• Esquimal
• Inuit culture
• Inuit
• Indigenous People's Day
• People
• Indigenous
• Columbus Day
• Arctic
• Places
• Iqaluit
• Nunavut
• Inuits

Informations

• Publié par: Inhabit Media
• Date de parution: 02 août 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781772274639
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

The Pencil
We have to take care of our belongings. If we don t, we may need to ask other people for help. Married couples should also help each other. This book is dedicated to my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. - SA

For Jayco and Alex; may you always be resourceful. - MV

Published by Inhabit Media Inc. | www.inhabitmedia.com
Inhabit Media Inc. (Iqaluit) P.O. Box 11125, Iqaluit, Nunavut, X0A 1H0 (Toronto) 191 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 301, Toronto, Ontario, M4P 1K1
Design and layout copyright 2018 Inhabit Media Inc. Text copyright 2018 by Susan Avingaq and Maren Vsetula Illustrations by Charlene Chua copyright 2018 Inhabit Media Inc.
Editors: Neil Christopher and Kathleen Keenan Art director: Danny Christopher Designer: Astrid Arijanto
All rights reserved. The use of any part of this publication reproduced, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrievable system, without written consent of the publisher, is an infringement of copyright law.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. This project was made possible in part by the Government of Canada.

ISBN: 978-1-77227-216-1

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Avingaq, Susan, author

The pencil / by Susan Avingaq and Maren Vsetula ; illustrated by

Charlene Chua.

ISBN 978-1-77227-216-1 (hardcover)

I. Vsetula, Maren, 1979-, author

II. Chua, Charlene, illustrator

III. Title.

PS8601.V58P46 2019

jC813 .6

C2018-905984-2

The Pencil
by Susan Avingaq and Maren Vsetula illustrated by Charlene Chua