Grandmother Ptarmigan

Qaunaq Mikkigak author Joanne Schwartz author Qin Leng illustrator

Format:Board book

Publisher:Inhabit Media Inc

Published:21st Oct '21

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Grandmother Ptarmigan cover

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 delightful illustrations by Qin Leng, this book is a simple, nursery rhyme inspired rendition of a traditional Inuit origin tale.

Published for the first time as a board book under the Inhabit Junior imprint, this book is perfect for the smallest of hands.

“A brief, illuminating glimpse into Inuit storytelling.” —Kirkus Reviews

“. . . [D]eceptively simple but effective illustrations . . .”—CanLit for Little Canadians

"Grandmother Ptarmigan deserves a place with Aesop’s fables and fables of all types.”—CM Magazine

  • Winner of Choice for CCBC Annual Best-of-the-Year List of Books for Children 2014 (Canada)

ISBN: 9781772273656

Dimensions: 178mm x 178mm x 13mm

Weight: 441g

28 pages

Boardbook Edition